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Virtually all of the following women are profiled in one or both of these books:
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia
(More information at Books, pg. 2)
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women
In addition, we are gradually adding links to this page to take you to online biographies.
Addison, Adele (1925-) classical music singer (soprano)
Akers, Doris (1923-) gospel music composer
Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-c.1890) compiled one of the first post-Civil War books of slave narratives, only fifteen years after emancipation
Allen, Debbie (1950-) director, choreographer, dancer and actor
Allen, Sarah(1764-1849) a founder of the Daughters of Conference of the AME Church
Allensworth, Josephine Leavell(1855-1939) co-founder of the all-black "race colony" of Allensworth, California
Anderson, Ernestine (1928-) jazz singer
Anderson, Marion (1902-) opera star
Angelou, Maya (1928-) poet and writer
Armstrong, Lillian ("Lil") Hardin (1898-1971) jazz singer, pianist and composer
Ashby, Dorothy Jeanne Thompson (1932-1986) jazz harpist and bandleader
Austin, Lovie (1887-1972) blues pianist
Avery, Byllye Y.(1937-) founding president of the National Black Women's Health Project
Bailey, Pearl (1918-1990) actor, dancer, singer
Baker, Ella Josephine (1903-1986) political and civil rights activist, founder of SNCC
Baker Josephine(1906-1975) dancer, early performance artist, resistance fighter (WWII)
Baker, LaVern (1929-) pioneer rhythm and blues singer
Baldwin, Maria Louise (1856-1922)educator, lecturer
Bambara, Toni Cade (1939-) writer
Barnett, Marguerite Ross (1942-1992) political scientist
Barrett, Janie Porter (1865-1948) founder of the first social settlement in Virginia
Barrett, "Sweet Emma" (1898-1983) New Orleans jazz pianist and singer, member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Bass, Charlotta Spears (1880-1969) a founder of the Progressive party, first black woman to run for vice president of the United States
Bates, Daisy Lee Gatson (1920-) journalist, civil rights activist, leader of the "Little Rock Nine"
Batson, Flora (1864-1906) concert singer (baritone to soprano range)
Battle, Kathleen (1948-) opera singer (soprano)
Bearden, Bessye (c.1891-1943)journalist, community activist
Beasley, Delilah Leontium (1872-1934) author and journalist, wrote The Negro Trailblazers of California
Beavers, Louise (1908-1962) film and television actor
Becroft, Anne Marie( 1805-1833) educator, early black nun
Bennett, Gwendolyn (1902-1981) journalist, writer, poet
Bentley, Gladys (1907-1960) lesbian entertainer, singer, cabaret star c.1920s-1930s
Berry, Halle (1966-) actress
Berry, Mary Frances (1938-) political activist, lawyer, historian, public servant
Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955) educator, political leader, civil servant, civil rights activist, founder and first president of the National Council of Negro Women
Blackwell, Unita (1933-) civil rights activist, regional planner, housing expert, founding member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, first black woman mayor in the history of Mississippi
Blount, Mildred (1907-1974?) milliner (to Hollywood stars and other famous people!)
