Blog
Women's History Month Profiles: Maida Springer Kemp
… of civil and labor rights. Today's profile is Maida Springer Kemp. … Maida Springer Kemp was born in Panama , but moved to Harlem at the age of 7. Her mother, Adina Steward Carrington, listened to the messages of Marcus Garvey and passed the lessons she learned to her daughter, teaching her to be hopeful and to value education. She joined the labor movement during the Great …