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Notable Black American women, Jessie Carney Smith, editor

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Notable Black American women

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Jessie Carney Smith, editor

Essays on African American women from 1730 with selections representing diverse areas of achievement including business, civil rights, the arts, education, scholarship, and government. Biographical essays of the most famous African American women--Harriet Tubman, Mary McLeod Bethune--appear alongside those of modern black women in their prime: historian Nell Painter, writer Alice Walker, and actress Halle Berry. Narrative biographical essays, edited by noted scholar Jessie Carney Smith, discuss each woman's significant achievements and the public response to those achievements. Many entries contain personal statements from the subjects provided exclusively for this 3 volume series, and all provide biographical data and a list of sources for additional study

: nurse, educator, author, nursing administrator, Diahann Carroll (1935- ) : singer, actress, Betty Carter (1929-[1998]) : singer, Eunice Hunton Carter (1899-1970) : lawyer, community leader, Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867-1951) : educator, clubwoman, civic activist, Alice Dugged Cary ([1859]?-1941) : educator, social worker, clubwoman, Melnea Cass (1896-1978) : community leader, civil rights activist, Elizabeth Catlett (1915-[2012]) : sculptor, painter, printmaker, Barbara Chase-Riboud (1939- ) : sculptor, writer, poet, Alice Childress (1920-[1994]) : writer, actress, and director, May Edward Chinn (1896-1980) : physician, scholar, Shirley Chisholm (1924-[2005]) : politician, author, Septima Clark (1898-1987) : educator, humanitarian, civil rights activist, Alice Coachman (1923-[2014]) : athlete, Jewell Plummer Cobb (1924- ) : biologist, educator, Johnnetta Betsch Cole (1936- ) : educator, anthropologist, Rebecca J. Cole (1846-1922) : physician, Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) : aviator, Cardiss Collins (1931-[2013]) : politician, Janet Collins (1917-[2003]) : dancer, choreographer, educator, Marva Collins (1936-[2015]) : school founder, Coralie Cook (18?-1942) : civic worker, educator, activist, Anna J. Cooper (1858/59-1964) : educator, scholar, writer, feminist, Pan-Africanist, activist, Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913) : educator, civic and religious activist, feminist, Camille Cosby (1945- ) : philanthropist, entrepreneur, foundation executive, Julia Ringwood Coston (18?-?) : publisher, journalist, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1892-1987) : singer, musician, Marie Bernard Couvent (c. 1757-1837) : school founder, Ida Cox (1896-1967) : singer, Ellen Craft (c. 1826-c. 1897) : abolitionist, school founder, Otelia Cromwell (1874-1972) : educator, author, Maud Cuney Hare (1874-1936) : musician, folklorist, author, Marion Vera Cuthbert (1896-1989) : educator, organization leader, writer, Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) : actress, Margaret Danner (1915-[1984]) : poet, Angela Davis (1944- ) : social activist, educator, Elizabeth Lindsay Davis (1855-?) : educator, writer, club organizer, Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860-1941) : elocutionist, actress, political organizer, Hilda Davis (1905-[2001]) : educator, educational leader, Jennie Dean (1852-1913) : missionary, school founder, community leader, Ruby Dee (1924-[2014]) : actress, social activist, Lucy A. Delaney (1830-?) : slave, author., [Book I]., Clara Leach Adams-Ender (1939- ) : nursing administrator, Cecelia Adkins (1923-[2007]) : business executive, Octavia Albert (1853-c. 1899) : writer, Sadie Alexander (1898-1989) : lawyer, civil rights activist, Elreta Alexander Ralston (1919-[1998]) : lawyer, judge, Debbie Allen (1950- ) : actress, television producer, writer and