Timeline Of Black Women In Westchester That Made Her-Story!

Saturday, March 8th, is International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD has been around for over a hundred years, as have many of the issues still impacting women’s advancement. Since 1911, IWD has belonged to all who care about women’s equality. In celebration of IWD, I share an excerpt from my book, “Black Westchester Celebrated Black Women Of Westchester,” to highlight Black Women’s achievements in Westchester County. Below is a timeline of just some of the many Black Women in Westchester who made history. It is just a small representation of the many women of African descent who have made and are making a significant difference in their communities. While we celebrate Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March, Black Westchester believes Black History and Women’s History should be celebrated 365 days a year. This timeline is meant to do just that.

1828

Briarcliff Manor resident Sojourner Truth became the first African-American woman to win a lawsuit against a white man.

1864

Amanda Foster co-founded The Foster A.M.E. Zion Church in Tarrytown. It is the oldest black church in Westchester County and possibly one of the oldest in the state. 

1912

Beatrice Jackson-Conway became the first Black girl to graduate Washington Irving High School in Tarrytown.

1916-1918

Madam C.J. Walker, the first Black female millionaire, built her estate, Villa Lewaro, on North Broadway in Irvington. The mansion is an astounding testimony to the genius of Vertner W. Tandy, New York’s first certified black architect. The 32-room mansion includes exquisite stained-glass windows, vaulted ceilings, marble staircases, and intricate ceiling moldings. Villa Lewaro was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Villa Lewaro was the intellectual gathering place for notable leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, such as James Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes.

1919

On May 25, 1919, haircare entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, who invented, patented, and brilliantly marketed hair and cosmetics for women of color, died in Irvington. At that time, she was regarded as the wealthiest African-American woman in America. In 1917, she joined the executive committee of the New York Chapter of the NAACP.

Early 1920’s

Ella Fitzgerald, dubbed “The First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. As an African American woman, she experienced not only the adulation of this country but also some of its most hideous and persistent moral defects. Raised in Yonkers, Ella lived and worked at a time when, for her, entrance to most white-owned clubs was through the back door. She literally conquered the bigoted, the insensitive, and the racist with love through song while serving as an ambassador for both music and our country.

1923

New Rochelle resident Anna Jones became the first African American woman to be admitted to the New York State Bar

1939

While further up the Hudson valley, about an hour north of Westchester in Dutchess County, I include this because of its significance. Jane Bolin became the first Black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court on Saturday, July 22, 1939 – at the age of 31 – paving the way for our first Black Woman to serve as a justice of the United States Supreme Court, Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson 83 years later. Brown was nominated on February 25, 2022, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7th, and sworn into office on June 30th. Bolin was also a first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School in 1931, the first to pass the New York state bar examination in 1932, and the first to join the New York City Law Department. For twenty years, Bolin was the only black female judge in the country.

1940

On Tuesday, June 11, 1940, Cecil H. Parker integrated Mount Vernon schools by becoming the first full-time Black teacher.

1942

On July 7, 1942, the White Plains Supreme Court awarded a Black teenage girl $300 in damages after she was discriminated against when she was barred from entering a Mount Vernon skating rink.

1943

Hastings On Hudson resident Mamie Phipps Clark was the first Black woman to earn her Ph.D. in experimental psychology, which she did from Columbia University. She and her husband, Kenneth B. Clark, founded the Northside Center for Child Development, which helped thousands of emotionally troubled children living in Harlem. The couple’s research on black children’s perceptions of themselves was instrumental in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that found segregation in public schools unconstitutional

1946

New Rochelle native Ellabelle Davis – one of the first African-American women to perform in the world’s greatest concert halls – was voted “Most Outstanding Singer of the Year” by the American League of Composers. She was the first African American to play the lead role of Aida during her 1946 performance at the Opera Nacional in Mexico. She resumed her role as Aida at Ma Scala in 1949 and recorded for Decca in February 1950. Posthumously and opera based on David was performed in 2009, and she was inducted in the New Rochelle Walk of Fame in 2011

1955

On July 26, 1955, nine women met and organized a section of the National Council of Negro Women for Westchester County, N.Y. The Westchester Section was chartered on August 29, 1955, by the National President and CEO of NCNW, Vivian C. Mason. For almost 70 years, the Westchester Section has continued to grow and thrive. The Westchester branch of the NCNW is a voluntary nonprofit membership organization helping women to improve the quality of life for themselves, their families, and the community.

