Ida R Cummings

Ida R. Cummings and her family were on the front lines from the suffrage movement to supporting amendments to better the rights of Black Americans.

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Lucretia Marshbanks

Lucretia Marshbanks was one of the first black women to venture to the Black Hills of South Dakota. She was a cook, boarding house manager, hotel owner, and ranch owner.

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Rosina Corrothers Tucker

A civil rights and labor activist, Rosina Corrothers Tucker played a pivotal role in the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) and its International Ladies’ Auxiliary Order.

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Jane Webb

Jane Webb was a free, mixed-race woman in colonial Virginia who sued her husband’s enslaver when he refused to live up to the terms of a contract that would have freed her husband and the bound Webb children.

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