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03-27-2016, 04:58 PM
This hashtag is highlighting the black women written out of history
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The U.S. has officially celebrated women's history since 1911 — first as a day, then as a week and finally a month beginning in 1987.
The purpose of Women's History Month (http://mashable.com/category/women-s-history-month/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is to recognize the many contributions that women have made to society, as well as their individual accomplishments, throughout the month of March.*But this celebration has historically left some people out: black women.
SEE ALSO: Young girl celebrates historic black women in educational photo ****** (http://mashable.com/2015/03/13/black-heroine-photo-******/)
"Black women have traditionally been written out of history unless it is in the context of victimization," says*Dr. Aimee Meredith Cox (http://aimeemeredithcox.com/),*a cultural anthropologist, author (https://www.dukeupress.edu/shapeshifters)*and professor at Fordham University.*As a result, black women's accomplishments and contributions have **t received the same recognition as white women's during Women's History Month. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/black-womens-history-month/)
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The U.S. has officially celebrated women's history since 1911 — first as a day, then as a week and finally a month beginning in 1987.
The purpose of Women's History Month (http://mashable.com/category/women-s-history-month/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) is to recognize the many contributions that women have made to society, as well as their individual accomplishments, throughout the month of March.*But this celebration has historically left some people out: black women.
SEE ALSO: Young girl celebrates historic black women in educational photo ****** (http://mashable.com/2015/03/13/black-heroine-photo-******/)
"Black women have traditionally been written out of history unless it is in the context of victimization," says*Dr. Aimee Meredith Cox (http://aimeemeredithcox.com/),*a cultural anthropologist, author (https://www.dukeupress.edu/shapeshifters)*and professor at Fordham University.*As a result, black women's accomplishments and contributions have **t received the same recognition as white women's during Women's History Month. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/black-womens-history-month/)
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