In 1955, Port Chester resident Dr. Joyce Yerwood, after spending 18 years in Westchester County, she moved her medical practice (opened in 1937) to Stamford, Connecticut, becoming the first female African American physician in Fairfield County. In 1939, she founded the Little Negro Theater performing arts group. As the group grew, she bought a storefront in Stamford, which became Stamford Negro Community Center in 1943. The center moved to its current location in 1975, and it was renamed the Yerwood Center. With a career that spanned five decades, Yerwood used her practice to provide quality medical care for low-income families. Her impactful work sat at the intersection of social justice and health equity.

Also in 1955, Yvonne DeMarr-Jones became the first Black teacher in Elmsford

1959

On March 11, 1959, Croton-on-Hudson resident Lorraine Hansberry became the first black woman to have her play, A Raisin in the Sun, performed on Broadway, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Rose Kittrell became the first African-American Woman to open a state–chartered school in White Plains

1960’s (I could not find the exact year)

Mary Ellen Cooper became the first Black woman to serve on the Mount Vernon School Board

1963

In 1963, tackling threats to civil liberties, Lester Brown – along with her husband Robert Sumner Brown, a native of Rye who made history becoming the first African American appointed to the Local Draft Board of White Plains – was also engaged in Rye organizations that defended equal rights for African Americans and also for women. She met obstacles head-on chairing “a brotherhood seminar of civic leaders of Westchester,” which boldly asked the question, “Is Rye really facing the problem of discrimination?”

1965

Betty Shabazz, educator, civil-rights advocate, and widow of Malcolm X, moves to a two-story home in Mount Vernon shortly after her husband, Malcolm X, is assassinated. She later relocates to Yonkers. Shabazz was helped financially after Malcolm X’s death by black celebrities, like the wife of actor Sidney Poitier, who threw a fund-raising party for the young widow. Eventually, she was able to buy a home to raise her six girls, and then the royalty checks from the “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” began pouring in.

Also in 1965, Rita Gross Nelson became the first woman of color to serve as a patrol cop in Westchester County. She became the first Black woman to serve as a patrol cop in Yonkers, blazing a trail for others, including Fredricka Hreyo, the second Black woman to join the force. 

1968

In October 1968, Actress Ellen Holly – a longtime White Plains resident – became the first black actress to be cast as a recurring cast member on daytime TV. Holly played Carla Gray on One Life to Live, a role she played from 1968 to 1980 and again from 1983 to 1985.

1971

Pearl C. Quarles served on the New Rochelle Board of Education from 1971 through 1980. She became the first African-American to serve as its President.

1973

On August 27, 1973, Carole J. Morris founded the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center

1974

In 1974, at the age of 15, Stephanie Mills was cast as Dorothy in the original Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Wiz.

1976

Alice C. Scott of Mount Vernon and Joan Mosley of Greenburgh founded and started The Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus, Inc. (WBWPC), in Joan Mosley’s Greenburgh home.

Lois Bronz made history was elected the first black and first woman to The Town of Greenburgh Town Board. She served in this position until 1993, when she left to become a member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators

1977

Dr. Marie E. Lane Cobb became the first African-American woman named Director of a Department of the Westchester County Government when she was named Director of Women and Youth Health Services in 1977

1980

Nancy E. Fitch became the first female to serve as Mount Vernon City Clerk

1983

September 17, 1983, Vanessa Williams became the first African American winner of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984

Also, in 1983, Debbie Allen became the first Black woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy. She won for her role as Lydia Grant in FAME.

1986

June 19, 1986, Delores Johnson becomes the first female Captain in the New Rochelle Police Department

1988

Yonkers native Mary J. Blige signs recording deal with Uptown Records

1989

Brenda Dowery made history when she was appointed the first African-American Mount Vernon Associate Judge by Mayor Blackwood (who was the first African-American Mayor of Mt. Vernon)

1991

Symra Brandon made history as Yonkers’ first African-American Councilwoman. She served six terms until she was term-limited in 2003.