director, singer, dancer, Caroline Still Anderson (1848-1919) : physician, educator, Marian Anderson (c. 1900-[1993]) : singer, Regina M. Anderson (1901-[1993]) : librarian, playwright, arts patron, Maya Angelou (1928-[2014]) : writer, poet, Lillian Hardin Armstrong (1989-1971) : musician, composer, Gertrude Elise Ayer (1884-1971) : activist, educator, writer, Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) : singer, actress, comedienne, author, Augusta Baker (1911-[1998]) : storyteller, librarian, Ella Baker (1903-1986) : community organizer, civil rights and domestic activist, education consultant, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) : dancer, entertainer, Maria Louise Baldwin (1856-1922) : educator, community worker, Carnella Barnes (1911-[1997]) : religious leader, community worker, Etta Moten Barnett (1902-[2004]) : singer, actress, lecturer, community worker, arts patron, Marguerite Ross Barnett (1942-[1992]) : educator, Janie Porter Barrett (1865-1948) : social welfare leader, rehabilitation reform activist, clubwoman, Willie B. Barrow (1924-[2015]) : religious leader, organization executive, Charlotta Spears Bass (1880-1969) : political theorist, activist, editor, Daisy Bates (1920-[1999]) : journalist, civil rights activist, Flora Batson (1864-1906) : singer, Bessye Bearden (1888-1943) : political and civic worker, Delilah Leontium Beasley (1867-1934) : historian, journalist, Phoebe Beasley (1943- ) : radio station executive, artisit, Louise Beavers (1902-1981) : actress, Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) : poet, author, graphic artist, educator, journalist, editor, Mary Francis Berry (1938- ) : historian, educator, lawyer, government official, civil and human rights activist, Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) : educator, civil and women's rights activist, government official, Camille Billops (1933- ) : sculptor, printmaker, educator, research collection founder, Jane M. Bolin (1908-[2007]) : judge, Margaret Bonds (1913-1972) : composer, musician, educator, Matilda Booker (1887-1957) : educator, Eva del Vakia Bowles (1875-1943) : organization worker, Mary Elizabeth Bowser (1839-?) : Union spy, Mary E. Branch (1881-1944) : educator, social activist, Carol Brice (1918-1985) : singer, Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-[2000]) : poet, writer, lecturer, Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883-1961) : educator, school founder, author, civic leader, Dorothy Brown (1919-[2004]) : surgeon, humanitarian, Hallie Brown (c. 1845-1949) : educator, school founder, author, civic leader--, Letitia Brown (1915-1976) : educator, historian, Josephine Beall Bruce (18?-1923) : clubwoman, educator, Grace Ann Bumbry (1937- ) : singer, Selma Hortense Burke (1900-1995) : sculptor, educator, school founder, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (1932- ) : lawyer, politician, Margaret Taylor Burroughs (1917-[2010]) : artist, arts administrator, educator, lecturer, museum director, writer, Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) : school founder, educator, civil rights activist, feminist, religious leader, Vinie Burrows (1928- ) : actress, director, radio producer, Anita Bush (1883-1974) : dancer, actress, stock company founder, Octavia E. Butler (1947-[2006]) : writer, Selena Sloan Butler (1872?-1964) : community leader, child welfare activist, organization leader, Shirley Caesar (1938- ) : singer, religious leader, Blanche Calloway (1902-1973) : singer, entrepeneur, Lucie Campbell Williams (1885-1962) : composer, educator, evangelist, Alexa Canady (1950- ) : neurosurgeon, Mary Elizabeth Carnegie (1916-[2008])administrator, Sovietologist, Linda Johnson Rice (1958- ) : publishing company executive, Helen Caldwell Day Riley (1926-[2013]) : religious worker, hospitality house founder, nurse, writer, George Kay Roberts (1950- ) : conductor, violinist, educator, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (1912-[1992]) : civil