Monday July 20, 2020

37 days before the 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote

Inspirational Woman for Today is:

Fannie Lou Hamer

Another interesting fact…In 1961, Fannie Lou Hamer received a hysterectomy by a white doctor without her consent while undergoing surgery to remove a uterine tumor. Such forced sterilization of black women, as a way to reduce the black population, was so widespread it was dubbed a “Mississippi appendectomy.” Unable to have children of their own, the Hamers adopted two daughters. (Courtesy WomensHistory.org)

To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to History.com’s web page

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fannie-lou-hamer