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Who was the revolutionary woman who dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of both African Americans and women by traveling the country and delivering speeches such as her powerful speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"

Sojourner Truth

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With 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals, this woman currently holds the title as being the single most decorated gymnast in history.

Simone Biles

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She was the first African American writer to have her poetry published.
Phillis Wheatley
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Who was the first black woman in the world to earn a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
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She served as a prominent part of the women's suffrage movement, was the personal advisor to First Lady Elanor Roosevelt, and founded a school for Black girls, in 1904, that is still open to this day.

Mary McLeod Bethune

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She is documented to have made approximately 13 trips through the Underground Railroad, leading dozens of slaves to freedom and was never caught, despite a $40,000 reward for her capture.

Harriet Tubman

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She created her "own" television network after the longtime success of her talkshow that took place in Chicago, Ill.
Oprah Winfrey
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She was the 1st African American to win the Nobel prize for Literature.
Toni Morrison
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She was the first African American woman to become an Astronaut.
Dr. Mae Jemison
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She was the 1st African American woman to be appointed to Secretary of State.
Condoleezza Rice
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She is a television producer and writer. She is responsible for creating Scandal, Grey's Anatomy, and How to Get Away With Murder. She often places African American females in positions of power when creating her television shows.

Shonda Rhimes

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She was the 1st woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, She was also mentioned in Rolling Stones list of "Greatest Singers of All-Time." And she demands RESPECT!
Aretha Franklin
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After publishing her second book of poetry, Annie Allen, she became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. 1949
Gwendolyn Brooks
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First African-American female millionaire.
Madame C.J. Walker
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Who was the Harvard grad who served as editor of the "Harvard Law Review" and went on to make history as the first black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Ketanji Brown

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She was the 1st President of the National Association of Colored Women.
Mary Church Terrell
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They were the first African American Female group to gain International Fame in 1965, after having the first album by an all-female group to reach number one on the US Billboard 200.
The Supremes
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She was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. She is best known for her poem entitled Still I Rise.

Maya Angelou

400

First African-American female billionaire.

Sheila Crump Johnson, Co-Founder of B.E.T.

400

She is a lawyer and activist who is most known as the first African American woman to serve as FLOTUS.

Michelle Obama

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In 2009 she was titled Artist of the Decade by The Guardian (UK) who also went on to say that she is arguably the greatest live performer of the past 10 years!
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
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She was the 1st Black woman to receive a Tony Award in 2004
Phylicia Rashad a.k.a. Claire Huxtable
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She is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Alice Walker

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In 1916 She was the nation's first sworn female African-American police officer
Georgia Ann Robinson
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She was the first woman, appointed director of the Peace Corps.
Carolyn R. Payton
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