Notable Mention: Lorraine Lopez made history as Yonkers’ first Latina Councilwoman in 1999

1992

Andrea Stewart-Cousins became the first African-American to serve as Director of Community Affairs for the City of Yonkers

Yolanda Robinson became the first African American Reporter/Anchor for News 12 Westchester

1993

The Honorable Rhoda C. Quash was the first African-American woman elected to the New Rochelle City Council and served for six years, representing Council District 3 (1993-1999). She was a 30-year resident of the city and lived at Risley Place for over 20 years until her passing in May 1999. On April 18, 2013, Risley Place received a secondary naming as “R.C. Quash Place” her honor 

The Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson became the first African American Woman elected as a Mount Vernon Councilwoman. Three years later in 1996, she made history again as the first African-American Council President

Maureen Walker made history when she became the first woman, the first African-American, and the first person of Caribbean descent to be elected to serve as Comptroller in the City of Mount Vernon.

1994

Lois Bronz makes history as the first African American woman to be elected to serve on the Westchester County Board of Legislators

Alfreda Williams became the first African American to be elected Greenburgh Town Clerk

Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany and Annie Elizabeth “Bessie” Delany, known as the Delany Sisters, at the age of 105 and 103 respectively, became internationally known after the Guinness Book of World Records recognized the sisters as the world’s oldest authors in 1994

Saturday, October 29, 1994, pioneering dancer, choreographer and teacher Pearl Primus of New Rochelle dies at home. She was 74

1995

Dr. Brenda Smith became the First African American Woman Principal of Mount Vernon High School

1996

Vinnie Bagwell created a bronze statue entitled “The First Lady of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald” in her honor. It stands in Yonkers Metro-North Railroad Station Plaza, located at 5 Buena Vista Avenue.

Appointed by then New Rochelle Mayor Tim Idoni in 1996, Judge Gail B. Rice was the first African American woman to preside over the New Rochelle City Court. In January 2020, upon her retirement, she was succeeded by her son, former Councilman Jared Rice.

In 1996, Robin Douglas launched The African American Chamber of Commerce for Westchester & Rockland (AMCCWR)

In 1996, LaFern Joseph Brothers founded Sisters In Support, a Peekskill-based nonprofit group that aids minority women & families while concurrently sponsoring the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Tour

1997

Ethel Jackson releases her 1997 memoir, “My Memories of 100 African-American Peekskill Families,”

2002

Lois Bronz made history as the first African American chair of the Westchester County Board of Legislators. She served as chair from 2002-2004

Dr. Brenda Smith made history again, this time becoming the First African American Female Superintendent in Mount Vernon, a position she held until 2007.

2004

Phylicia Rashād became the first black woman to win the award for best leading actress in a play in the 2004 annual Tony awards in New York. Although she may be best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show, Rashād made history when she won the coveted Tony Award for her role as Lena Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. 

Cynthia Hood shattered the glass ceiling several times in the City of White Plains, first by becoming the first African American Female Detective in the White Plains Police Department in 2004, then the first African American Sergeant in 2005, and the First African American Detective Sergeant shortly afterward.

2006

In 2006, the Union Child Day Care Center in Greenburgh, which was established in 1966, was renamed The Lois Bronz Children’s Center (LBCC)

March 2008

Rev. Margaret Fountain- Coleman made history as the First African American woman elected Village of Tuckahoe Trustee

2009

January 2009, after the passing of M. Paul Redd, Sr., Ms. Sandra Blackwell became the publisher and editor of The Westchester County Press, the county’s sole voice in Black Media for decades.

2011

Sorraya Sampson became the first Black Woman President & CEO of the Urban League of Westchester

2014

June 11, 2014, legendary actress and civil rights activist, Ruby Dee passed away at her New Rochelle home. Three months later, in September, the Library Green Park adjacent to the New Rochelle Public Library was renamed Ruby Dee Park at Library Green.

