Black icons
This Black icon is an activist, writer and is most known for being the youngest poet to read at a Presidential inauguration and first to perform at the super bowl.
Amanda Gorman
She is the first Black Jamaican, first South Asian American and First woman Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Which workshop material did BIWOC members work on to help enhance the material for the inclusion of women of color
women to women workshop
This iconic woman wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Maya Angelou
First 'self made' millionaire in America according to Guiness Book of world record. She is is a pioneer in black hair care and responsible for creating a process for straightening hair.
Madam CJ Walker
The first African American woman to serve as Board Chair at CFP Board
Kamila Elliott
The launch of BIWOC took place during this month and year
June 2021
These iconic siblings are best known for changing the game of tennis by becoming the first African American ranked number 1 in 2002. One of these iconic women became the first Black woman in more than 50 years to clinch the crown at the U.S. Open.
Serena and Venus Williams
She was the first African American child to desegregate an all white school William Franz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans School desegregation crisis of 1960.
Ruby Bridges
Mostly known for being the CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016, the first among black women to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company
Ursula Burns
These two ladies are the Executive Sponsors of BIWOC
Christina Cutlip and Snezana Zlatar
This icon woman is a television producer, host, actress, author, and philanthropist. She was once the world's only black billionaire and one of the most influential women in the world.
Oprah Winfrey
She was the First African American woman in Congress
Shirley Chisholm
first black woman to establish and become president of a bank in the United States
Maggie Lena Walker
Black Indigenous Women of Color
BIWOC
This civil rights icon was an author, activist and wife of a very famous civil rights hero. She is often referred to as the First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement.
Coretta Scott King
First Black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle endeavor
Mae Jemison
first Black woman to chair Starbucks’ board
Mellody Hobson
This person was the original brainchild behind the founding of the BIWOC group
Shelly Ann Eweka