Over 1K fans have voted on the 20+ people on Famous American Women Who Deserve Their Faces On Money. Current Top 3: Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Eleanor ...
A woman of many talents, June Carter Cash was an American singer-songwriter, author, comedian, actress, and dancer. In 2003, she was named in Country Music Television's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music list. Her relationship with Johnny Cash inspired the 2005 film Walk the Line, where sh...
This dissertation examines the emergence of social networks created by African American women who loved women, and the public discourse that swirled around them. Focusing on specific urban locales in Chicago and New York, it examines the representation of such women nationally in the black press an...
1921 - First Woman of African American and Native American Descent to Earn Her Pilot's License Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first woman of African-American descent, and the first of Native American descent, to hold ...
She often had to fight for decent roles and was often typecast as a maid or another stereotypical role for African American women. Despite these challenges, she remained a trailblazing figure in the entertainment industry and an inspiration to many. Read more about Mary Field on Wikipedia » ...
first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800 m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for ...
(Only African-American Woman To Win Oscar for Best Actress) Listed In:Film & Theater Personalities Birthdate:August 14, 1966 Sun Sign:Leo Birthplace:Cleveland, Ohio, United States Halle Berry is one of the most popular actresses of the current generation. During the 2000s, she was one of ...
Venus Williams (b. 1980)is an American professional tennis player. She has the second highest number of singles titles on the Women Tennis Tour, only behind her sister Serena Williams. For health reasons, Venus, switched to a raw vegan diet but decided to stay on as“[she] fell in love...
In our list of opera singers, three have been African American women but leading the way wasLeontyne Price, who was the first to become internationally successful. She was a leading performer at all the world’s major opera theaters, including La Scala and the Met. Price’s most notable rol...
Famous For:First African American to serve as Secretary of State The only black man to ever serve as “Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” Colin Luther Powell, is a retired four-star general of the US Army. He is also the first African-American to be Secretary of State of the Un...