The Mother List of Black Woman Pioneers
The Mother List of Black Woman Pioneers
Victoria Adams
Civil Rights Organizing
Michelle Alexander
Legal Scholarship
Debbie Allen
Arts Institution Builder
Emma Amos
Visual Art & Activism
Marian Anderson
Opera Singer
Maya Angelou
Literature & Culture
Ella Baker
Movement Organizer
Josephine Baker
Entertainer & Activist
Shalanda Baker
Energy Justice Policy
Charlotta Bass
Journalism & Politics
Daisy Bates
Civil Rights Leadership
Patricia Bath
Medical Innovation
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Artist & Writer
Gladys Alberta Bentley
Entertainer
Mary McLeod Bethune
Education Institution Builder
Camille Billops
Archives & Art
Lady Bo
Guitarist
Dorothy Lee Bolden
Labor Organizer
Carol Moseley Braun
Governance & Public Office
Rosalind Brewer
Corporate Governance
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poetry & Culture
Clara Brown
Entrepreneurship
Vivian Browne
Visual Art & Activism
Kimberly Bryant
STEM Access
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Governance & Public Office
Ursula Burns
Corporate Leadership
Nannie Helen Burroughs
Education Institution
Octavia Butler
Literature & Culture
Anita Cameron
Disability Justice
Alexa Canady
Medical Innovation
Eunice Carter
Legal Leadership
Elizabeth Catlett
Visual Art & Activism
Fanya Chandler
Corporate Governance
Shirley Chisholm
Governance & Public Office
Septima Clark
Education & Citizenship Schools
Pearl Cleage
Literature & Culture
Lucille Clifton
Poetry & Culture
Johnnetta Cole
Education Leadership
Bessie Coleman
Aviator
Patricia Hill Collins
Sociological Theory
Anna Julia Cooper
Black Feminist Theory
Misty Copeland
Ballet Dancer
Kizzmekia Corbett
Immunology
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Legal Theory
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Medicine
Marie Maynard Daly
Chemistry
Linda Darling-Hammond
Education Policy
Julie Dash
Film & Narrative
Angela Davis
Political Theory
Betty Davis
Musical Art & Culture
Doris Derby
Photography & Culture
Helen Octavia Dickens
Surgeon & Advocate
Thasunda Brown Duckett
Finance Leadership
Katherine Dunham
Dancer & Cheoreographer
Ava DuVernay
Film & Narrative
Marian Wright Edelman
Policy Advocacy
Jocelyn Elders
Public Health
Ruch C. Ellis
Entrepreneurship
Angella Ferguson
Medical Innovation
Julia A. Foote
Religious Leadership
Syvilla Fort
Dancer & Educator
Aretha Franklin
Musical Art & Culture
Meta Warrick Fuller
Visual Art & Playwright
Mindy Fullilove
Urban Health
Helene Gayle
Global Health
Lisa Gelobter
Technology Innovation
Althea Gibson
Tennis Player
Haben Girma
Disability Rights
Thelma Golden
Arts Institution Leadership
Kathy Stanford Grant
Dancer & Choreographer
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Literary Scholarship
Charlotte Forten Grimké
Education
Prathia Hall
Faith & Movement
Fannie Lou Hamer
Movement Organizing
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwriting
Bethann Hardison
Fashion Equity
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Literature & Culture
Carla Harris
Finance Leadership
Saidiya Hartman
Black Feminism & Historical Theory
Crystal Hayling
Philanthropy
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Movement Strategy
Dorothy Irene Height
Civil Rights Activist
Erma Henderson
Governance & Public Office
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Historical Theory
Darlene Clark Hine
History Scholarship
Mellody Hobson
Finance Leadership
bell hooks
Black Feminism
Ayanna Howard
Robotics
Janice Bryant Howroyd
Entrepreneurship
Zora Neale Hurston
Literature & Culture
Gwen Ifill
Journalism
Sherrilyn Ifill
