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If you re lucky enough to have a Doodle illustration and an article of yourself on Google, chances are you re doing something right. Not just anyone can get a caricature of themselves on the world s most visited site.
So who is this great woman who inspired the Dec 30, 2020, Google Doodle?
Elizabeth Peratrovich was born in 1911 in Petersburg, Alaska, and was a part of the Tlingit Nation. Growing up in this small town with her adoptive parents, she faced extreme segregation and discrimination. Instead of being welcomed by the community, she encountered signs that read: “No Natives Allowed,” “No Dogs, No Natives,” and “We Cater to White Trade Only.”
Elizabeth Peratrovich
Sometimes I can get a little paranoid, and today was one of those times. Look at that gorgeous Google doodle for today. I spend a certain amount of time looking at Alaskan legend as a source of art images for my quilting, so when I saw the Google doodle, I thought it was one of those targeted things.
Not so.
As it turns out, it is a doodle honoring an Alaskan Tlingit woman, Elizabeth Peratrovich. I’ve taken the following from Wikipedia (to which I donate, so I am comfortable sharing what they have to say. I love that it is updated to show today’s doodle.) This woman was something special: