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100
Her net worth is 400 million (as of 2019) and she is one of the worlds highest paid celebrities.
Who is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter?
100
She helped “bring national attention to the devastation caused by HIV and AIDS among inner city mothers and children. In 1993, the American Public Health Association elected her their first Latina president.
Who was Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trías?
100
She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who was Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm?
100
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she won a gold medal in the doubles event. After several years of inconsistent play, she asserted herself in 2002 and won the French Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. Known for her fierce tenacity, she also won the Australian Open in 2003 and thus completed a career Grand Slam by having won all four of the slam’s component tournaments.
Who is Serena Williams?
100
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, she rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time. She used her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans and for an end to lynching.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
200
She danced and sang for her mother from a very young age, and eventually began to perform in shows at the local Dallas Theater Center. When it came time for her to attend high school, she chose Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She flourished at the arts magnet school, focusing on singing and dance.
Who is Erica Abi Wright (Erykah Badu)?
200
One of NASA's human 'computers,' she performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Her story is depicted in the 2016 movie 'Hidden Figures.'
Who was Katherine Johnson?
200
She represents District 29 in the Colorado Senate. Previously, she served as member of the Colorado State House of Representatives representing District 42 from Aurora, Colorado. She was the first African American woman elected in State House District 42.
Who is Senator Rhonda Fields?
200
In 1985 she was signed as the first woman on the world famous Harlem Globetrotters
Who is Lynette Woodard?
200
She was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, she also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South.
Who was Ida Bell Wells-Barnett?
300
She was both a popular entertainer and a serious artist intent on tracing the roots of black culture. Many of her students, trained in her studios in Chicago and New York City, became prominent in the field of modern dance.
Who was Katherine Dunham?
300
She was a physician and engineer, was the first African-American woman in space. On her single mission, in 1992, she conducted bone cell research while completing 127 orbits of Earth.
Who is Dr. Mae C. Jemison?
300
She is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Nevada since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 32nd attorney general of Nevada from 2007 to 2015
Who is Catherine Cortez Masto?
300
Her nickname is "Flying Squirrel"
Who is Gabby Douglas?
300
She is an activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed. She has authored books like Women, Race & Class, she has worked as a professor and activist who advocates gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines.
Who was Angela Davis?
400
Born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was a superstar of her day. She first rose to prominence in the 1930’s with a unique style that reinvented the conventions of modern singing and performance. More than 80 years after making her first recording her legacy continues to embody what is elegant and cool in contemporary music. Today, she is remembered for her musical masterpieces, her songwriting skills, creativity and courageous views on inequality and justice.
Who was Billie Holiday?
400
She is a former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.
On April 8, 1993, she became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go into space.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
400
In 1960, she became the first African-American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.
Who was Wilma Rudolph?
400
She said: “Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child… every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.”
Who was Rosa Parks?
500
She has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched her with The Big Doll House
Who is Pamela "Pam" Suzette Grier?
500
In 1864, after years as a nurse, she became the first black woman in the United States to receive an MD degree. She earned that distinction at the New England Female Medical College in Boston, Massachusetts — where she also was the institution’s only black graduate.
Who was Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
500
Born on May 1st, 2006
Who was Gianna "Gigi" Bryant? (RIP)
500