Dr Barbara Ross-Lee
Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., became the first African American woman to be appointed dean of an American medical school in 1993.
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Dr Debi Thomas
Debi Thomas, M.D., grew up wanting to be a champion figure skater and a doctor, and she has succeeded as both. In 1988, she won the bronze Olympic medal and in 1997 she graduated from Northwestern University Medical School.
Florida Ruffin Ridley
While Florida Ruffin Ridley followed in the footsteps of her mother, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, she paved her own way as a writer, activist, and community leader.
Josephine St Pierre Ruffin
An activist at heart, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin assumed many public roles throughout her life, from publisher and clubwoman to community leader and national organizer.
Dr Agnes D Lattimer
Pediatrician and the first African American woman medical director of a major hospital.
Dr Alexa Irene Canady
The first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon.
Janet Bragg
African-American pilot in the mid-1900s
Willa Brown
Brown earned her pilot license in 1938, her commercial license in 1939 and earned her Master Mechanic Certificate in 1935.
Nannie Helen Burroughs
African-American educator, speaker, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman
MaVynee Betsch
Environmental activist who worked to preserve and protect a historically African-American beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast.