Fannie Mae Duncan
African American-entrepreneur and civil rights pioneer in Colorado Springs best known for establishing the Cotton Club, an integrated jazz club
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Gloria Naylor
American novelist best known for her debut work, “The Women of Brewster Place” (1982), which won the National Book Award for First Novel in 1983.
Hallie Quinn Brown
African American educator, writer, and women’s rights activist, renowned for her contributions to education and the fight for racial and gender equality.
Caroline LeCount
Prominent African American educator and civil rights activist during the 19th century.
Ella Baker
Leading African-American civil rights and human rights activist throughout much of the twentieth century.
Hester C Jeffrey
American activist Hester C. Jeffrey was a suffragist and community organizer known for her work with the Political Equality Club, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs.
Huda Sha’arawi
Pioneering Egyptian feminist leader and nationalist who founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, becoming a central figure in Egypt’s early feminist movement.
Ann Petry
Writer best known for her 1946 novel “The Street,” which became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies.
Dr Anna Julia Haywood Cooper
African American educator, writer, and scholar, remembered for her advocacy for African American women’s education and civil rights.
Alice H Parker
African-American inventor who patented the modern central heating gas furnace, revolutionizing home heating systems.