Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

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"Uncrowned Queens, Dedicated to the Heroic, Toiling Black Woman": Our Inspiration

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026 Articles

The Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. was named for Drusilla Dunjee Houston and her poem Uncrowned Queens. It was written in 1917 and in response to the elite Black ...

Drusilla Dunjee Houston

America's Uncrowned Queens: Dedicated to the Heroic, Toiling Black Woman

by Uncrowned Queens Institute, Inc.

Aug 27, 2026 Poetry

October 26, 1917 - Black Dispatch Courtesy of the Oklahoma Historical Society Neath a weary load upon dusky head, Upon American streets is the tread Of an uncrowned type of heroine, Their labors untru...

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