Bolden, Dorothy Lee (1923-) union organizer, community and civil rights activist, domestic worker
Bolin, Jane Mathilda (1908-) judge (first black woman)
Bonds, Margaret Allison Richardson (1913-1972) pianist and composer
Bonner, Marita (1899-1971) essayist, playwright, short-story writer
Boone, Eva Roberta Coles (1880-1902) Baptist missionary to Africa
Bowen, Cornelia (1858-1934) educator
Bowen, Ruth (1924-) businesswoman, founder of Queen Booking Agency
Bowles, Eva Del Vakia (1875-1943) activist, Secretary for Colored Work for the YWCA National Board
Bowman, Laura (1881-1957) stage and film actor, singer
Bowman, Sister Thea (1937-1990) singer, dancer, liturgist, educator, Franciscan nun
Bowser, Mary Elizabeth (b. c.1840s) Union spy during the Civil War, worked as a domestic in Jefferson Davis' home
Boynton, Amelia (1911-) civil rights activist
Bozeman, Sylvia Trimble (1947-) mathematician
Bragg, Janet Harmon Waterford (1907-) nurse and aviator
Brandon, Barbara (1958-) cartoonist
Braun, Carol Moseley (1947-) politician
Brice, Carol (1918-1985) classical singer, musical theatre performer
Bricktop (Ada Smith) (1894-1984) vaudevillian, international host and nightclub owner
Britton Mary E. (dates unknown c. mid 1800s through the turn of the century) M.D., elocutionist, educator, journalist, metaphysician
Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000) poet, first black person to receive the Pulitzer Prize
Brown, Anne Wiggins (1915-) concert singer, teacher, originator of the role of Bess in the opera Porgy and Bess
Brown, Charlotte Hawkins (1883-1961) educator, club woman, activist
Brown, Elaine (1943-) activist, Black Panther
Brown, Hallie Quinn (c.1845-1949) public speaker, educator, civil and women's rights activist
Brown, Letitia Woods (1915-1976) historian
Brown, Linda Beatrice (1939-) writer, poet, educator
Brown, Linda Carol (1943-) teacher, community activist, "named plaintiff" in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Brown, Ruth (1928-) rhythm and blues singer
Brown, Willa Beatrice (1906-1992) aviator
Browne, Marjorie Lee (1914-1979) mathmetician, one of the first two black women to earn a doctorate in mathematics
Bryant, Hazel Joan (1939-1983) actor, opera singer, director, playwright
Burke, Selma Hortense (1900-) sculptor
Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite (1932-) politician
Burks, Mary Fair(d. 1991) scholar, college professor, founder and first president of Women's Political Council (Montgomery, Alabama)
Burrill, Mary P.(c.1884-1946) playwright, director, educator
Burroughs, Margaret Taylor Goss(1917-) founder of the Du Sable Museum, Chicago
Burroughs, Nannie Helen(1879-1961) founder and president of the National Training School for Women and Girls, Washington D.C.
Bush, Anita(1883-1974) stage and screen actor, founder of the Lafayette Players
Butler, Octavia(1947-) science fiction writer
Butler, Selena Sloan(1872?-1964) founder of modern-day Parent-Teacher Associations
Caesar, Shirley(1938-) gospel singer
Carlisle, Una Mae(1915-1956) jazz singer and piano player
Carroll, Diahann(1935-) stage, film and television actor and singer
Carroll, Vinnette(1922-)
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd(1823-1893) first black woman lawyer in the U.S., journalist, activist
Catlett, Elizabeth(1919-) sculptor and printmaker
Childress, Alice(1920-) playwright, novelist, actor, essayist, journalist
Chisolm, Shirley(1924-) feminist, activist, politician
Clark, Septima Poinsette(1898-1987) civil rights activist, founder of the citizenship schools
Cleaver, Kathleen Neal (1945-) activist, Black Panther, lawyer
Clifton, Lucille(1936-) writer
Coachman, Alice(1921-) athlete (high jump), Olympic champion
Coincoin(1742-1816) enslaved woman, free woman, cattle rancher, farmer, plantation owner, slave owner
Cole, Johnetta Betsch(1936-) educator, college president
Cole, Rebecca J. (1846-1922) second black woman doctor in the U.S.
Coleman, Bessie(1896-1926) aviator
Collins, Cardiss Robertson(1931-) politician
Collins, Janet(1923-) ballerina
Collins, Marva N. (1936-) educator, founder of the Westside Preparatory School
Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood (1858-1964) writer, educator, activist
Cotton, Elizabeth "Libba" (c.1895-1987) folk singer
Couvent, Marie Bernard(c.1757-1837) founder of oldest continuously existing black Catholic school in the U.S.
Craft, Ellen(1826-1891) escaped slave, anti-slavery activist, teacher, farmer
Crumpler, Rebecca Lee(b.1833) first black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.
