Black Women’s History
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa...
“Our purpose in life is to leave a legacy for our children and our children’s children. For this...
In 1734, Marie-Joseph Angélique was accused of setting a fire that destroyed the city’s merchants’ quarter in Montreal. Authorities claimed that Angélique started the blaze in an attempt to escape captivity....
Lena Baker, an African American maid, was executed by the State of Georgia in 1945 for the murder...
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including...
Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. She became a powerful advocate for improved health care for African Americans, particularly children, insisting...
Mary Lou Williams was an African‑American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional vocalist, widely regarded as one of...
In 1879, Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first Black graduate nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney...
Anna Albertine Olga Brown was a famous late 19th‑century circus performer known as Miss La La. Lala was born on April 21st, 1858, in the then German (now Polish) city of...
Mary Elizabeth Carnegie was a ground-breaking nurse, educator, and author who championed the cause of African American nurses....
Addie Mae Collins was one of the four African-American girls, murdered in a racially motivated terrorist attack perpetrated...
Lucy Craft Laney was an early African-American educator who in 1883 founded the first school for black children in Augusta, Georgia, which became known as Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. She...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
