"Can't do math"
One of the first self-made millionaires in American history.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The first black woman to hold the position of Secretary of State
Who is Condelezza Rice?
This author won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, Beloved in 1988.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
A civil aviator, the first woman of African American and Native American descent to have a license to pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
The first black woman elected to Congress and an outspoken advocate for women and minorities during seven terms, also the first woman to run for president.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
An entertainer and activist, this woman was known as a dancer and famous her banana girdle costume.
“Sick and tired of being sick and tired”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
This woman graduated with 18 degrees in mathematics. Her work with NASA helped to launch the first American in space 1961, again in ’62 and the moon in ’69.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Was a prominent politician and civil rights leader who was the first black woman from the South elected to the U.S.House of Representatives
Who is Barbara Jordan?
Best known as a radical African-American educator and activist for civil rights and other social issues with ties to the Black Panther Party
This woman is the first African American woman to become promoted as principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”
The first African American woman to be admitted into the NASA astronaut program and the first African American woman in space
Who is Mae Jemison?
Born in the Bronx this woman serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, while also being its first justice of Hispanic descent and the first Latina.
Sonia Sotomayor
An American author, activist, Civil Rights leader, and the wife this woman helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was an active advocate for African-American equality.
This actors is the first African American to win the academy award for best actress
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”
Inventor of the Permanent Hair Wave machine, the machine added curl to straight hair and straighten curly hair.
Who is Marjorie Joyner?
An American diplomat, politician, and lawyer known as the first female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election, and the first female Senator from Illinois.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
This Nobel Peace Prize winner has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's indigenous feminists during and after the Guatemalan Civil War
One of the twelve artists to have one all four American entertainment awards, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and a Tony- also known as an EGOT.
“A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.”