Vivienne Avant was a homemaker in Evanston, Illinois, where she raised two children, Myron and Nicole Avant, with her husband, Julius Avant. Vivienne tried to protect Myron when he got teased and ...

Anna North is a senior correspondent for Vox, where she covers American family life, work, and education. Previously, she was an editor and writer at the New York Times. She is also the author of ...

You may not know her name after reading it, but you definitely know Anna Maria Horsford's work. She played the innocent, yet preacher-chasing daughter of a Philadelphia deacon, Thelma, in the hit '80s ...