Vanilla Beane
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Vanilla Powell Beane, known as "DC's Hat Lady", was an American milliner and businesswoman. One of her hats was displayed and is in the collection of the National Museum of African American History an
Dr. Dorothy Height in a Vanilla Beane hat
Muriel Bowser
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Muriel Elizabeth Bowser is an American politician who has served as the mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented the 4th ward as a mem
Vanilla Beane
…of Washington, D.C. designated September 13 Vanilla Beane Day in her honor. Beane died on October 23, 2022, at age 103, in Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced her death in a statement and said Ms. Vanilla Beane embodied Black excellence. ... She was DC's Hat Lady. She was a mother, a grandmother…
Official portrait, 2024
Bowser's official Council photo, 2015
Bowser at a March for Our Lives rally in 2018
Bowser speaking at a protest in 2017