#black-women

#black-women

Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable... This sentiment is a commonality in virtually every Atlanta Housewife's personal story.

Before the play begins, a voice states that the show is dedicated to every Black girl or woman who's been through darkness.

She's working as a teacher, and it's her own income that is paying her way through medical school," says Dominique Jean-Louis, Chief Historian at the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History.

I have been to the following solo: Montreal, London, Spain, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Dubai, France, Amsterdam, and Puerto Rico. Being Black wasn't an issue, at least nothing that I don't already experience as a Black woman in America. I actually find that people are super nice to me because I guess they don't see a lot of Black women traveling alone, so they typically have a lot of questions for me or want to talk about American TV.

"We have to be twice as good for half as much," Gantt said. "Now, Black women will stop being gaslit by society when we say we have to work twice as hard and we have to be overqualified."

Being an entrepreneur is one of the most powerful ways Black women can build wealth. In fact, Black women are the most rapidly expanding community of business owners in this nation. Black women-owned businesses have continued to grow revenue into the billions.

When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating...she said she wishes she had had a doula for one-on-one support through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.