Sadie L Adams
Influential African-American teacher, suffragist, and clubwoman who made significant contributions to the women’s suffrage movement and social improvement initiatives in Chicago.
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Sarah Allen
American abolitionist and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
Dr Zelma Watson George
African-American opera singer, educator, and civic leader
Biddy Mason
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Louise De Mortie
African-American lecturer and fundraiser in the 19th century, renowned for her eloquence and her dedicated work in supporting the education of freed slaves.
Lucy Addison
Trailblazing African-American educator and school principal.
Margaret Hawkins
African-American educator and activist who made significant contributions in the early 20th century.
Maria Lewis
Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.
Eliza Carpenter
Pioneering African American jockey and horse trainer
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
African-American educator and suffragist