Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005)(01 of35)
Open Image ModalClaudette Colvin (1939-present)(02 of35)
Open Image ModalSeptima Poinsette Clark (1898–1987)(03 of35)
Open Image ModalMary Church Terrell (1863–1954)(04 of35)
Open Image ModalAngela Davis (1944-present)(05 of35)
Open Image ModalIda B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)(06 of35)
Open Image ModalKathleen Cleaver (1945-present)(07 of35)
Open Image ModalDr. Dorothy Height (1912-2010)(08 of35)
Open Image ModalPhillis Wheatley (1753-1784)(09 of35)
Open Image ModalAudre Lorde (1934-1992)(10 of35)
Open Image ModalFlo Kennedy (1916-2000)(11 of35)
Open Image ModalMarsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)(12 of35)
Open Image ModalSojourner Truth (1797-1883)(13 of35)
Open Image ModalBorn Isabella Baumfree, she escaped slavery with her infant daughter and changed her name to Sojourner Truth. She's best known for her speech delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851 titled "Ain't I A Woman?" (credit:MPI via Getty Images)
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)(14 of35)
Open Image ModalDr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)(15 of35)
Open Image ModalGwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)(16 of35)
Open Image ModalBessie Coleman (1892-1926)(17 of35)
Open Image ModalLena Horne (1917-2010)(18 of35)
Open Image ModalWilma Rudolph (1940-1994)(19 of35)
Open Image ModalBillie Holiday (1915-1959)(20 of35)
Open Image ModalDiane Nash (1938-present)(21 of35)
Open Image ModalZora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)(22 of35)
Open Image ModalHattie McDaniel (1893-1952)(23 of35)
Open Image ModalRuby Bridges (1954-present)(24 of35)
Open Image ModalCharlayne Hunter-Gault (1942-present)(25 of35)
Open Image ModalDaisy Bates (1914-1999)(26 of35)
Open Image ModalDr. Mae Jemison (1956-present)(27 of35)
Open Image ModalDr. Jemison is the first black woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program and fly into space in 1987. Jemison also developed and participated in research projects on the Hepatitis B vaccine and rabies. (credit:Science & Society Picture Library via Getty Images)
Ella Baker (1903-1986)(28 of35)
Open Image ModalKatherine Johnson (1918-2020)(29 of35)
Open Image ModalMadam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)(30 of35)
Open Image ModalJosephine Baker (1906-1975)(31 of35)
Open Image ModalLinda Martell (1941-present)(32 of35)
Open Image ModalMahalia Jackson (1911-1972)(33 of35)
Open Image ModalDominique Dawes (1976-present)(34 of35)
Open Image ModalDr. Patricia Bath (1942-2019)(35 of35)
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