Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the U.S. quarter
The trailblazing author and poet is one of five pioneering American women to appear on the back of the coin through 2025.
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Melania Trump appears at her first solo public appearance in weeks — and wears a $4,595 gown
The first lady wore a floor-length black sleeveless dress to make a speech at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Maya Angelou: The Original Solo Adventuress
Maya Angelou, the late great novelist, poet, singer, dancer, actor and all-around Renaissance woman was one of America’s first female solo explorers and adventurers. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis and was scarred by a traumatizing early childhood. St. Louis is one of the settings for her memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. You can check out Angelou’s “star” on the city’s Hollywood-style St. Louis Walk of Fame on Delmar Boulevard — alongside plaques for other notable resi