Dandridge, Dorothy(1922-1965) film actor
Dash, Julie(1952) filmmaker
Davidson, Olivia America(1854-1889) educator, helped found Tuskegee Institute
Davis, Angela(1944-) activist, writer, lecturer, college professor
Davis, Henrietta Vinton(1860-1941) actor, United Negro Improvement Association leader
Day, Caroline Stewart Bond(b.1889) anthropologist
Dearing, Judy(1940-) Broadway costume designer
Dee, Ruby(1924-) stage, film and television actor
DeFrantz, Anita (1952-) Olympic rowing champion, activist
DeLavallade, Carmen(1931-) modern, ballet and theatrical dancer, actor
Donegan, Dorothy(1922-) jazz pianist
Douglass, Sarah Mapps (1806- 1882) teacher and abolitionist)
Dove, Rita(1952-) poet
Dunham, Katherine(1909-) dancer, choreographer, anthropologist
Earley, Charity Adams(1918-) first black commissioned officer in the WACs
Early, Sarah Jane Woodson (1825-1907) nationalist and feminist activist, one of the first black women to receive a college degree, the first black woman faculty member of a U.S. university
Edelman, Marian Wright(1939-) lawyer, civil rights activist, children's advocate, head of the Children's Defense Fund
Evanti, Lillian Evans(1890-1967) opera singer (lyric soprano)
Fauset, Jessie Redmon(1882-1961) novelist, editor
Ferguson, Catherine (Katy)(c.1774-1854) founded New York's first Sunday School
Fisher, Ada Louise Sipuel(1924-) lawyer, first black woman to attend an all-white law school in the South
Fitzgerald, Ella(1918-2001) jazz singer
Flack, Roberta(1940-) popular music singer
Forten, Margaretta(c.1815-1875) educator, abolitionist
\Forten, Sarah Louisa (Purvis)(1814-1883) abolitionist
Forten, Harriet D. (Purvis)(1810-1875) abolitionist
Foster, Autherine Juanita Lucy(1929-) teacher, first black student be enrolled at the University of Alabama
Franklin, Aretha (1942-) soul/rhythm and blues singer
Freeman, Elizabeth "Mum Bett"(c.1744-1829) brought the first lawsuit which used the wording of a state constitution to win freedom from slavery
Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick (1877-1968) sculptor
Gannett, Deborah Sampson(1760-1827) Revolutionary War soldier
Garrison, Zina(1963-) tennis player
Gibson, Althea (1927-) tennis player, broke the tennis color barrier, first black person to play and win at Wimbledon
Giovanni, Nikki(1943-) poet, writer
Goldberg, Whoopi(1949-) comedian, film star
Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor(c.1819-1876) concert singer
Grimke, Angelina Weld (1880-1958) playwright, poet, short-story writer
Grimke, Charlotte L. Forten(1837-1914) poet, anti-slavery and civil rights activist, educator
Hale, Clara(Mother) McBride (1904-) social activist, founder of Hale House
Hall, Adelaide(1901-) singer, actor, comedian
Hall, Juanita(1901-1968) actor, singer
Hamer, Fannie Lou(1917-1977) political and civil rights activist, founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Hamilton, Virginia Esther(1936-) children's book author
Hansberry, Lorraine(1930-1965) playwright
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins(1825-1911) journalist, novelist, poet
Harris, Barbara (1930-) Episcopal bishop
Harris, Marcelite Jordan(1943-) U.S. Air Force general
Harris, Patricia Roberts(1924-1985) diplomat, politician, academic
Harrison, Hazel(1883-1969) concert pianist
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold(1899-1990) civil and women's rights activist
Height, Dorothy Irene(1912-) community organizer, civic leader
Holiday, Billie(1915-1959) blues singer
Holt, Nora Douglas(1885-1974) music critic, composer
Hope, Lugenia Burns(1871-1947) community activist, social reformer
Horn, Shirley(1934-) jazz singer and piano player
Horne, Lena(1917-) singer, dancer, film and stage actor
Hunter, Alberta(1895-1984) blues singer
Hunter, Clementine(1886-1988) painter
Hunter, Kristin(1931-) children's book author
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne(1942-) journalist
Hurston, Zora Neale(1891-1960) writer
Jackson, Mahalia(1911-1972) gospel singer
Jacobs, Harriet Ann(1813-1897) enslaved woman, free woman, author