November 2014 Nadine Hunt-Robinson became the first African-American woman elected to serve as White Plains Common Council

On December 13, 2011, Jennifer Carpenter became the first Black Female Supervisor in the Mount Vernon Police Department when she was promoted to Sergeant

2015

September 21, 2015, Ms. Tamika Y. Rose makes history by opening the first African-American Female Minority owned insurance brokerage business in Elmsford at 75 No. Central Avenue.

October 2015, Dr. Belinda S. Miles was installed as the 3rd president of Westchester Community College, making history as the first African American and first female to be appointed to this prestigious assignment.

Dr. Evelyn Collins founded the Performing and Visual Arts Magnet School – formerly known as Nellie A Thornton High School – in Mount Vernon, NY, in 2015. On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the school was officially changed to the Denzel Washington School of the Arts (DWSA). The school grew a grade each year until it reached capacity as a secondary school in July 2020.

2016

February 5, 2016, Stephanie G. Vanderpool made history as the first African American Woman appointed to the role of Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation (City Assessor) in the City of Mount Vernon.

March 2016, MaryAnn Carr made history when she was elected the first African American to serve on the Town Board in Bedford

April 2016 Nichelle Johnson Muhammad is appointed Mount Vernon City Court Judge by then Mayor Richard Thomas. In November 2016, she made history as the first Muslim judge elected to Mount Vernon City Court

Friday, May 6, 2016, NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins is inducted into Westchester Women’s Hall of Fame during 7th Annual “In The Company of Women” Luncheon at the Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown

November 8, 2016, Yonkers resident Justice Janet C. Malone became the first Black Female Justice elected to the New York State Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, and the First Barbadian-born Female Jurist

2017

Biondi School Inducted Judith Johnson, Member of New York State’s Board of Regents, into Its Black History Wall of Fame on February 10^th

Billboard ranked Mary J. Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years.

August 2017

Dr Betty Campbell breaks barriers as the first African-American Commissioner of Jurors in Westchester County.

2018

Mary J. Blige made history as she scored an Oscar nomination for both her performances in the original song in the film Mudbound. With Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actress nominations, she was the first performer to be nominated for both singing and acting in a film.

On Friday, February 9, 2018, Kathie Davidson become the first African-American Administrative Judge of New York state’s Ninth Judicial District.

May 2018, the New York Liberty moved from Madison Square Garden to the Westchester County Center, marking the first time in over two decades that a professional sports league has called the county home. Their season tipped off on Sunday, May 20

Villa Lewaro – the estate of Madam C.J. Walker, the first Black female millionaire – was purchased by the New Voices Foundation. The Foundation offers women of color entrepreneurs access, capital, and expertise to scale their businesses through funding, networking, and learning opportunities. A planning and advisory team that includes preservationists, historians, and other groups continues to explore possibilities and provide recommendations for the Foundation’s rehabilitation and future use of the property. The Foundation offers women of color entrepreneurs access, capital, and expertise to scale their businesses through funding, networking, and learning opportunities. A planning and advisory team that includes preservationists, historians, and other groups continues to explore possibilities and provide recommendations for the Foundation’s rehabilitation and future use of the property.

November 21, 2018, Dr. Olivia J. Hooker passed away, she was 103 years old.

December 16, 2018, noted Civil Rights and Union Icon Doris Turner Keys passed away at 88

2019

On January 9, 2019, NYS Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins makes history as the first woman and first African American woman when she was formally elected Senate majority leader by her colleagues

March 12, 2019, Joan Grangenois-Thomas was elected Village of Port Chester Trustee. She is the first woman of color and only the second woman in almost twenty years to serve on this Board.

March 13, 2019, Dr. Traci Gardner becomes the First Woman and First African American to serve as Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director of Children’s Village.

October 2019, Lisa Willis made history as the first woman ever to become an assistant coach for the Westchester Knicks. W. K. is a G League of the NBA’s New York Knicks. The former NY Liberty WNBA player is the first female coach in the franchise’s 73-year history as there were 11 women on NBA benches as an assistant or player development coaches that season and two, including her, in the NBA G League. 

