Politics
The "First Lady" to ever receive two Ivy League degrees.
Who is Michelle Obama?
In 1992, she became the first African-American woman to ever go to space with the Endeavour mission.
Who is Mae. C Jemison?
She developed the first home security system with television surveillance.
Who is Marie V. Brittan Brown?
She was an ex-slave who managed to establish a successful laundry business.
Who is Clara Brown?
The first African American Woman to win an Academy.
Who is Hattie McDaneil?
First Latina to serve on the Supreme Court Justice in the U.S.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
The first African-American to earn a doctorate degree in chemistry from Columbia University.
Who is Marie Maynard Daly?
She started her own cosmetics and hair care line after suffering from a scalp ailment.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
The first black woman in the United States to charter a bank.
Who is Maggie Lena Walker?
First African American woman to become a self-made millionaire and appear on the Forbes list. Has her own talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She was the First African American woman to serve as U.S. Secretary.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
She was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D.
Who is Aprille J. Ericsson-Jackson?
She invented the Tiltster, a toaster with a digital clock that allowed users to control how brown they wanted their bread.
Who is Ruane Jeter?
She was the first African-American model in the United States.
Who is Ophelia DeVore?
First African American to receive a Golden Globe for best actress.
Who is Angela Bassett?
First African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and ran for Presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African-American female doctor to receive a medical patent.
Who is Patricia Bath?
She received a patent for her improvement to the ironing board by making it easier to iron sleeves and the bodies of women's clothing.
Who is Sarah Boone?
One of America’s first and most prominent African-American businesswomen, Malone founded and developed Poro College, a commercial and educational business focused on cosmetics for black women.
Who is Annie Malone?
First African American woman to win Academy Award.
Who is Halle Berry?
Was the First African American woman to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city, Taft, Oklahoma.
Who is Leila Foley?
She was one of the first black members of the American Nurses Association, and has been credited as one of the first women to register to vote in Boston.
Who is Mary Mahoney?
She created the pressing/curling iron in 1983.
Who is Theora Stephens?
Ranked as the 14th most powerful woman in the world and the CEO of paper and copy giant Xerox.
Who is Ursula Burns?