rights activist, educator, writer, Carolyn Rodgers (1942-[2010]) : poet, critic, educator, Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark ([1916-2006]) : lawyer, politician, organization founder, researcher, Esther Rolle (1922-[1998]) : actress, Lucille Mason Rose (1918-1987) : civil worker, political activist, Gertrude E. Durden Rush (1880-1962) : lawyer, educator, lecturer, organization founder, playwright, club leader, Patricia A. Russell-McCloud (1946- ) : educator, lawyer, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, Elizabeth Thorn Scott (?-1867) : educator, school founder, church worker, Catherine Seal (c. 1874-1930) : religious leader, Leah J. Sears-Collins (1955- ) : lawyer, judge, state supreme court justice, Lucy Stanton Day Sessions (1831-1910) : educator, abolitionist, writer, missionary, reformer, Betty Shabazz (1936-[1997]) : educator, nurse, community activist, Patricia Walker Shaw (1939-1985) : business executive, organization leader, social worker, Susie Isabel Lankford Shorter (1859-1912) : religious worker, writer, clubwoman, educator, Jeanne C. Sinkford (1933- ) : dentist, educator, college administrator, researcher, lecturer, Lucy Smith (1875-1952) : minister, healer, church founder, Lucy Harth Smith (1888-1955) : educator, club leader, black history advocate, Mary Levi Smith (1936- ) : educator, college president, Mary Perry Smith (1926-[2015]) : educator, organization executive, Jane Morrow Spaulding (?-1965) : clubwoman, social worker, community activist, political organizer, government official, Vaino Hassan Spencer (1920- ) : judge, lawyer, Carrie Steele (?-1900) : children's home founder, Charlotte Andrews Stephens (1854-1951) : educator, principal, librarian, reformer, Ellen Stewart (c. 1920-[2011]) : stage producer, fashion designer, Maxine Sullivan (1911-1978) : singer, Clara Smyth Taliaferro (1873-?) : pharmacist, educator, clubwoman, Alethia Browning Tanner (17??-18??) : slave, gardener, Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate (1871-1930) : minister, religious leader, healer, church founder, Merze Tate (1905-[1996]) : scholar, educator, writer, Mildred D. Taylor (1943- ) : children's author, Rebecca Stiles Taylor (1880-1970) : educator, principal, club leader, journalist, humanitarian, Debi Thomas (1967- ) : figure skater, [physician]., Julianne Malveaux (1953- ) : economist, television host, writer, columnist, activist, Grace A. Mapps (?-c. 1891) : educator, administrator, poet, Vivian Osborne Marsh (1897-1986) : community activist, clubwoman, government official, Harriet Gibbs Marshall (1868-1941) : pianist, educator, school founder, Constance Hill Marteena (1903-1976) : librarian, educator, writer, organization leader, Roberta Martin (1907-1969) : gospel singer, composer, arranger, Ruby Grant Martin (1933-[2003]) : government official, lawyer, Ernestine McClendon (1918-[1991]) : actress, talent agent, educator, Gay Johnson McDougall (1947- ) : international lawyer, social activist, administrator, Viola Harris McFerren (1931-[2013]) : civil rights and social activist, Doris Evans McGinty (1925-[2005]) : musician, educator, writer, Leatrice B. McKissack (1930- ) : business executive, educator, Patricia Carwell McKissack (aka L'Ann Carwell) (1944- ) : children's author, educator, consultant, storyteller, Terry L. McMillan (1951- ) : writer, educator, editor, Georgia L. McMurray (1934-1992) : civic worker, child care advocate, Barbara McNair ([1934-2007]): singer, actress, entertainer, Claudia McNeil (1917-1993) : actress, singer, Carrie Meek (1926- ) : U.S. representative, educator,administrator, Mabel Mercer (1900-1984) : singer, Stephanie Mills (1957- ) : singer, actress, entertainer, Leona Mitchell (1949- ) : opera singer, Mildred R. Mitchell-Bateman (1922-[2012]) : psychiatrist, state mental health administrator, Sybil Collins Mobley (1925-[2015]) : certified public accountant, educator, college administrator, Carol E. Moseley- Braun (1947- ) : lawyer, politician, radio host, Mary Ella Mossell (1853-1886) : missionary, Jennie Dee Booth Moton (1879-1942) : educator, civic leader, clubwoman, government official, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe (1951- ) : photographer, writer, AIDS activist, Anna Evans Murray (1857-1955) : kindergarten advocate, educator, clubwoman, civic leader, Gloria Naylor (1950- ) : short story writer, novelist, playwright, Ida Gray Nelson Rollins (1867-1953) : dentist, Constance Berry Newman (1935- ) : government official, entrepreneur, Jeanne Noble (1926-[2002]) : educator, writer, consultant, college administrator, organization leader, Marita Bonner Occomy (1899-1971) : writer, educator, Hazel O'Leary (1937- ) : U.S. Secretary of Energy, government official, lawyer, business executive, consultant, Lillian Adams Parks (1932- ) : school superintendent, social activist, civic leader, Lillian Rogers Parks (1898-[1997]) : servant, memoirist, Lucy Parsons (1853-1942) : political activist, journalist, poet, Jennie R. Patrick (1949- ) : chemical engineer, educator, motivational speaker, Dorothy Smith Patterson (1930- ) : nurse, teenage parent advocate, humanitarian, Sarah E.C. Dudley Pettey (1868-1906) : educator, school administrator, feminist, lecturer, columnist, Billie Goodson Pierce (1907-1974) : jazz and blues pianist and singer, dancer, Ponchitta Pierce (1942- ) : television host and producer, magazine writer and editor, Mary F. Pitts (1860-1914) : educator, clubwoman, organization worker, temperance worker, Deborah Prothrow-Stith (1954- ) : physician, educator, consultant, administrator, Georgiana Frances Putnam (1832-1912) : educator, Charlotta Gordon Pyles (c. 1806-1880) : abolitionist, lecturer, Florence Spearing Randolph (1866-1951) : evangelist, minister, missionary, suffragist, lecturer, club leader, temperance leader, Emma S. Ransom (?-1943) : religious worker, clubwoman, civil rights activist, Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad (1948- ) : actress, singer, dancer, Della Reese (1932- ) : singer, actress, Sylvia Lyons Render (1913-1986) : educator, researcher, manuscript curator, Sylvia M. Rhone (1952- ) : record company executive, Condaleezza Rice (1954- ) : educator, universityeducator, Dionne Warwick (1940- ) : singer, Dinah Washington (1924-1963) : singer, Fredi Washington (1903-[1993]) : dancer, actress, organization founder, Josephine Washington (1861-1949) : writer, educator, Margaret M. Washington (c. 1861-1925) : educator, clubwoman, Olivia D. Washington (1854-1889) : educator, school founder, Sarah Spencer Washington (1889-?) : entrepreneur, philanthropist, Ethel Waters (1896-1977) : singer, dancer, actress, Faye Wattleton (1943- ) : organization executive, reproductive rights activist, Ida B. Wells Barnett (1862-1930) : journalist, lecturer, social activist, clubwoman, feminist, antilynching crusader, Dorothy West (1907-[1998]) : writer, editor, journalist, Doris L. Wethers (1927- ) : pediatrician, Laura Frances Wheatley (18?-19?) : educator, social and political activist, patron of the arts, writer, entrepreneur, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) : poet, Ionia Rollin Whipper (1872-1953) : physician, religious leader, Eartha White (1876-1974) : social worker, community leader, businesswoman, teacher, Fannie B. Williams (1855-1944) : lecturer, civic leader, clubwoman, journalist, Lorraine A. Williams (1923-[1996]) : educator, clubwoman, Maria Selika Williams (1849?-1937) : singer, Mamie Williams (1872-1951) : civic leader, Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) : musician, composer, arranger, educator, Edith Wilson (1896-1981) : singer, Harriet E.A. Wilson (1827?