Beverly Guy-Sheftall Hailed as a Pioneer by 'MAKERS' Documentary Airing Tuesday

The Spelman College professor is recognized as a pioneer in the field of Black Women's Studies.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall is no stranger to receiving awards and accolades for her work as a feminist and as a pioneer in women's studies.  She is a prolific public speaker, an educator at Spelman College, and an author.  She has published a number of texts within the African-American women’s studies genre, which have been noted as seminal works by other scholars, including the first anthology on Black women’s literature, Sturdy Black Bridges: Visions of Black Women in Literature. Guy-Sheftall will be featured in a brand-new Aol/PBS documentary titled, "Makers: The Women Who Make America" which first airs on Tuesday, February 26th.  'Makers' is part of an Aol and PBS sponsored project in which producers have "created the largest ever video …

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