If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up space. — Florynce (Image via Harvard) She always wore a cowboy hat. Sometimes, she even wore it in the courtroom. As a civil rights lawyer in the 60s and 70s, Flo represented activists, black entertainers, women's lib leaders and more. She worked alongside Gloria Steinem to bridge the gap between black feminists and white feminists, and in 1971, she founded the national Feminist Party. The following year, the party nominated Shirley Chisholm for president -- the first African-American woman to run for highest office.
A Woman to Know: Florynce Kennedy
A Woman to Know: Florynce Kennedy
A Woman to Know: Florynce Kennedy
If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up space. — Florynce (Image via Harvard) She always wore a cowboy hat. Sometimes, she even wore it in the courtroom. As a civil rights lawyer in the 60s and 70s, Flo represented activists, black entertainers, women's lib leaders and more. She worked alongside Gloria Steinem to bridge the gap between black feminists and white feminists, and in 1971, she founded the national Feminist Party. The following year, the party nominated Shirley Chisholm for president -- the first African-American woman to run for highest office.