My daughter as Yuri Kochiyama: Yuri Kochiyama was born in 1921 in San Pedro, CA.. She was nisei or an American-born child of Japanese parents. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her father, who was already in poor health, was detained, denied medicine and died as a result. Soon after that, the rest of her family...

The View covers The Heroines Project for Fathers Day.

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My daughter as Nina Simone: Nina Simone was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, NC. She displayed musical talent early on when she started playing the piano by ear at 3. Her mother cleaned houses for a woman who would become her benefactor providing formal piano lessons which introduced her to Johann Sebastian Bach and...

My daughter as Mother Teresa: Born in Macedonia, Mother Teresa became a nun at 18 year old. While serving in India, she received a “call within a call” which told her she needed to live among the poor and create her own order Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. She wore a blue and white sari and dedicated her l...

My daughter as Malala: You don’t have to be old to make history. Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan in 1997. When the Taliban gained control of her area, they banned the education of girls. Malala was raised in a family that valued education so she used her words to fight them. She spoke out against them and,...

My daughter as Shirley Chisholm: Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn but she did her early schooling with her grandmother in Barbados. She came back and attended the prestigious Girls' High School. She excelled in politics and debating at Brooklyn College. Afterwards, she became a nursery school teacher, earni...

My daughter as Admiral Michelle Howard: On July 1, 2014, Michelle J. Howard made history by becoming the first female four star admiral in the US Navy and the highest ranking Black woman in the military. She was referenced in the Tom Hanks movie Captain Phillips because Admiral Howard played a role in rescuing t...

My daughter as Grace Jones: Grace Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica but moved with her family to New York when she was twelve years old. Born into a very strict family religious family, Jones would rebel and go on to become a model, musician and muse. Her androgyny, sharp cheekbones and fearlessness caught...

My daughter as Josephine Baker: As a young girl Josephine Baker was serverly impacted by the violence of the race riots she witnessed in her hometown of St Louis, MO. Her ability to sing and dance led her to her joining a vaudeville troupe which brought her to New York City. Sensing limitations, she went to Pari...