Notable Women Socks
Description: A grid displays nine distinct portraits of influential Black women. Each individual is depicted in a style reflective of their historical context or profession, accompanied by their name below. The portraits include a woman in a headwrap with a sunset, another seated on a bus, one with a raised fist, an aviator, an astronaut in a frame, a smiling woman in a suit, a scientist with lab equipment, a woman in academic attire, and a woman in judicial robes writing.
Description: Herstory Portrait: Wangari Maathai (1940 – 2011) was a Kenyan environmental activist. She founded the Green Belt Movement in the 1970s seeking to promote environmental conservation in Kenya and Africa. She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
