Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (2/11/1916-12/22/2000)
“Known to everyone as Flo, recognizable everywhere in cowboy hat and pink sunglasses, she was one of the first black women to graduate from Columbia Law School, where she was admitted after threatening a discrimination suit. She fought in the courts and on the streets for abortion rights, represented Black Panthers, was a founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus and led a mass urination by women protesting a lack of women’s restrooms at Harvard (Douglas Martin, The New York Times, Dec. 23, 2000).”
Happy Birthday, Flo!