Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen
African-American writer, temperance activist and music professor
African-American writer, temperance activist and music professor
Matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty.
Algerian writer and singer Taos Amrouche became the first modern Algerian woman to publish a novel in 1947, the autobiographical Jacinthe noire. It is also one of the earliest novels published in French by a North African woman writer.
In 1961, President Kennedy acknowledged Alice Dunnigan as the first African American White House correspondent after two years of being ignored. She became the first Black woman in the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries.
American entertainer whose career spanned several decades and encompassed singing, acting, and dancing.
African-American suffragist, civil rights activist, and community leader.
American author and educator, renowned for her children’s books and young adult novels that often explore themes of racial identity and social justice.
American teacher and activist known for her contributions in the early 20th century.
American vaudeville star
Trailblazing African American physician and community leader