October 4, 2019, Krista Mann became the first Black female Lieutenant of the Mount Vernon Police Department when she was promoted by then-mayor André Wallace (and while I haven’t been able to independently confirm, she MAY be the first Black female Lieutenant in all of Westchester County)

Saturday, October 19, 2019, the Mount Vernon City School District dedicated its newly renovated Woods Auditorium in the Denzel Washington School of the Arts at Nellie A. Thornton Campus to Phylicia Rashad, a longtime Mount Vernon resident, Rashad is a trailblazer, from her role as the grounded working mother Clair Huxtable in “The Cosby Show” to her groundbreaking Tony Award as the first woman of color to win a Best Actress award.

November 2019, Shawyn Patterson-Howard becomes the first African American Women elected Mayor of the city of Mount Vernon. She also shattered the glass ceiling as the first African American woman to be elected mayor in Westchester County’s 43 municipalities.

November 2019, Tasha Freeman-Diaz becomes the first Black person, man or woman to represent District 3 in the Yonkers City Council. Three years later, in January 2022, she was elected Yonkers City Council Majority Leader

When Michelle Nicholas became the executive director of Girls Inc. Westchester in 2019, she made history as the nonprofit’s first person of color, first immigrant, and its youngest-ever director.

December 2019, Mount Vernon native Sochie Nnaemeka becomes New York Working Families Party State Director

2020

Monday, January 6, 2020, Nadine Hunt Robinson made history again as she became the first African-American woman to serve as White Plains Common Council President.

January 2020 Joanne Dunn makes history as the first Black woman to be Executive Director of the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester

January 2020 Deborah Norman is appointed Mount Vernon’s first female Fire Commissioner.

Spring 2020 – For the first time in the City of Yonkers’ history, there were two women of color, Karen Best & Verris Shako, on the ballot for the Yonkers City Court Judge. On Tuesday, June 23rd, Best and Shako won the Democratic Primary and went on to make history as the first two African-American women elected to serve on the bench in Yonkers

Notable Mention: In 2019, Elena Goldberg Velasquez became the first Latina elected to serve as a Yonkers City Court Judge

Summer 2020 – Grammy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated singer, songwriter, actress, producer, and philanthropist Mary J. Blige teamed up with Fantinel Winery in 2020 to create a line of wines – Sun Goddess Wines – that are absolutely made for sipping in the summer sunshine. The collection includes a Rosé and Italian Sauvignon Blanc.

Marvise Rainey became the first African American Policewoman in the Village of Ossining

July 2020 Joyce Sharrock Cole becomes the first African American appointed to the position of Ossining Village Historian

2021

January 2021: NY Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul for 16 days in 2021 after former Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned and again between April and May 2022 following Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin’s resignation, April 12, 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as the New York lieutenant governor, although in an acting capacity.

January 2021, MaryAnn Carr was appointed the first African American Town Supervisor of Bedford after Chris Burdick’s resignation to take his seat in the state Assembly. She is the first African-American Town Supervisor in Westchester County and only the second Black female to run a municipality in Westchester County

On Monday, April 5, 2021, Omayra Andino became the first Woman, first Black, and first Latina mayor of the village of Tuckahoe.

Efua Forson, the valedictorian at Mount Vernon STEAM Academy, is the first female student of color in the district’s documented history to be accepted with a full ride to Harvard University.

June 2021 Lakisha Collins-Bellamy is elected the first African American and Woman of Color to be elected President of the Yonkers City Council.

On July 7, 2021, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks designated Hon. Kathie E. Davidson as Dean of the New York State Judicial Institute, a statewide judicial education and research center focused on the latest developments in the law and other disciplines that influence the law.

Saturday, August 28th, Black Women from Westchester including members of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus (WBWPC), Sister 2 Sister International (STSI) and the Westchester branch of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and other Westchester activists joined thousands of marchers in Washington, D.C., for the March On Washington For Voter’s Rights, nearly six decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. They organized the bus ride from Cross Country Shopping Center parking lot in Yonkers to the historic event continuing the great efforts made by Black activists to expand civil rights and protect the right to vote.

