SOIGNÉE Lifestyle Publications – Legends, Visionaries and Innovators: Black Women's History Month Tribute

Soignée does not merely cover Black women's history. We are Black women's history, written in real time. This International Black Women's History Month special edition arrives for every woman who has ever been told her story was too specific, too complex, or too much. It was never too much. It was simply too powerful for the wrong rooms.Inside this issue, you will find the founders, the creatives, the policy shapers, and the quiet architects of change who never waited for permission. Legends. Visionaries. Innovators. Pick this up. Press it into the hands of every woman you love.Soignée Featured Authors and BooksOctober by Margaret Johnson-HodgeWorth the Risk by Shelia M. GossNo One Has to Know by Shelia M. GossBulky Awkward Beautiful by Julius KaneLiving More, Worrying Less by Julius KaneThe Last Days of Haz'elle Mae by Julius Kane What Love Leaves Behind by Marian L. ThomasA Nation Without: The History America Forgot by Mack E. Smith and Sara Freeman SmithTwice The Vows, Twice The Grace: From Heartbreak To Healing by Gregory L. Napier and Carolyn L. NapierSoignée Featured Articles08 Five Years Is a Foundation, Not a Finish Line11 Global, Gifted, & Loud On Purpose12 They Are Not Coming. They Are Already Here.21 She Owns The Clock: Time Is No Longer Borrowed24 Dolores Clara Fernández Huert: The Legend Before the Confession29 They Erased a Town, Then Drowned It33 Restored Me: Spiritual Inspiration34 Let Pain Go, Watch Yourself Rise47 Forgiving Myself for What I Tolerated50 Blackness Isn’t Your Trendy Buzzword57 You Survived It All. Now What?65 For the Record: She Writes Back!72 October by Margaret Johnson-Hodge75 Sneak Peek Inside October by Margaret Johnson-Hodge77 Soignée Conversation with Margaret Johnson-Hodge82 Worth the Risk by Shelia M. Goss85 No One Has to Know by Shelia M. Goss86 Soignée Conversation with Shelia M. Goss 90 Bulky Awkward Beautiful by Julius Kane92 Living More, Worrying Less by Julius Kane93 The Last Days of Haz'elle Mae by Julius Kane 96 Soignée Conversation with Julius Kane97 What Love Leaves Behind by Marian L. Thomas99 Soignée Conversation with Marian L. Thomas 102 A Nation Without: The History America Forgot by Mack E. Smith and Sara Freeman Smith105 Excerpt from A Nation Without: The History America Forgot 105 Soignée Conversation with Mack E. Smith and Sara Freeman Smith 107 Twice The Vows, Twice The Grace: From Heartbreak To Healing by Gregory L. Napier and Carolyn L. Napier110 Soignée Conversation with Gregory and Carolyn Napier 114 Black Authors: You Have the Book. Now What?122 Loving Loudly in a Body That Fights Itself131 He Didn't Get the Memo Because God Didn't Send It to Him136 Girl Stop Funding Your Own Struggle145 Care Is Currency, Invest In HerOur International Black Women's History Month special edition is not a celebration of what we overcame. It is a declaration of what we are building right now, across every continent, every industry, and every generation!Inside, you will find the 75 women the mainstream missed and the stories that were never too small. They were always too significant for smaller stages. We made a bigger one! Read more