Ethel Hedgeman Lyle -
Founder and "guiding light" of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. whose
purpose was to promote scholarship, sisterhood, and service among Black college
women.
Jane Addams - Founder of Hull House, Chicago, Illinois.
Marian Anderson - The first Black woman to sing at the
Metropolitan Opera.
Maya
Angelou - Renowned novelist and poet.
Gwendolyn Calvert Baker, PhD. - President of the United States
Committee for UNICEF.
Angie Brookes - The first woman President of the United Nations.
Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke - Former Congresswoman from California
and first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention.
Bebe Moore Campbell - Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your
Blues Aint Like Mine.
Suzette Charles - Miss America, 1984.
Marva Collins - Founder of her own private school in Chicago's
west side.
Sharon Pratt Kelly - The first woman to serve as mayor of
Washington, D.C.
Ella Fitzgerald - Internationally famous jazz singer.
 Rosa
Parks - Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Bettiann Gueno Gardner -
Co-Chairman of Soft Sheen Products.
Zina Garrsion - Tennis Star.
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant - Advice Columnist for Essence.
Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gatson - Assistant Surgeon General.
Shirlee Tailor Haizlip - Author of The Sweeter The Juice.
Janice Huff - NBC Meteorologist and St. Louis Emmy Award Winner.
Dr. Mae Jemison - The first Black
woman astronaut speaking fluent Russian, japanese, Swahili and English.
Coretta Scott King - Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Jewell Jackson McCabe - President of the National Coalition of 100
Black Women.
Lt. Col. Anita McMiller - Deputy Legislative Assistant to Chairman
of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Toni Morrison - Nobel prize
winning novelist and poet.
Jomarie Payton Noble - Humanitarian and actress; star of Family
Matters.
Hazel O'Leary - United States Secretary for the Department of
Energy.
Rosa Parks - Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Jada Pinkett - Actress whose movies
include; The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, and Menace to Society.
C. Delores Tucker - National
Chairman of the National Political Congress of Black Women.
Dr. Debbye Turner - Humanitarian and Miss America, 1990.
Leah Tutu - Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Marjorie Judith Vincent - Miss America, 1991.
Diane Watson - The first Black woman to preside over the
California State Senate.
Phylicia Rashad - Actress on the
award-winning Cosby Show and the tv series Cosby.
Eleanor Roosevelt - Humanitarian and former First Lady of the
United States.
Sonia Sanchez - Noted author and poet.
Ntozake Shange - Author of for colored girls who have considered
suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
C. Delores Tucker - National Chairman of the National Political
Congress of Black Women.
Dr. Debbye Turner - Humanitarian and Miss America, 1990.
Leah Tutu - Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Marjorie Judith Vincent - Miss America, 1991.
Diane Watson - The first Black woman to preside over the
California State Senate.
Faye Wattleton - The first woman to head the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America.
Lynn Whitfield - Humanitarian and actress; star of The Josephine
Baker Story.
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