Madam C.J. Walker

(1867-1919)

BusinesswomanHair Care Entrepreneur

Philanthropist

Billie Holiday“Lady Day”(1915-1959)

American Jazz SingerSongwriter

Jackie Joyner-Kersee(1962- )

• 6 Olympic Medals

• Voted Greatest Women’s Athlete of 20th Century

(Sports Illustrated)

• Competed in Heptathlon and long jump

Mary McLeod Bethune(1875-1955)

• Educator• Activist• Founded National Association of Colored Women• Helped in establishing Bethune-Cookman College

Harriet Tubman(1820-1913)

• American Abolitionist• Humanitarian

• Best known for her role in rescuing slaves using the

Underground Railroad

Anna Mac Clarke(1919-1944)

She became the first African

American woman to command an all White regiment of

soldiers

Condoleezza Rice(1954 - )

•American Politician & Author

•First African American female Secretary of State

•Served as National Security Advisor (G.W. Bush)

Maggie Lena Walker

(1864-1934)African American teacher

and businesswoman

1st African American female bank president

1st African American to charter a bank in the U.S.

Walker later became an advocate for people with

disabilities

Shirley Chisholm(1924 – 2005)

American Politician, Educator, and Author

1st African American woman elected to the

U.S. congress

1st African American candidate to run for

the Democratic presidential nomination

Michelle Obama

(1964 - )The wife of

President Barak Obama

1st African American first-lady

of the United States

Graduate of Princeton Univ.

and Harvard Law School