Cyndi Lauper, singer-songwriter, composer and actress, for #WomensHistoryMonth

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper was born on June 22, 1953, and raised Roman Catholic in Queens, N.Y. Her mother, Catrine Gallo, is an Italian American whose family is from Sicily. “I come from a line of great Sicilian women, and their mentality is to endure and push through to the other side,” said Lauper. She began her career singing in local cover b...