Power to Learn - Whoopi Goldberg Celebrates Women's History

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When Power to Learn asked Comedienne, Actress and Humanitarian Whoopi Goldberg to select 2 individuals she would want recognized in honor of Women's History Month, she selected Judith Jameson and Moms Mabley.

Use the following links to learn about each of these figures, pass a short quiz about their lives and receive a personalized postcard from Whoopi Goldberg.

Great Performances: Free to Dance - Biographies - Judith Jamison
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/jamison.html

Judith Jamison Bio - Alvin Ailey
http://www.alvinailey.org/page.php?p=art_d&v=56&sec=aaadt

Judith Jamison Biography
http://home.earthlink.net/~williamlichten/jamison.html

Kennedy Center - Biographical Information for Judith Jamison
http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?
fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3745&source_type=A

Biography for Moms Mabley
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531098/bio

Moms Mabley
http://home.earthlink.net/~dianska/mabley.htm

Bio of Moms Mabley
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=655

The African-American Registry: Moms Mabley, Comic Pioneer
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/539/Moms_Mabley_comic_pioneer