Aexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell . Allen, Debbie . Anderson, Marian . Angelou, Maya . Armstrong, Lillian "Lil" Hardin Bailey, Pearl . Baker, Ella Josephine . Baker, Josephine . Bambara, Toni Cade . Banks, Anna De Costa . Bass, Charlotta Spears . Bates, Daisy Lee Gatson . Battle, Kathleen . Berry, Halle . Berry, Mary Frances . Bethune, Mary McLeod . Blackwell, Unita . Bolden, Dorothy Lee . Bolin, Jane Mathilda . Bonds, Margaret Allison Richardson . Bowles, Eva del Vakia . Boyd-Franklin, Nancy . Braun, Carol Moseley . Brooks, Gwendolyn . Brown, Charlotte Hawkins . Brown, Corrine . Brown, Hallie Quinn . Brown, Ruth . Burke, Selma Hortense . Burroughs, Nannie Helen . Butler, Octavia E. . Cadoria, Sherian Grace . Caesar, Shirley . Callen, Maude . Carroll, Diahann . Carter, Eunice Hunton . Cary, Mary Ann Shadd . Catlett, Elizabeth . Childress, Alice . Chinn, May Edward . Chisholm, Shirley . Clark, Mamie Phipps . Clark, Septima Poinsette . Clayton, Eva . Cleage, Pearl . Cliff, Michelle . Clifton, Lucille . Coachman, Alice . Cole, Johnnetta Betsch . Cole, Natalie . Coleman, Bessie . Collins, Barbara-Rose . Collins, Cardiss Robertson . Collins, Marva N. . Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood . Coppin, Fanny Jackson . Cowings, Patricia . Craft, Ellen . Craft, Juanita . Dandridge, Dorothy . Darden, Christine . Dash, Julie . Davidson, Olivia America . Davis, Angela . Dawes, Dominique . Dee, Ruby . DeFrantz, Anita . Delaney Sisters, The . DeLavallade, Carmen . dePasse, Suzanne . Devers, Gail . Dickson, Amanda America (Eubanks, Toomer) . Douglass, Anna Murray . Douglass, Sarah Mapps . Dove, Rita . Du Bois, Shirley Graham . Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth . Dunham, Katherine . Earley, Charity Adams . Edelman, Marian Wright . Edwards, Lena Frances . Elaw, Zilpha . Elders, Joycelyn . Eldridge, Elleanor . Evans, Matilda A. . Fauset, Crystal Bird . Fauset, Jessie Redmon . Ferebee, Dorothy Celeste Boulding . Ferguson, Catherine . Fields, Mary . Fisher, Ada Lois Sipuel . Fitzgerald, Ella . Flack, Roberta . Forten Sisters . Foster, Autherine Juanita Lucy . Franklin, Aretha . Franklin, Martha Minerva . Freeman, Elizabeth "Mum Bett" . Fudge, Ann . Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick . Garrison, Zina . Gibson, Althea . Giddings, Paula . Giovanni, Nikki . Goldberg, Whoopi . Grant, Frances . Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor . Grier, Pamela . Grimk‚, Charlotte L. Forten . Guinier, Lani . Hale, Mamie Odessa . Hamer, Fannie Lou . Hamilton, Grace Towns . Hamilton, Virginia Esther . Hansberry, Lorraine Vivian . Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins . Harris, Barbara . Harris, Marcelite Jordon . Harris, Patricia Roberts . Harsh, Vivian Gordon . Hedgeman, Anna Arnold . Height, Dorothy Irene . Herman, Alexis M. . Hernandez, Aileen Clark . Hill, Anita . Hine, Darlene Clark . Holiday, Billie . hooks, bell . Hope, Lugenia Burns . Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth . Horn, Shirley . Horne, Lena . Houston, Drusilla . Houston, Whitney . Hunter, Alberta . Hunter, Clementine . Hunter-Gault, Charlayne . Hunton, Addie Waits . Hurston, Zora Neale . Ingram, Rosa Lee . Jacket, Barbara J. . Jackson, Mahalia . Jackson, Nell Cecilia . Jackson, Rebecca Cox . Jackson, Shirley Ann . Jacobs, Harriet Ann . James, Etta . Jamison, Judith . Jemison, Mae C. . Jessye, Eva . Johnson, Eddie Bernice . Johnson, Eunice Walker . Johnson, Georgia Douglas . Johnson, Halle Tanner Dillon . Johnson, Hazel . Jones, Gayl . Jones, Lois Mailou . Jones, Sissieretta Joyner . Jones, Verina Morton Harris . Jordan, Barbara Charline . Jordan, June . Joyner, Florence Griffith . Joyner-Kersee, Jackie . Keckley, Elizabeth . Kelly, Leontine T. C. . Kennedy, Adrienne . Kennedy, Flo . Kincaid, Jamaica . King, Coretta Scott . Kitt, Eartha . Kittrell, Flemmie . Knight, Gladys . LaBelle, Patti . Ladner, Joyce A. . Lafontant-Mankarious, Jewel Stadford . Lampkin, Daisy Elizabeth Adams . Laney, Lucy Craft . Larsen, Nella . Laurie, Eunice Rivers . Laveau, Marie . Lee, Jarena . Lee, Sheila Jackson . Lewis, Mary Edmonia "Wildfire" . Liston, Melba . Logan family . Lorde, Audre . Luper, Clara . Mabley, Jackie "Moms"X . Mahoney, Mary Eliza . Malone, Annie Turnbo . Malone, Vivian . Malveaux, Julianne . Marshall, Paule . Martin, Roberta Evelyn . Mason, Vivian Carter . Matthews, Victoria Earle . McClain, Leanita . McClendon, Rose . McDaniel, Hattie . Mckenzie, Vashti . McKinney, Cynthia . McMillan, Enolia Pettigen . McMillan, Terry . McNeil, Claudia . McRae, Carmen . Meek, Carrie . Meriwether, Louise . Miller, Cheryl . Mills, Florence . Mitchell, Juanita Jackson . Moore, Audley (Queen Mother) . Morrison, Toni . Mossell, Gertrude E. H. Bustill . Motley, Constance Baker . Murray, Pauli . Nash, Diane . Naylor, Gloria . Norman, Jessye . Norton, Eleanor Holmes . Odetta . O'Leary, Hazel R. . Osborne, Estelle Massey . Parks, Rosa . Parks, Suzan-Lori . Parsons, Lucy . Patterson, