We Have To Empower Each Other...Tamron Hall

"Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.

If you keep running into a brick wall, as they say, don’t keep running into it. Find a way over it.

Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other."

--Tamron Hall, Journalist and Host/Executive Producer, Tamron Hall Show 

Can You See Me? Phenomenal Woman, That's Me.

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud.

I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need for my care.
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me

--Maya Angelou

Image Credits:

1. Natural Hair, women in grey--Kriskrüg https://flic.kr/p/5HvSyB
2. African American Woman--William Gantz https://flic.kr/p/cn6jE
3. Thank God for Black Girls--Roel Wijnants https://flic.kr/p/24reg1D
4. Make-Up Makeup--Audrey Xavier Brulu https://flic.kr/p/p5xqDv
5. The Real Black Magic Woman Mrs. Queen Sabine-Sabine Mondestin https://flic.kr/p/bAkoSJ

Smile, Shine, and Share...Nona

"Grace and poise. Beauty and style. Smile, shine, and share your uniqueness with those around you." 

-- Nona

*Sunday, May 13 is Mother's Day!--We would love to see you in a "Crown" (hat) for Mother's Day. Get dressed up in your Sunday's best with a "Crown" and take a picture by yourself, with friends and/or family. Post it to the Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA Facebook page, and you could be selected to win a special gift from Waterford.

Phenomenal Women by Maya Angelou

I'm a woman, Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. 

--Maya Angelou (excerpt from the poem, Phenomenal Women)