-c.1870) : writer, Margaret Bush Wilson (1919-[2009]) : lawyer, civil rights leader, Nancy Wilson (1937- ) : singer, activist, Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) : talk show host, actress, Deborah C.P. Wolfe (1916-[2004]) : educator, consultant, religious leader, Geraldine Pittman Woods (1921-[1999]) : medical consultant, civic leader, Elizabeth Wright (1872-1906) : school founder, educator, Jane C. Wright (1919-[2013]) : physcian, researcher, educator, Josephine Silone Yates (1859-1912) : teacher, journalist, clubwomanadministrator, Rosa L. Gragg (1904-1989) : educator, school founder, clubwoman, civic worker, church worker, Micki Grant ([1941]- ) : actress, singer, composer-lyricist, Eloise Greenfeld (1929- ) : children's author, Pam Grier (1949- ) : actress, Lani Guinier (1950- ) : lawyer, educator, Bonnie Guiton (1941- ) : administrator, government official, Jessie P. Guzman (1898-[1996]) : researcher, writer, educator, school administrator, Mabel Dole Haden ([1909-2007]) : lawyer, organization leader, educator, Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893-1964) : pianist, educator, Julia West Hamilton (1866-1958) : civic organizer, church leader, clubwoman, Gladys Riddle Hampton (c. 1910-1971) : business manager, record company executive, road manager, singer, modiste, D. Antoinette Handy-[Miller] (1930-[2002]) : flutist, educator, administrator, radio host, writer, Ruth Wright Hayre (1911-[1998]) : school superintendent, educator, philanthropist, Jessie Mae Hemphill (1932-[2006]) : blues singer, musician, Freddye Scarborough Henderson (1917-[2007]) : entrepreneur, travel agent, fashion designer, writer, educator, Anita Hill (1956- ) : lawyer, educator, Ann Hobson-Pilot (1943- ) : harpist, Josephine Groves Holloway (1898-1988) : organization executive, college registrar, social worker, Bell Hooks (1952- ) : feminist, critic, social activist, educator, writer, Shirley Horn (1934-[2005]) : jazz singer, musician, Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (1865-1932) : suffragist, clubwoman, organization worker, social worker, Whitney Houston (1963-[2012]) : singer, model, J. Imogene Howard (1851-19??) : educator, principal, Helen Humes (1913-1981) : singer, Ida Alexander Gibbs Hunt (1862-1957) : educator, pan-Africanist, writer, Kristin Hunter (1931-[2008]) : novelist, short story writer, educator, journalist, E. Belle Mitchell Jackson (1848-1942) : educator, entrepreneur, religious worker, reformer, Ida L. Jackson (1902-[1996]) : educator, humanitarian, Janet Jackson (1966- ) : singer, actress, Caterina Jarboro (c. 1898-1986) : opera singer, Louise E. Jefferson (1908-[2002]): calligrapher, illustrator, art director, cartographer, photographer, Elaine B. Jenkins (1916-[1999]) : entrepreneur, consultant firm founder, educator, Sebetha Lee Jenkins (1939- ) : educator, college president, administrator, Patricia Prattis Jennings (1941- ) : keyboardist, composer, songwriter, editor, Amelia E. Johnson (1858-1922) : poet, editor, novelist, educator, Eddie Bernice Johnson (1934- ) :(1901-?) : librarian, Lucretia Newman Coleman (18??-?) : writer, educator, secretary, bookkeeper, Mattie E. Coleman (1870-1942) : physician, missionary, school superintendent, activist, lecturer, feminist, suffragist, Johnnie Colemon ([1920-2014]) : minister, evangelist, church founder, educator, Florence O. Cole-Talbert (1890-1961) : opera singer, educator, Barbara-Rose Collins (1939- ) : community activist, state representative, U.S. representative, Helen Appo Cook : club leader, civic worker, Myrtle Foster Cook (1870-1951) : editor, clubwoman, educator, civic worker, political worker, Anne Margaret Cooke (1907-?) : theater educator, director, Cooper Ada A. : lecturer, educator, poet, writer, journalist, missionary, J. California Cooper ([1931-2014]) : short story writer, novelist, playwright, Patricia S. Cowings (1948- ) : psychologist, flight scientist, Wilhelmina Marguerita Crosson (1900-1991) : educator, school administrator, civic worker, Minnie Lou Crossthwaite (1860-1937) : educator, college registrar, clubwoman, Julie Dash (1952- ) : filmmaker, Dora