Occupation-Business Owner
John Adams Hyman (1840-1891)
John Adams Hyman was born into slavery on July 23, 1840 in Warren County, North Carolina. Hyman’s thirst for knowledge...
Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932)
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born the son of free black parents on June 20, 1858 in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents...
James Wormley (1819-1884)
Born in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 1819, James Wormley was the son of free-born citizens Lynch and Mary Wormley....
Nancy Gardner Prince (1799-ca. 1856)
Little is known about the early life of Nancy Gardner Prince, except from what she reveals in her 1853 autobiography,...
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)
Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove to former slaves, Owen and Minerva Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana on December 23,...
Rebecca Groundage Howard (1827-1881)
Rebecca Howard, an outstanding hotelier and cook, was one of Olympia, Washington’s earliest businesswomen. Born in 1827 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
Eleanor Dickey Ragsdale (1926-1998)
Eleanor Dickey Ragsdale was one of the most distinguished activists, educators, and entrepreneurs in Arizona history. In 1947 she graduated...
Marjorie Edwina Pitter King (1921-1996)
Marjorie Edwina Pitter King, the youngest of the Pitter sisters, was born March 8, 1921, to Edward A. Pitter and...
Sarah Davis (1799-1886)
Sarah Davis was one of the leading free African Creek merchants who lived in the Creek Agency settlement, west of...
