![]() ![]() William Benjamin Gould (1837–1923), an enslaved memoirist, published June 17, 2022.Regina Jonas, first woman to be ordained as a rabbi, published Aug.Vera Menchik, first women's world chess champion, published Septem.Lilian Lindsay, "the first certified female dentist in Britain", published Ma.Elizabeth Wagner Reed, geneticist "who resurrected legacies of women in science", published Ap.* Lily Parr, British soccer player, published July 21, 2023 Moses Fleetwood Walker, (1857–1924), "the first black baseball player in the big leagues, even before Jackie Robinson".Payton Jr., (1876–1917), "a real estate magnate who turned Harlem into a black mecca". Her moment came on a streetcar ride to church." ![]() Elizabeth Jennings Graham, (1827–1901), "Life experiences primed her to fight for racial equality.Mary Ellen Pleasant, (1814–1907), "born into slavery, she became a Gold Rush-era millionaire and a powerful abolitionist".Oscar Micheaux, (1884–1951), "a pioneering filmmaker prefiguring independent directors like Spike Lee and Tyler Perry".Woods, (1856–1910), "an inventor known as the 'Black Edison'". Nina Mae McKinney, (1912–1957), "an actress who defied the barrier of race to find stardom in Europe".Alfred Hair, (1941–1970), "a charismatic businessman who created a movement for Florida's black artists".Zelda Wynn Valdes, (1905–2001), "a fashion designer who outfitted the glittery stars of screen and stage".Major Taylor, (1878–1932), "a world champion bicycle racer whose fame was undermined by prejudice".Margaret Garner, (1833–1858), "who killed her own daughter rather than return her to the horrors of slavery".Scott Joplin, (1867–1917), "a pianist and ragtime master who wrote 'The Entertainer' and the groundbreaking opera 'Treemonisha'.Gladys Bentley, (1907–1960), "a gender bending blues performer who became 1920s Harlem royalty".Padnani wrote that readers' suggestions of whom to write about "have yielded some of the most-read obituaries". Lillias Campbell Davidson, (1853–1934), "an early advocate for women's cycling"īlack History Month (February 2019) ĭuring February 2019, in honor of Black History Month, the paper published obituaries for "a prominent group of black men and women" who were not examined at the time of their deaths.Charlotte Brontë, (1816–1855), "Novelist known for Jane Eyre".Belkis Ayón, (1967–1999), "a Cuban printmaker inspired by a secret male society".Margaret Abbott, (1878–1955), "an unwitting olympic trailblazer".Ada Lovelace, (1815–1852), "mathematician who wrote the first computer program".Nella Larsen, (1891–1964), "wrestled with race and sexuality in the Harlem renaissance".Emily Warren Roebling, (1843–1903), "the woman behind the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge".Madhubala, (1933–1969), "a Bollywood legend whose tragic life mirrored Marilyn Monroe's".Henrietta Lacks, (1920–1951), "whose cells lead to a medical revolution".Sylvia Plath, (1932–1963), "a postwar poet unafraid to confront her despair".Johnson, (1945–2002), "a transgender pioneer and activist" Diane Arbus, (1923–1971), "a photographer, whose portraits have compelled or repelled generations of viewers".Mary Ewing Outerbridge, (1852–1886), "helped bring tennis to the United States".Qiu Jin, (1875–1907), "beheaded by imperial forces, was 'China's Joan of Arc'".Wells, (1862–1931), "took on racism in the deep south with powerful reporting on lynchings" List of honorees International Women's Day (March 8, 2018) In May 2018, it was reported that the Times had partnered with Anonymous Content and Paramount Television to develop a drama anthology franchise based on the feature, with each season chronicling a notable woman. In its introduction, it was admitted that the paper's obituaries had been "dominated by white men", and that the project was intended to help "address these inequities of our time". The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. Overlooked No More is a recurring feature in the obituary section of The New York Times, which honors "remarkable people" whose deaths had been overlooked by editors of that section since its creation in 1851. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ![]()
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