Civil Rights Law
Kentanji Brown Jackson
Legal Leadership
Aurora James
Fashion Economy
Judith Jamison
Dance Institution
Valerie Jarrett
Policy Leadership
Mae C. Jemison
Space Science
Eunice Johnson
Media Leadership
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Poet & Playwright
Katherine Johnson
Mathematics
Sheila Johnson
Entrepreneurship
Elaine Jones
Civil Rights Law
Lois Mailou Jones
Visual Art
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Governance & Public Office
Barbara Jordan
Governance & Public Office
June Jordan
Poetry & Activism
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
Seamstress & Activist
Mikki Kendall
Digital Culture
Florynce Kennedy
Legal Activism
Eartha Kitt
Entertainer & Activist
Gwendolyn Clarine Knight
Visual Art
Joyce Ladner
Sociology
Gloria Ladson-Billings
Education Theory
Lucy Craft Laney
Education Institution
Jarena Lee
Religious Leadership
Jamilah Lemieux
Digital Commentary
Edmonia Lewis
Sculpture
Audre Lorde
Black Feminist Theory
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Nursing
Annie Turnbo Malone
Entrepreneurship
Bridget Biddy Mason
Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy
Hattie McDaniel
Actress
Amaza Lee Meredith
Architecture
Stacey Milbern
Disability Justice
Toni Morrison
Literature & Culture
Constance Baker Motley
Civil Rights Law
Pauli Murray
Legal Theory
Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Cooperative Economics
Aisha Nyandoro
Economic Theory
Jackie Ormes
Journalist & Cartoonist
Pat Parker
Poetry & Activism
Jacqueline Patterson
Environmental Justice
Ethel Payne
Journalism
Leah Penniman
Food Sovereignty
Glenda Price
Higher Education
Leontyne Price
Opera Singer
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
Sculptor
Phylicia Ayers Rashad
Arts & Education
Tracy Reese
Fashion Designer & Entrepreneur
Martha Reeves
Culture & Governance
Lisa Rice
Housing Policy
Susan Rice
Diplomacy
Gloria Richardson
Civil Rights Activist
Faith Ringgold
Visual Art
Andrea Ritchie
Justice Advocacy
Jo Ann Robinson
Movement Strategy
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Voting Rights
Sonja Santelises
Education Leadership
Georgette Seabrooke
Visual Art
Peggy Shepard
Environmental Justice
Lowery Stokes Sims
Curatorial Leadership
Norma Merrick Sklarek
Architecture
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Higher Education
Ruby Doris Smith
Movement Strategy
Betty Reid Soskin
Park Ranger & Singer
Maria W. Stewart
Abolitionist Thought
Susan Taylor
Media Leadership
Mary Church Terrell
Civic Leadership
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Musical Art & Culture
Alma Thomas
Visual Art
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Diplomacy
Sojourner Truth
Activist
Dorothy Vaughan
Mathematics
Madam C. J. Walker
Entrepreneurship
Maggie Lena Walker
Finance Institution
Alice Walker
Literature & Culture
Margaret Walker
Literature & Culture
Laura Wheeler Warring
Visual Artist
Karen Washington
Food Justice
Sarah Spencer Washington
Entrepreneurship
Maxine Waters
Governance & Public Office
JoAnn Watson
Governance & Public Office
Ida B. Wells
Journalism & Politics
Dorothy West
Literature & Culture
Gladys West
Mathematics
Phillis Wheatley
Author & Publisher
Deborah Gray White
History Scholarship
Eartha M.M. White
Philanthropy
Isabel Wilkerson
Literature & Culture
Deborah Willis
Archives & Photography
Mary Wilson
Musical Art & Culture
Mabel O. Wilson
Architecture
Beverly Wright
Environmental Justice
Jane Cooke Wright
Medicine & Oncology
Deborah Wright
Banking & Finance Leadership
Addie Wyatt
Labor Leadership
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