For the past 30 years, March has been recognized as Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the accomplishments that women in our society have made to their communities, to their country and to the world. Last Friday, 24 Tipton County women were honored during the inaugural Hattye T. Yarbrough Women’s Appreciation Luncheon sponsored by the Association for the Preservation … [Read more...] about Two dozen women honored during Awesome Women luncheon
Hattye T. Yarbrough
Yarbrough artifacts on display at new Smithsonian museum
As a girl growing up in Hardeman County, the daughter of sharecroppers, Hattye Mae Thomas Yarbrough couldn’t imagine many of the things she’s seen in her 95 years. “Never in a million years” is when she thought she’d see America’s first African American president, for instance. And “never in a million years” did she ever think she, the star basketball player from Paris, … [Read more...] about Yarbrough artifacts on display at new Smithsonian museum
