3. Madam C.J.
Walker
(1867-1919)
Businesswoman
Hair Care Entrepreneur
Philanthropist

4. Billie Holiday
“Lady Day”
(1915-1959)
American Jazz Singer
Songwriter

5. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
(1962- )
•6 Olympic Medals
•Voted Greatest Women’s
Athlete of 20th Century
(Sports Illustrated)
•Competed in Heptathlon
and long jump

6. Mary McLeod Bethune
(1875-1955)
• Educator
• Activist
• Founded National
Association of
Colored Women
• Helped in
establishing BethuneCookman College

7. Harriet Tubman
(1820-1913)
•American Abolitionist
•Humanitarian
•Best known for her role in
rescuing slaves using the
Underground Railroad

8. Anna Mac Clarke
(1919-1944)
She became the
first African
American woman
to command an all
White regiment of
soldiers

9. Condoleezza Rice
(1954 - )
•American Politician &
Author
•First African American
female Secretary of State
•Served as National
Security Advisor (G.W.
Bush)

10. 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

11. Shirley Chisholm
(1924 – 2005)
American
Politician, Educator, a
nd Author
1st African American
woman elected to the
U.S. congress
1st African American
candidate to run for
the Democratic
presidential

12. 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