Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 25, 2023, on the schools campus, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard has announced that Gay is to succeed Harvard University Lawrence Bacow, and is to become its new president beginning July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
This week, Forbes released their “50 Over 50″ list, which showcases powerful women – and over half of the women are Black women.
The list includes environmental justice advocate Catherine Coleman Flowers, Viola Davis, Claudine Gay (who was named Harvard University president last month), Mae Jemison (the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992), the legendary Ms. Patti Labelle, and many more.
President Joe Biden holds hands with Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, as they arrive for an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Actor Viola Davis discusses her book “Finding Me” at 92 Street Y on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, Thursday, May 25, 2023, on the schools campus, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard has announced that Gay is to succeed Harvard University Lawrence Bacow, and is to become its new president beginning July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Harvard physicist Avi Loeb, left, listens as former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison, speaks during a press conference where scientists announced a new breakthrough initiative focusing on space exploration and the search for life in the universe, Tuesday April 12, 2016, at One World Observatory in New York. The $100 million project is aimed at establishing the feasibility of sending a swarm of tiny spacecraft, each weighing far less than an ounce, to the Alpha Centauri star system. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)Patti LaBelle performs at the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Mesa, A.Z. (Adam Hunger/AP Images for the NFL)
Congrats to all the women celebrated, proving success can come at any time in life! See the full list here.
Clay Cane is an award-winning journalist, writer, radio host, and political commentator. A graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in African-American Studies, his work on race, culture, and politics have appeared in national publications, including the Washington Post, CNN, and The Grio. Clay is a regular political commentator on MSNBC.
