Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published in 1991.
Contents:
Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha -- Soujourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Ellen Craft -- Mary Church Terrell -- Ida B. Wells -- Amy-Jacques Garvey -- Queen Mother Moore -- Ella Baker -- Clara M. Hale -- Dorothy I. Height -- Rosa Parks -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Coretta Scott King -- Winnie Mandela -- Marian Wright Edelman -- Angela Yvonne Davis. Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie Jackson Coppin -- Charlotte Forten GrimkeĢ -- Lucy Craft Laney -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Septima Poinsette Clark -- Daisy Bates -- Jean Blackwell Hutson -- Marva Nettles Collins -- Mary Hatwood Futrell. Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Edmonia Lewis -- Augusta Savage -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Margaret Walker -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Alice Childress -- Maya Angelou -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Toni Morrison -- Alice Walker -- Lorna Simpson. Performing artists : bearing witness through self expression. Hattie McDaniel -- Marian Anderson -- Mary Lou Williams -- Katherine Dunham -- Mahalia Jackson -- Lena Horne -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Ruby Dee -- Sarah Vaughan -- Leontyne Price -- Miriam Makeba -- Nina Simone -- Cicely Tyson -- Aretha Franklin -- Judith Jamison. Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman -- Althea Gibson -- Wilma Rudolph -- Florence Griffith Joyner -- Cheryl Miller. Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason -- Madame C.J. Walker -- Maggie Lena Walker -- Susan Taylor -- Suzanne de Passe -- Phyllis Tucker Vinson -- Oprah Winfrey. Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray -- Edith Sampson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Constance Baker Motley -- Cardiss Collins -- Yvonne Braithwaite Burke -- Barbara Jordan -- Eleanor Holmes Norton -- Maxine Waters -- Michelle Robinson Obama. Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary Eliza Mahoney -- Rebecca J. Cole -- Susie King Taylor -- Bessie Coleman -- Jane C. Wright -- Jewel Plummer Cobb -- Clarice D. Reid -- Faye Wattleton -- Mae C. Jemison.
Summary:
Contains short biographies of 85 historical and contemporary African American women who have contributed a wide range of achievements and accomplishments to the history of women in America. The biographies are followed by a Chronology of events from the 1500s to 2016 as well as Source Notes, an Index, About the Authors and Acknowledgments.
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