Margaret Hawkins
African-American educator and activist who made significant contributions in the early 20th century.
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Maria Lewis
Escaping slavery, Lewis assumed the male alias “George Harris” and enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry in the US Civil War.
Biddy Mason
African-American nurse and a pioneering real estate entrepreneur.
Eliza Carpenter
Pioneering African American jockey and horse trainer
Elizabeth Piper Ensley
African-American educator and suffragist
Florida J Wolfe
Prominent African-American socialite, cattle rancher, and philanthropist in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, around the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Helen Appo Cook
Distinguished African American activist and leader, known for her significant contributions to civil rights and women’s suffrage movements.
Irene Moorman Blackstone
African-American businesswoman and club member who became active in the fight for women’s suffrage.
Jane Datcher
Pioneering African-American botanist.
Isabella Gibbons
African-American educator who became a teacher after being freed from enslavement