Essie Dell O’Bryant Woods
Staff Sergeant Essie Woods and her sisters, one older and one younger, all enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps in 1943; member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
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Dr Melnea Agnes Jones Cass
As a suffragist, clubwoman, and activist, Cass advocated for Boston’s most disadvantaged inhabitants.
María Feliciana Arballo
María Feliciana Arballo, a 25-year-old widow of Afro-Latina descent with two small children, was one of about forty women in the Anza expedition when it began its colonizing journey from Sonora, Mexico to Alta California (upper California) in 1775.
Lillian Walker
Lillian Walker was an African American civil rights activist in Washington state.
Alyce Dixon
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Ella Ryan
One of the earliest African American business owners in Tacoma, Washington; owner and editor of The Forum, a weekly newspaper.
Priscilla Maunders Kirk
Oral history of an African American Seattleite
Cheryl Linn Glass
Cheryl Linn Glass was the first African American female professional race-car driver in the United States.
Bessie Burke
Bessie Bruington Burke was the first African American teacher and principal hired in the Los Angeles public school system. Burke held influential, powerful, and redeeming responsibilities for over 40 years in California.
Zoë Dusanne
Seattle’s first professional modern-art dealer, who introduced modern art to many residents of the Puget Sound region, and helped to catalyze the rise and international fame of the Northwest School of artists.