James, Etta(1938-) rhythm and blues singer
Jamison, Judith(1944-) modern dancer
Jemison, Mae C. (1956-) astronaut
Jessye, Eva (1895-1992) singer, composer, choral director
Johnson, Georgia Douglas(1877-1966) musician, poet, playwright columnist, short-story writer
Jones, Lois Mailou(1905-) painter
Jones, Sissieretta Joyner(1868-1933) concert singer, early musical comedy producer and performer
Jordan, Barbara Charline(1936-1996) educator, politician, eloquent public speaker
Joyner, Florence Griffith(1959-) track athlete (sprinter), Olympic champion
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie(1962-) track and field athlete, (heptaphlon, etc.), Olympic champion
Keckley, Elizabeth (1818-1907) enslaved woman, free woman, dress designer, abolitionist
Kennedy, Flo(1916-) lawyer, political activist
King, Coretta Scott(1927-) civil rights leader
Kitt, Eartha(1928-) dancer, stage, film and television actor
LaBelle, Patti (1944-) rhythm and blues/soul singer
Lampkin, Daisy Elizabeth Adams(c.1884-1965) civil rights leader
Laveau, Marie(c.1790-1881) Voodoo priestess
Lee, Jarena(b.1783) early AME preacher
LeNoire, Rosetta Olive Burton(1911-) stage, film and television actor and singer
Lewis, Mary Edmonia "Wildfire" (b.c.1843-d.?) sculptor
Lincoln, Abbey (1930-) jazz singer, actor, songwriter, scholar
Liston, Melba (1926-) jazz trombone player, composer, arranger
Logan, Adella Hunt (1863-1915) educator
Lorde, Audre (1934-) feminist, lesbian, poet
Mabley, Jackie "Moms" (1897-1975) comedian, vaudevillian
Mahoney, Mary Eliza (1845-1926) nurse
Marshall, Paule (1929-) poet, novelist
Martin, Roberta (1907-1969) gospel singer
Mason, (Bridget) Biddy (1818-1891) enslaved woman, free woman, California pioneer, nurse, midwife
Maynor, Dorothy (1910-) concert singer, founder of the Harlem School of the Arts
McCabe, Jewel Jackson (1945-) businesswoman
McClendon, Rose (1884-1936) stage actor
McDaniel, Hattie (1895-1952) film and radio actor
McKinney, Nina Mae (1913-1967) singer, film actor
McMillan, Enolia Pettigen (1904-) civil rights activist, educator
McMillan, Terry (1951-) novelist
McNeil, Claudia (1917-) vaudeville and nightclub singer, stage, film and television actor
McQueen, Butterfly (1911-) film actor, community and social worker
McRae, Carmen (1922-) jazz singer
Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835-1868) actor
Mercer, Mabel (1900-1984) jazz singer
Meriwether, Louise (1923-) journalist, novelist, social activist
Miller, May (Sullivan) (1899-) playwright
Mills, Florence (1896-1927) singer, dancer, musical comedy star
Mitchell, Abbie (1884-1960) singer, actor
Mitchell, Juanita Jackson (1913-1992) lawyer, civil rights activist
Moore, Audley (Queen Mother) (1898-) nationalist and social activist
Moore, Dorothy Rudd (1940-) composer
Morrison, Toni (1931-) novelist, Nobel Prize winner
Mossell, Gertrude E.H. Bustill (1855-1948) journalist, feminist, social reformer
Moten, Lucy Ella (1851-1933) educator
Motley, Constance Baker (1921-) lawyer, civil rights activist
Mouttoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne (1951-) photographer, historian
Murray, Pauli (1910-1985) women's and civil rights activist, lawyer, poet, educator, minister
Nash, Diane (1938-) civil rights activist
Nash, Helen E. (1921-) physician, child advocate
Naylor, Gloria (1950-) short-story writer, novelist
Nickerson, Camille Lucie (1887-1982) Creole music historian, educator
Norman, Jessye (1945-) opera star (soprano)
Odetta (1930-) folk singer
Oglesby, Mary (1915-) educator, aviator, community activist
Ormes, Zelda Jackson "Jackie" (1917-1986) cartoonist
Parks, Rosa (1913-) civil rights activist, seamstress
Parsons, Lucy (1853-1942) anarchist, socialist, communist
Payne, Ethel L. (1911-1991) journalist
Peake, Mary Smith Kelsey (1823-1862) educator, philanthropist
Perry, Carrie Saxon (1931-) politician
Perry, Julia Amanda (1924-1979) composer, conductor
Petry, Ann Lane (1908-) novelist
Pindell, Howardena (1943-) visual artist
Player, Willa B. (1909-) educator, civil and women's rights activist
