Black HERstory

Science

100

First Black woman in space

Mae C. Jemison

200

First Black woman neurosurgeon

Alexa Irene Canady, MD

300

First Black woman to receive a patent

Judy W. Reed 

400

First Black woman to receive a Ph. D in Chemistry

Marie Maynard Daly

Politics

100

First Black first lady

Michelle Obama

200

First Black female senator

Carol Moseley Braun 

300

First Black Congresswoman

Shirley Anita Chisholm

400

First Black woman Vice President

Kamala Harris 

Sports

100

First Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal

Alice Coachman 

200

First Black woman to compete at Wimbleton

Althea Gibson

300

First Black woman to win a major Sports Title

Lucy Diggs Slowe

400

First Black woman to dunk in a professional game

Lusia Harris

Pop Culture

100

First Black woman billionaire

Sheila Johnson

200

First Black woman to win a Literary Nobel Prize

Toni Morrison

300

First Black woman to win Academy Award

Hattie McDaniel

400

First Black Miss USA

Carole Anne-Marie Gist 

Other

100

First Black girl to attend an All-White school

 Ruby Bridges

 

200

First Black woman lawyer

Charlotte E. Ray

300

First Black woman Aviation Pilot

Bessie Coleman            

400

First woman to open a bank

Maggie Lena Walker