Gender – Women

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (1952- )
Ndemupelila Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, universally known as Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah or “NNN,” is the fifth and current President of Namibia, a position...
July 17th, 2025

Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1930-2017)
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim was a towering figure in Sudanese politics and a pioneering advocate for women’s rights. Born in Khartoum,...
July 13th, 2025

Julia C. Collins (1842–1865)
Julia C. Collins was an African American educator, novelist, and abolitionist best known for her work The Curse of Caste;...
July 13th, 2025

Lena Richard (1892–1950)
Lena Richard was a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and frozen food entrepreneur. In 1949, she became the first African American...
July 13th, 2025

Lucy Orintha Oxley (1912-1991)
Pioneering physician and cancer researcher Lucy Orintha Oxley was born on August 19, 1912, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Her father, Edmund...
July 12th, 2025

Joan Little (1954–)
Joan Little is an African American woman who was charged in 1974 with the murder of Clarence Alligood, a white...
July 9th, 2025

Edith Irby Jones (1927–2019)
Edith Irby Jones was a pioneering American physician and a trailblazer in both medicine and civil rights. She achieved numerous...
July 7th, 2025

Lynn Hamilton (1930–2025)
Alzenia Lynn Hamilton was an American actress. She was born on April 25, 1930, to Nancy and Louis Hamilton in...
July 7th, 2025

At the Junction of History and Myth: Mary Fields (ca. 1832-1914), A Black Woman on the Montana Frontier
In the article below, writer Leslie Budewitz works to separate fact from fiction in the story of Mary Fields, one...
July 3rd, 2025