In honor of Women's History Month, we've gathered together a list of empowering strong women quotes to use however ... and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on ...

Rooted in racist antebellum stereotypes, the trope of the perpetually "strong Black woman" harms Black women’s mental health in its inherent dismissal of the effect any hardship may have ...

Despite evoking both myth and reality, Black women have been actively working toward retiring the "strong Black woman" archetype. While often glorified as a symbol of resilience, the label was ...

“It touches everything.” It’s a philosophy that more and more Black women have been embracing as a rejection of the Strong Black Woman trope, “a perception that Black women are naturally ...

The pressure puts us in the impossible position of having to keep going, even when we have nothing left to give. Far too often, I wake up to an e-mail from a news reporter wanting my opinion on ...

A woman in an all-female army, very, very physically strong, mentally strong — we are now going into what, in the wrong hands, would be the strong Black woman trope that I’m always on the hunt ...

For Black women who are divesting themselves of the harmful “strong Black woman” trope, the #softlife doesn’t simply mean having an abundance of wealth, luxury, and status. As many of us ...

The term “strong Black woman” has always perpetuated a dangerous stereotype that often leave us without protection or consideration. But now, Black women are using various social media apps ...

A Black Girls Rock-sponsored private screening of “The Woman King” welcomed an auditorium of approximately 100 people, all of African descent. As the influencers left the screening room ...

Young Black girls are no strangers to the “Strong Black Woman” stereotype. We see it in movies, television, books and sometimes even in our own homes and day-to-day lives. We are exposed to the idea ...

In the hit TV show, the character Sydney Adamu, a Black unapologetically ambitious ... When we see strong-willed, self-determined women, particularly women of color, presented as symbols of ...