During 2018, the United States Postal Service has selected two women to be featured on U.S.
postage stamps. These stamps have already been released; they feature Lena Horne and Sally
Ride. Let’s learn more about these amazing women!
For over seventy years, actress, singer and dancer Lena Horne excelled in her entertainment
career. In 1933, at age 16, she appeared in the chorus line of the Cotton Club in New York City.
She made her first records in the late 1930s and also appeared in a few low-budget movies. Her
movie debut was in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1942 movie Panama Hattie. In 1943 she performed
the title song to the movie Stormy Weather. Her career was thwarted as she was not cast in
leading roles because she was African American.
