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First Black woman in space

Mae C. Jemison

100

First Black first lady

Michelle Obama

100

First Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal

Alice Coachman 

100

First Black woman billionaire

Sheila Johnson

100

First Black girl to attend an All-White school

 Ruby Bridges

 

200
First Black woman neurosurgeon

Alexa Irene Canady, MD

200

First Black female senator

Carol Moseley Braun 

200

First Black woman to compete at Wimbleton

Althea Gibson

200

First Black woman to win a Literary Nobel Prize

Toni Morrison


200

First Black woman lawyer

Charlotte E. Ray

300

First Black woman to receive a patent

Judy W. Reed 

300

First Black Congresswoman

Shirley Anita Chisholm

300

First Black woman to win a major Sports Title

Lucy Diggs Slowe

300

First Black woman to win Academy Award

Hattie McDaniel

300

First Black woman Aviation Pilot

Bessie Coleman            

400
First Black woman to receive a Ph. D in Chemistry

Marie Maynard Daly

400

First Black woman Vice President

Kamala Harris 

400

First Black woman to dunk in a professional game

Lusia Harris

400

First Black Miss USA

Carole Anne-Marie Gist 

400

First woman to open a bank

Maggie Lena Walker