Arts and Literature
First African American Woman to win an Academy award.
Who is Halle Berry?
First African American Woman in space.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This woman broke UNCG’s color barrier in 1967 as one of six initial faculty members hired for the then-new School of Nursing.
Who is Dr. Ernestine Small?
The only woman to hold seven all-around U.S. championship titles; she is currently the most decorated U.S. gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles?
The writer of "Why Does the Caged Bird Sing" won the Medal of Presidential Freedom in 2010.
Who is Maya Angelou?
First African American Woman to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
Women in Hidden Figures
Who are Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan?
The first African-American to integrate at Grimsley High School (Greensboro).
Who is Dr. Josephine Boyd Bradley?
Sisters who have dominated the sport of women's tennis. Together they have won 23 Grand Slam titles as singles.
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
Best-selling girl group of all time.
Who is TLC?
First African American Woman to Direct and produce a full-length film.
First African American Woman to graduate with a Ph.D. from MIT and Second African American Woman to earn a doctorate in physics in the US.
Who is Dr. Shirley Jackson?
First 2 women of color to attend UNCG.
Who is Joanne Smart and Bettye Tillman?
Has an undefeated record of 24 matches won, including 21 knockouts.
Who is Lalia Ali?
Is the youngest Black Grammy Winner, taking home her first award at the age of 18.
Who is Monica?
First African American Woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first African American woman to receive a chemistry Ph.D. in the U.S.
Who is Dr. Marie M. Daly?
Was installed at Bennett College, becoming the first African-American woman president of an accredited, four-year liberal arts college
Who is Willa Beatrice Player?
The first African American woman to win a US national title in women's single figure skating, and the first Black athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.
Who is Debi Thomas?
She was a singer, songwriter, and pianist who used her music to address racial inequality prevalent in the United States.
Who is Nina Simone?
First African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Work lead to the invention of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Who is Dr. Gladys West?
Was a distinguished African American educator who is best known for the establishment of the Palmer Memorial Institute.
Who is Charlotte Hawkins Brown?
Who wore metal braces on her legs as a child after contracting polio, grew into the "fastest woman in the world" as a sprinter. She won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, becoming the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
The first African-American to star in her own television program.
Who is Ethel Waters?