Leslie Uggams, supersisters No. 69

This ephemera is from the original supersisters trading card set which aimed to empower women and girls by highlighting accomplished women in a wide variety of fields. The cards were created by sisters  Lois Rich and Barbara Egerman after Lois’ 8-year old daughter, Melissa, asked why there weren’t any women on baseball trading cards. This card features Leslie Uggams, an accomplished actress and singer. In 1961, during her tenure on Mitch Miller’s Sing Along with Mitch, she was the only Black performer regularly featured on a network TV show.