Dean (c. 1872-1949) : dancer, entertainer, Georgia Mabel De Baptiste (1867-19??) : social worker, religious worker, educator, Lois M. DeBerry (1945-[2013)) : state representative, political activist, The Delaney sisters :, Sadie Delany (1889-[1999]) : educator, humanitarian, Bessie Delany (1891-[1995]) : dentist, civil rights activist, Louise De Mortie (1833-1867) : lecturer, missionary, fund-raiser, Suzanne de Passe (1948- ) : producer, record and film company executive, Helen Octavia Dickens (1909-[2001]) : physician, surgeon, researcher, educator, health administrator, counselor, lecturer, Addie Whiteman Dickerson (1878-?) : real estate broker, reformer, clubwoman, civic and political activist, Beulah Mae Donald (1920-1988) : civil rights activist, Lizzie Douglas (189?-1973) : singer, guitarist, songwriter, Grace Bustill Douglass (1782-1842) : abolitionist, milliner, Hazel Nell Dukes (1932- ) : civil rights activist, Mollie Ernestine Dunlap (1898-1977) : librarian, bibliographer, editor, Georgia R. Dwelle (c. 1884-1977) : physician, temperance worker, writer, Sarah Jane Woodson Early (1825-1907) : educator, temperance leader, activist, writer, lecturer, Joycelyn Elders (1933- ) : physician, researcher, state health official, U.S. Surgeon General, Mercedes Ellington (1939- ) : dancer, choreographer, art director, educator, Minnie Evans (1892-1987) : visionary artist, Myrlie B. Evers-Williams (1933- ) : organization executive, civil rights activist, writer, civic workerpolitician, consultant firm founder, nurse, Virginia Johnson (1950- ) : dancer, Claudia Jones (1915-1964) : political activist, black nationalist, feminist, journalist, Edith Irby Jones (1927- ) : physician, educator, organization leader, Elaine R. Jones (1944- ) : organization executive, lawyer, civil rights activist, Elayne Jones (1928- ) : percussionist, timpanist, Grace Jones (1952- ) : entertainer, dancer, model, singer, actress, Grace Morris Allen Jones (c. 1876-1928) : educator, school founder, fund-raiser, postmaster, clubwoman, reformer, writer, Sarah Gibson Jones (c. 1843-1938) : educator, school founder, fund-raiser, journalist, poet, lecturer, clubwoman, Star Jones (1962- ) : lawyer, television correspondent, television host, Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-[1998]) : athlete, Marjorie Stewart Joyner (1896-1994) : entrepreneur, educator, philanthropist, Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee (1962- ) : athlete, Amalya Lyle Kearse (1937- ) : judge, lawyer, writer, Maida Springer Kemp (1910-[2005]) : labor leader and consultant, women's and civil rights activist, Yvonne Kennedy (1945-[2012]) : educator, state representative, college president, Jayne Harrison Kennedy-Overton (1951- ) : actress, model, dancer, spokesperson, television host, producer, Yolanda Denise King (1955-[2007]) : actress, producer, director, Gladys Knight (1944- ) : singer, business executive, television producer, actress, Patti LaBelle (1944- ) : singer, actress, Queen Latifa (aka Dana Owens) (1970- ) : rap artist, actress, business executive, Jennifer Lawson (1946- ) : television and film company executive, film producer and editor, writer, educator, civil rights activist, Rosetta E. Coakley Lawson (c. 1854-1936) : educator, religious worker, reformer, club leader, temperance leader, Maria Coles Perkins Lawton (1864-1946) : clubwoman, educator, political activist, lecturer, columnist, S. Willie Layten (1863-1950) : feminist, organization leader, educator, clubwoman, political worker, Mollie Huston Lee (1907-1982) : librarian, civic leader, organization leader, Shirley A.R. Lewis (1937- ) : college president, educator, religious fund director, Charlotte E. Linden (1859-1919) : poet, laundress, clubwoman, Melba Liston (1926-[1999)] : musician, arranger, Eleanor Young Love (1922-[2006]) : university administrator, educator, counselor, librarian, Maritcha R. Lyons (1848-1929) : educator, writer, lecturer, Hulda