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...
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,...
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;...
Lena Richard (1892–1950)
Lena Richard was a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and frozen food entrepreneur. In 1949, she became the first African American...
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...
Joan Little (1954–)
Joan Little is an African American woman who was charged in 1974 with the murder of Clarence Alligood, a white...
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...
Lynn Hamilton (1930–2025)
Alzenia Lynn Hamilton was an American actress. She was born on April 25, 1930, to Nancy and Louis Hamilton in...
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...