Pleasant, Mary Ellen (1814-1904) abolitionist, California pioneer, entrepreneur, madam (possibly)
Powers, Harriet (1837-1911) quilter
Preer, Evelyn (1896-1932) stage and silent film actor
Prendergast, Shirley (1932-) theatrical lighting designer
Price, Leontyne (1927-) opera star (soprano)
Primus, Pearl (1919-) modern dancer and choreographer, anthropologist
Prince, Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) enslaved woman, free woman, poet, advocate, civic leader
Prince, Nancy Gardner (1799-c.1856) writer, religious reformer, anti-slavery and women's rights activist
Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth (1890-1960) sculptor
Quarles, Norma R. (1936-) journalist
Rainey, Ma (1886-1939) blues singer
Ray, Charlotte E. (1850-1911) lawyer
Reese, Della (1931-) Pop, soul and gospel singer, television and film actor
Remond, Sarah Parker (1826-1894) anti-slavery lecturer and activist
Richards, Beah (c.1933-) poet, playwright and stage, film and television actor
Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes (1922-) civil rights activist
Ringgold, Faith (1934-) painter, sculptor, performance artist
Roberts, Lillian Davis (1928-) labor leader
Robeson, Eslanda Goode (1896-1965) intellectual, writer, activist
Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson (1912-) college professor, civil rights activist
Rogers, Octavia V. (1853-1890) teacher, writer
Ross, Diana (the Supremes) (1944-) Motown/soul singer
Rudolph, Wilma Glodean (1940-) athlete, Olympic champion (sprinter)
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre (1842-1924) women's club activist, journalist, suffragist
Saar, Betye (1926-) visual artist
Sampson, Edith (1901-1979) lawyer, judge
Sanchez, Sonia (1934-) civil rights activist, poet, playwright
Sanders, Maude (1903-) educator, physician, health care advocate
Sands, Diana (1934-1973) Broadway star
Savage, Augusta (1892-1962) visual artist, sculptor, director of the Harlem Community Art Center
Schuyler, Phillipa Duke (1931-1967) composer, pianist, journalist
Scott, Gloria Dean Randle (1938-) women's rights activist, college president, educator
Scott, Hazel (1920-1981) musician, singer, stage radio, television and film actor
Selika, Marie Smith (c.1849-1937) concert singer
Shabazz, Hajj Bahiyah Betty (1936-1997) educator, community, health and child care activist
Shange, Ntozake (1948-) playwright, short-story writer, poet, novelist, essayist
Shockley, Ann Allen (1927-) librarian, novelist, journalist, educator, feminist political activist
Simkins, Mary Modjeska Monteith (1899-1992) human rights activist
Simone, Nina (1933-) jazz/blues/soul singer and pianist
Simpson, Carole (1940-) journalist
Simpson, Georgiana (1866-1944) scholar, educator, first black woman Ph.D.
Simpson, Valerie (1948-) soul singer, songwriter
Sizemore, Barbara (1927-) educator, education administrator
Sklarek, Norma Merrick (1928-) architect
Slew, Jenny (b.c.1719) advocate, successfully sued for her freedom
Slowe, Lucy Diggs (1885-1936) educator, education administrator
Smith, Amanda Berry (1837-1915) evangelist
Smith, Bessie (1894-1937) blues singer
Smith, Lucie Wilmot (b.1861) journalist, suffragist, civil rights activist
Smith, Mable Louise (1924-1972) jazz/blues singer
Smith, Mamie (1893-1946) blues singer
Smith, Willie Mae Ford (1904-) gospel singer
Smith-Robinson, Ruby Doris (1942-1967) civil rights activist
Snow, Valaida (c.1909-1956) jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer
Spence, Eulalie (1894-1981) playwright
Spencer, Anne (1882-1975) poet
Spikes, Delores Margaret Richard (1936-) educator, education administrator
Staples, Mavis (c.1940-) gospel/pop singer
Staupers, Mabel Keaton (1890-1989) nurse, civil rights advocate
Steward, Susan McKinney (1847-1918) physician
Stewart, Ellen (c.1920-) founder of La MaMa ETC, experimental New York theatre
Stewart, Maria W. (1803-1879) public speaker, writer, political activist, educator
Stewart-Lai, Carlotta (1881-1952) educator, educational administrator
Stokes, Ora Brown (1882-1957) community leader
Stout, Juanita Kidd (1919-) lawyer, judge
