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.
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Nannie Helen Burroughs
African-American educator, speaker, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman
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.
MaVynee Betsch
Environmental activist who worked to preserve and protect a historically African-American beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast.
Juana Briones
1800s Mexican-American pioneer, businesswoman, healer, and landowner
Andamana
Queen of Gran Canaria
Sallie Wyatt Stewart
African American educator, real estate broker, civil rights activist, and community leader based in Evansville, Indiana.
Myrlie Evers–Williams
Civil rights activist
Alice Nugent
Like her sister Georgia, Alice Nugent played an active role in Black women’s clubs and other civic organizations in Kentucky. Both Alice and Georgia were founding members of Louisville’s Women’s Improvement Club (WIC).