September 2021, White Plains based choreographer and educator Sidra Bell is the first African-American woman to create a dance for the New York City Ballet. Her work, “Suspended Animation,” debuted Sept. 30th at The Koch Theater for the ballet’s Fall Fashion Gala

November 2021 – Vivian McKenzie is elected the first African American Woman Mayor of City of Peekskill

2022

January 1^st is first time in Yonkers history that a majority of the City Council is Black people or People of Color. The third time with a majority of women serving on the City Council and first time the Council is majority Black women or woman of color, Shanae Williams, follows a rich tradition of Black council members in District 1; Corazon Pineda-Isaac, a Latina who recognizes herself as a member of the African Diaspora- District 2; Tasha Freeman-Diaz, the first Black person, man or woman to represent District 3; and Lakisha Collins-Bellamy, the first Black person, man or woman, to be elected City Council President.

February 16, 2022, February 16th, Tajian Nelson makes history as the first African-American Female Westchester County Board of Election Commissioner after being unanimously selected by the Westchester County Democratic Party’s Executive Committee. She replaces Reginald Lafayette, who died in January. Nelson has worked at the board under Lafayette for years.

The Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom sculpture was on display at Renaissance Plaza in White Plains from April 1st – June 30th. The City of White Plains was the only location in southern New York State to host the “Harriet Tubman – The Journey to Freedom” sculpture in 2022 after being installed in Peekskill through the month of February.

May 15, 2022

Mary J. Blige received the Icon Award at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15th

June 2, 2022, Yonkers renamed a street to honor the city’s first Black female police officer, a native who many regarded as “Yonkers’ Mother.” Horatio Street between Dunbar and Clement Street is now also known as Rita Gross Nelson Way.

June 2022 Khaleelah Higgins-Brown opens the first Black-owned Comic Book Store in Westchester County, Mrz. Hulk 4 Life Comics and Cards at 5 W. Prospect Avenue in Mount Vernon

December 5, 2022, Leilani Yizar-Reid – founder of River Rise, LLC, a wellness advocacy organization, that provides holistic and wellness programs for youth and families in Westchester – makes history when she is sworn in as the first African American Woman elected to the Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees.

2023

On January 3rd, Danielle Browne became the Youngest City Council President in the history of the city of Mount Vernon

On Tuesday, November 7th, Namasha H. Schelling made history as the first African-American to serve on the Pound Ridge Town Board, despite being targeted with hate rhetoric and signs popping up all across Pound Ridge. She may possibly be the first Black elected official in the town of Pound Ridge, period.

November 7th, New Rochelle Councilwoman Yadira Ramos-Herbert defeated Republican opponent and former City Councilman Louis Trangucci, making history as the first Black, first Afro-Latina, and First Female Mayor of New York’s seventh-largest city, New Rochelle.

2024

On March 8th, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the nomination of Dr. DaMia Harris-Madden to serve as Commissioner of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Dr. Harris-Madden is an experienced nonprofit and community leader who currently serves as Executive Director of the Westchester County Youth Bureau and will take office as Acting Commissioner on April 8.

The book, Black Westchester Celebrates Black Women Of Westchester, is available on Amazon, or email BlackWestchester@gmail.com to purchase your autographed copy directly from us.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, also check out, Bronx Triangle, Inc. Celebrates Phenomenal Women For Women’s History Month, A Conversation With Sarah Bracey White, Governor Hochul Nominates Dr. DaMia Harris-Madden to Serve as Commissioner of the Office of Children and Family Services, Opening Night Of Women’s History Month At Mount Vernon City Hall, People Before Politics Radio Episode 362 – Celebrating Black Women of Westchester, Black Women Deserve Good Healthcare Too By Precious Ferrell, The Continued Disrespect of Black Women Is a Health Crisis By Kisha Skipper, 12 Supplements All Women Should Consider Taking for Good Health by Damon K. Jones, Senate Major Leader Stewart-Cousins Observes Black History Month, Women’s History Month With Film Screening, and Celebrating The Life & Legacy of Alice E. Roker, Celebrating The Life & Legacy Of Our Soul Sistah Angie Stone, and Alice Marie Johnson makes history as first ever Pardon Czar.

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