March is a huge birthday month in my house. Two of my three children were born in March, I’m at the end of March, and many of my favorite women (and men) were born in March. Since March is a focus on Women’s History, let’s take a look at five of them.
Chaka Khan
From Wikipedia: Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953 into an artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. She was the eldest of five children to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, and has described her father Charles as a beatnik and her mother as ‘able to do anything’ (bolding mine)
Gloria Swanson
From Wikipedia: an American actress, singer, and producer perhaps best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a reclusive silent film star, in the critically acclaimed 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille.
Diana Ross
From Wikipedia: an American singer, actress, record producer and an occasional songwriter. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown’s most successful act and is to this day America’s most successful vocal group as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. As part of the Supremes, Ross most notably rivaled the career of the Beatles in worldwide popularity…(bolding mine)
Joan Crawford
From Wikipedia: a noted, Oscar-winning American film and television actress who started as a dancer and stage chorine.
She also, reportedly, disliked wire hangers……(not from Wikipedia)
Aretha Franklin
Can’t leave out the Queen of Soul! Always imitated, never duplicated, her voice soars above the rest. Don’t believe me? Listen to her version of Dr. Feelgood and if you’re not throwing your hands up for #church by the end of the song, then you are dead inside and might want to be checked for zombie-itis.
Go….be inspired!