Karen Dorn Steele

Karen Dorn Steele is an environmental journalist best known for breaking the story of nuclear experiments causing potential public health damage at the Hanford Nuclear Site.

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Labeebee Hanna Saquet

Served as a bridge between Arab Americans and the general public, beginning in 1930 when she directed Arabian Nights, a Boston Syrian Tercentenary celebration presented at Symphony Hall.

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Pauline Hopkins

Novelist Pauline Hopkins (1856-1930) edited The Colored American from 1900 to 1904; her goal was to publish a journal devoted to “the development of Afro-American art and literature.”

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Sarah-Ann Shaw

Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, who led Civil Rights voter efforts, told neighborhood stories, and earned numerous accolades.

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Alma Reed

Many in Mexico revere Alma Reed, known as La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) for her sensitive journalism.

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Lucile S McDonald

Lucile Saunders McDonald distinguished herself in the fields of journalism and popular history through a prolific lifetime career that produced several thousand news features and columns, 13 published books on local history, an equal number of children’s books, and countless contributions to magazines, journals, and anthologies.

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