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Our Hidden Voices series continues with our profile of Mary Golda Ross, the first Native American woman to become an aerospace engineer, working on top secret projects. As a Cherokee woman, Ross's career working on top secret projects during World War II and the Space Race made history.
Our Hidden Voices series continues with our profile of Dr. Helen Rodríguez-Trías, a pediatrician who became one of the United States' most influential champions of health equity for women, people of color, and other marginalized groups.
Our ongoing Hidden Voices series continues with our profile of Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, the Chinese-American scholar, suffragist, and minister who once led a parade of 10,000 people down Fifth Avenue in support of universal voting rights.
As we continue with our ongoing Hidden Voices series, we're featuring Emily W. Roebling, the acting engineer responsible for the construction and completion of the Brooklyn Bridge—and the first person to cross it!
As our ongoing Hidden Voices series continues, we're featuring Broadway legend, Florence Mills, whose unique voice, stage presence, hard work, and personal commitment to Black representation on Broadway during the 1920's helped set the stage for the rise of jazz and the integration of Black artists into Broadway productions.
This installment of our Hidden Voices series is dedicated to five Native American figures who have made their mark on our nation throughout history in unique ways, including Penhawitz, Charles Eastman, Wilma Mankiller, Michael Thornton, Louise Erdrich, and Deb Haaland.
Hidden Voices began as a collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York to help City students learn about the countless individuals who are often “hidden” from traditional historical records. Our first profile in this series features Dr. Antonia Pantoja, one of the country's most influential civil rights and education leaders of the 20th Century.
