A Celebration of Women™ is moved deeply as we Celebrate the Life of one of our world's brave women, a female photographer, a pioneer in our history, a woman with the courage to Take Action, using her talents to expose one our world's most horrific atrocities of all time, the Congo in the 1900's. Through her photography, some of the worst atrocities in our history were exposed; awakening the world to a secret nightmare; one that is still being fought today. WOMAN … [Read more...]
Alice Seeley Harris – WOMAN of ACTION™
March 25, 2013 by Team Celebration
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