BLACK HISTORY & WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

This issue of Tallahassee Woman Magazine is dedicated to women who are super heroes in their own right. In honor of both Black History month and Women’s History month, we pause and celebrate the millions of unsung, unknown sheroes whose daily triumphs make our society great.

We want to always acknowledge the accomplishments of women like Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Oprah, Sonia Maria Sotomayor, Rosa Parks, Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, Susan B. Anthony, Ellen Ochoa, Mae Jemison and so many more. We venture to think, however, that even these women will quickly tell us that they could not be who they are without the women who worked beside them and behind the scenes.

So many of their mothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, and friends may not have degrees, but they are smart and savvy. There are millions of women who are not running companies, but they are running their homes and household budgets with the exactness of a corporate executive. There are women who may not have been Beyonce, Patti Labelle, Selena or Celiene Dion, but they are in the background enhancing and complimenting the voices of these stars. So many women have never had the luxury of sitting behind desks every day. They in factories or are delivering our mail, or are helping raise our children and maintain our homes, but their work is just as meaningful to our advances as a country.

Many of our historical movements were successful not because of the people out front, but because of those in the background who believed just as passionately as those making the speeches or who made the news. There are women right here in Tallahassee who style our hair, beautify our nails and enhance our homes. They make up the fabric our community. So we elevate and honor every woman who makes history every day. She will probably never make the books, but she will make someone’s life better.