Bay Area Female Music Artist
On November 9, 2004, she released her first single, ‘I Changed My Mind’, from the album ‘The Way It Is’. It was a radio remix, and reached No. 71 in the US
Keyshia Cole
First Black person to desegrated a school in the South
Ruby Bridges
Are you cold right now? She Black woman who created the heater in 1919
Alice H. Parker
Co-captain of the United States women's national soccer team , alongside Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd
Megan Rapinoe
First Black women to become a mayor for San Francisco
London Breed
Born in Oakland, CA dropped her first mixtape 'Cloud 19' in August 2014. It was made in New York City with producer Jahaan Sweet and was ranked 28th on Complex's "50 Best Albums of 2014
Kehlani
Known as the "Queen mother" or "Grandmother" of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Septima Poinsette Clark
She was one of the first woman of color to help create and send astronauts to the moon by calculating the flight-paths of spacecraft while working for NASA.
Katherine Johnson
First woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game. Drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks No. 1 overall in 2008,
Candace Parker
First African American Attorney General for CA, now our first African American woman Vice President
Kamala Harris
A Bay area native with Filipino roots, she raps about subjects like feminism, politics, and gentrification, and re-imagining the world’s power dynamics.
Rocky Rivera
Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
Maria Montessori
First black woman to earn a doctorate from MIT, the first black female president of a major technological institute, and went on to became the first black woman appointed chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dr. Shirley Jackson
The first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. She overcame the loss of strength in her left leg and foot, caused by polio at five years old, to become the fasted woman in the world at the 1960 Olympics
Wilma Rudolph
In January 2009, we elected our first Black president, who was the First Black First Lady?
Michelle Obama
Born in Vallejo, CA and name stands for Having Everything Revealed
H.E.R
The first Saudi woman to be accepted at Cambridge University in the field of biotechnology, and the first woman from any of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf to complete a doctoral degree in the field
DR. HAYAT SINDI
First Latina astronaut to explore outer space. Her first trip to space took place on the Discovery in 1993, and she has since been to outer space three more times
Dr. Ellen Ochoa
Winning the American Tennis Association’s first tournament in 1917, becoming the first African American woman to to win a major sports title
Lucy Diggs Slowe
In 2018, she was sworn in as the youngest woman elected to the House of Representatives in the body’s 230-year history.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Oakland rapper perhaps the most obvious choice on this list, having collaborated with stars including Drake, ScHoolboy Q, and E-40. How Does It Feel single released back in 2015. Toured with YG, was named as one XXL’s 10 “2017 Freshman Class,” and even starred in a Sprite commercial alongside LeBron James
Kamaiyah
Started a Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Girls in 1904
Mary McLeod Bethune
First Native American woman to earn a medical degree. She attended what is now known as Hampton University
Susan La Flesche
Holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined among active players and tied for third on the all-time list
Serena Williams
In 1968, first African American woman elected to United States Congress and first African American woman to run for President
Shirley Chisolm