#queenbess

[theaccidentalbookthief]

...May some gentler passion slide into my mind,

For I am soft and made of melting snow;

Or be more cruel, love, and so be kind.

Let me or float or sink, be high or low.

Or let me live with some more sweet content,

Or die and so forget what love ere meant.

Poem by Queen Elizabeth 1

🥀🥀Tudor rose🥀🥀

Source: @theaccidentalbookthief

[afrodandy]

Happy 125th Birthday to Bessie Coleman aka Queen Bess. 1st Black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Since no U.S school would accept her she taught herself French and paid for admission to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale by working as a manicurist, and at a chili salon.

Me dressed as Bessie for Take Back Halloween’s 2014 Costume Contest

http://takebackhalloween.org/halloween-2014-costume-contest-winners/

[spacerangerprince]

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Bessie Coleman (American Civil Aviator) 🤎✊🏾👩🏽‍🦱👩🏽‍✈️✈️🛩 #timehop #abe #bessiecoleman #queenbess #bravebessie #first #africanamerican #nativeamerican #fédérationaéronautiqueinternationale #civilaviator #aviator #pilot #blacklivesmatter (at FICS The Fédération Internationale de Chiropratique du Sport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBe0eE9FrmO/?igshid=16yr1vo35iuuf

[kimjameson]

Homemade Braum’s orange freeze and cheering on the Thunder with Dad and Mom (she ❤️ Schroeder). #okcthunder #thunderfans #nba #queenbess #braums (at Edmond, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8c3hsjBVQ6-UWPeCct_NnNhYa4dMH58cj3D4Y0/?igshid=9slg9g0a7h2u

[flisshorrocks]

[cheshicat]

When you and your roommate are equally as cool but have opposite schedules but understand the aesthetic appeal of a good wood floor #halloween #queenbess #justbingthings #halloween2016

[cheshicat]

Bessie throwing shade as per usual #bessie #queenbess #attitude #cattitude #cats #catsofinstagram #tuxedocat #betches (at Le Château d'Ogden)

[najeessentials]

#WomenInBlackHistory. Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (aka #BessieColeman) was an American civil aviator. She was the first female pilot of African-American descent and the first person of African-American descent to hold an international pilot license. Her admirers have her the nicknames #BraveBessie and #QueenBess because of her accomplishments. NAJÉ Essentials honors #ElizabethColeman. #BlackWomenInHistory #ElizabethBessieColeman