Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field?
100
Marian Anderson
(1897-1993)
Who was denied permission to sing in the Daughters of the American Revolution auditorium because of her race, but later became the first black person to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955?
100
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
(1823-1893)
Who was the first black female newspaper publisher and editor in North America and the first black woman to enroll in law school?
100
Bessie Coleman
(1892-1926)
Who was the first black woman in the world to earn a pilot's license?
100
Shirley Chisholm
(1924-2005)
Who was the first black Congresswoman, and who in 1972 ran for President and won 151 delegates at the Democratic Convention?
200
Katherine Dunham
(1909-2006)
Who was America's first great black choreographer, dancer, and teacher who formed the first black dance troupe in the 1940s?
200
Althea Gibson
(1927-2003)
Who was the first black woman to win a tennis championship at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open?
200
Lorraine Hansberry
(1930-1965)
Who was the first black woman to write a broadway play, which was made into a movie "A Raisin in the Sun"?
200
Hazel Harrison
(1883-1969)
Who was the first black concert pianist to play with a European Orchestra in 1904?
200
Dr. Mae Jemison
(1956)
Who was the first woman of color to go into space on the shuttle Endeavor in 1992?
300
Patricia Roberts Harris
(1924-1985)
Who was the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet-as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter in 1977, and then served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979?
300
Maggie Lena Walker
(1867-1934)
Who was the first black woman to be president of a bank in America?
300
Sojourner Truth
(1797-1883)
What slave named Isabella became a fiery orator supporting anti-slavery and woman suffrage after gaining her freedom?
300
Maria Stewart
(1803-1879)
Who is the first black woman journalist who advocated for women's rights and the abolition of slavery?
300
Maria Louise Baldwin
(1856-1922)
What woman was the first African-American in New England to serve as Master of a public high school which position she held for forty years?
400
Charlotte Ray
(1850-1911)
Who was the first black woman lawyer in the U.S. and the first woman admitted to the District of Columbia bar (1872)?
400
Mary Jane Patterson
(1840-1894)
Who was the first African-American woman to earn a BA degree in the U.S. from Oberlin College in 1862?
What female athlete is considered "the fastest woman of all time" and set the record for the 100 and 200 meters in 1988?
400
Ruth Jean Simmons (1945)
Who was the first black president of an Ivy League University and the first female president of Brown University?
400
Pauli Murray
(1910-1985)
Who was the first black woman to become an ordained minister, a lawyer who helped found the first legal periodical about women's rights, and co-founded the National Orgainization of Women?
500
Biddy Mason
(1818-1891)
What black woman was born enslaved, gained her freedom in 1856, became an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and co-founded the first black church in Los Angeles?
500
Ella Jane Fitzgerald
(1917-1996)
Who helped black artists and disadvantaged children while winning 13 Grammys and being honored as the "First Lady of Song"?
500
Harriet Tubman
(1822-1913)
Who was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and secured the freedom of at least 300 people, making 19 trips into the South over 10 years?