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Fionnghuala Isibeal Tome O’Reilly, (1993- )
Few in the audience that began watching the 2019 Miss Universe Ireland Contest could have predicted that the winner, Fionnghuala...
Leah Ward Sears (1955- )
Leah J. Ward Sears is a retired Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court. Sears served on the court from...
Marie Louise Greenwood (1912- )
Marie Louise Anderson Greenwood was the first African American teacher to obtain tenure in the state of Colorado. Greenwood was...
Ada Belle Evans (1932-2011)
Ada Belle Huff Evans was the first African American elected mayor in Colorado. She was born on June 9, 1932...
Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (1941-2018)
Pioneering scholar in black women’s history, Rosalyn Marian Terborg-Penn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 22, 1941, to...
Margaret Tynes (1919-2024)
Margaret Tynes is an African American opera, concert, and oratorio soprano and singing actress. Tynes was born on September 11, 1919...
Eunice Gray Smith (1923-2006)
An accomplished mathematician, Eunice Gray Smith was among the first African American women hired to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical...
Gloria Twine Chisum (1930- )
An experimental psychologist, Gloria Twine Chisum, is primarily known for developing protective eyewear for pilots in extreme conditions. Chisum was born in...
Amy Holmes (1973- )
Amy Holmes is a news anchor and political commentator who appeared on Glenn Beck’s The Blaze TV, CNN, MSNBC, and...