Margaret Lyttle (1889-1983) : nurse, hospital and school administrator., Mae Faggs (1932-[2000]): track athlete, educator, administrator, Jean Fairfax (1920- ) : civil rights activist, philanthropist, Lola Falana (1942- ) : entertainer, singer, dancer, actress, Sarah Collins Fayerweather (1812-1878) : school integrationist, Sarah Collins Fernandis (1863-1951) : social activist, educator, poet, civic leader, Gail Fisher (1935-[2000]) : actress, model, Roberta Flack (1940- ) : singer, Julia A.J. Foote (1823-1901) : evangelist, preacher, Justina L. Ford (1871-1952) : physician, humanitarian, Mary Weston Fordham (c. 1845-1905) : educator, school founder, poet, Elizabeth Denison Forth (c. 1973-1866) : maid, landowner, investor, philanthropist, Frankie Muse Freeman (1916- ) : civil rights activist, community activist, lawyer, Eliza Ann Gardner (1831-1922) : abolitionist, clubwoman, dressmaker, reformer, religious leader, Hazel B. Garland (1913-1988) : journalist, editor, Zina Lynna Garrison (1963- ) : tennis player, Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973) : feminist, journalist, organization leader, activist, Mercedes Gilbert (1889-1952) : actress, poet, songwriter, playwright, novelist, Thelma Thurston Gorham (1913-1991) : journalist, organization leader, activist, Mercedes Gilbert (1889-1952) : actress, poet, songwriter, playwright, novelist, Thelma Thurston Gorham (1913-1991) : journalist, educator, editor, writer,Randolph (c. 1902-1967) : actress, singer, Virginia Randolph (1870-1958) : educator, social worker, Charlotte E. Ray (1850-1911) : lawyer, H. Cordelia Ray (c. 1849-1916) : poet, educator, Bernice J. Reagon (1942- ) : museum curator, writer, historian, musician, civil rights activist, Sarah P. Remond (1826-1894) : activist, physician, Beah Richards (1926-[2000]) : actress, Fannie M. Richards (1840-1922) : educator, school founder, social reformer, civil rights activist, Gloria Richardson (1922- ) : civil rights activist, Florida Ruffin Ridley (1861-1943) : clubwoman, writer, educator, social worker, Eslanda Goode Robeson (1896-1965) : chemist, business manager, writer, anthropologist, activist, Pan-Africanist, Rubye Doris Robinson (1942-1967) : civil rights activist, Charlemae Hill Rollins (1897-1979) : librarian, storyteller, author, Diana Ross (1944- ) : singer, actress, Wilma Rudolph (1940-[1994]) : athlete, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) : clubwoman, civic leader, civil and women's rights activist, Betye Saar (1926- ) : artist, educator, Edith S. Sampson (1901-1979) : lawyer, judge, Deborah Sampson (Robert Shurtleff) (1760-1827) : soldier, educator, Sonia Sanchez (1934- ) : poet, playwright, activist, lecturer, Doris Saunders (1921-[2014]) : publishing executive, journalist, librarian, educator, Augusta Savage (1892-1962) : sculptor, educator, Philippa Schuyler (1931-1967): musician, Esther Mae Scott (1893-1979) : musician, Gloria Scott (1938- ) : educator, organization official, Hazel Scott (1920-1981) : musician, singer, actress, social activist, Mary Ann Shadd (1823-1893) : journalist, orator, educator, activist, Ntosake Shange (1948- ) : poet, playwright, performer, writer, Ella Sheppard Moore (1851-1914) : pianist, choral director, Olivia Shipp (O. Porter) (1880-1980) : musician, organization founder, Modjeska Simkins (1899-[1992]) : civil rights activist, educator, Althea T.L. Simmons (1924-1990) : lawyer, lobbyist, organization official, Judy Simmons (1944- ) : poet, journalist, editor, singer, pianist, Hilda Simms (1920-[1994]) : actress, Nina Simone (1933-[2003]) : musician, singer, Carole Simpson (1940- ) : broadcast journalist, Naomi Sims (1948-[2009]) : model, entrepreneur, lecturer, author, Barbara Sizemore (1927-[2004]) : educator, Norma Merrick Sklarek (1928-[2012]) : architect, Edith Barksdale Sloan (1940-[2012]) : politician, lawyer, Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885-1937) : educator