Stringer, C. Vivian (1948-) athlete, basketball coach
Sul-Te-Wan, Madame (1873-1959) film actor
Talbert, Mary Morris Burnett (1866-1923) educator, lecturer, human rights advocate
Tanneyhill, Ann (Anna) Elizabeth (1906-) executive of the National Urban League
Tate, Merze (1905-) educator, scholar
Taylor, Anna Diggs (1932-) lawyer, judge, civil rights advocate
Taylor, Koko (1935-) blues singer
Taylor, Mildred (1943-) children's book author
Taylor, Susie Baker King (1848-1912) writer, nurse, educator, laundress
Teer, Barbara Ann (1937-) dancer, stage, film and television actor, director, producer, writer, educator, entrepreneur, real estate developer
Temple, Ruth Janetta (1892-1984) physician, public health administrator
Terrell, Mary Eliza Church (1863-1954) civil and women's rights activist
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta (c.1915-1973) gospel singer, musician
Thomas, Alma (1891-1978) abstract painter
Thompson, Era Bell (1906-1986) magazine editor
Thoms, Adah Belle Samuels (c.1870-1943) nurse
Tituba enslaved woman, weaver, convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials
Truth, Sojourner (c.1799-1883) enslaved woman, free woman, abolitionist, women's rights activist, public speaker, evangelist, itinerant preacher
Tubman, Harriet Ross (c.1821-1913) escaped slave, Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, public speaker, Civil War spy, scout, soldier and nurse, social reformer
Turner, Tina (1939-) Motown/soul/pop singer
Tyson, Cicely (1939-) film, television and stage star
Vashon, Susan Paul (1838-1912) educator, educational administrator, community organizer, clubwoman, philanthropist
Vaughan, Sarah (1924-1991) jazz singer
Walker, Aida Overton (1880-1914) singer, dancer, actor, first black international superstar
Walker, A'lelia (1885-1931) philanthropist, socialite, Harlem Renaissance arts patron
Walker, Alice (1944-) novelist, short-story writer, essayist, poet, educator, biographer, editor
Walker, Madam C.J. (Sarah Breedlove) (1867-1919) entrepreneur, millionaire, philanthropist, political activist, hair-care industry pioneer
Walker, Maggie Lena (c.1867-1934) community and business leader, bank president, civil and women's rights activist
Walker, Margaret (1915-1998) writer
Waring, Laura Wheeler (1887-1948) painter, educator
Warwick, Dionne (1940-) soul singer
Washington, Dinah (1924-1963) blues singer
Washington, Fredi (1903-) stage and film actor, writer, dancer, singer
Washington, Josephine Turpin (1861-1949) writer, educator
Washington, Margaret Murray (c.1865-1925) club woman, community leader
Waters, Ethel (1896-1977) stage, film and television actor, blues singer
Waters, Maxine (1938-) United States Congresswoman
Wattleton, Faye (1943-) first Black woman president of Planned Parenthood
Welcome, Verda Freeman (1907-1990) civil rights activist, politician
Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell (1862-1931) civil, women's and economic rights activist and leader, suffragist, journalist, newspaper editor, moral force
West, Dorothy (1907-) journalist, short-story writer, novelist
Wheatley, Phillis (Peters) (c.1753-1784) enslaved woman, poet, free woman
White, Willye B. (1940-) track and field athlete (long jump), Olympic champion
Williams, Fannie Barrier (1855-1944) club woman, social reformer, philanthropist
Williams, Marion (1927-) gospel singer
Williams, Mary Lou (1910-1981) jazz pianist, arranger, composer
Williams, Myrlie Beasley Evers (c.1932-) civil rights activist, public speaker, public servant
Williams, Vanessa Lynn (1963-) former Miss America, film and television actor, singer
Willis, Gertrude Pocte Geddes (1878-1970) business leader, community activist
Wilson, Harriet E. (b.c.1827) novelist
Wilson, Margaret Bush (1919-) lawyer
Wilson, Nancy (1937-) jazz singer
Winfrey, Oprah (1954-) talk show host, film and television actor, entrepreneur
Woodard, Lynette (1959-) basketball player, first female Harlem Globetrotter
Young, Roger Arliner (1889-1964) zoologist
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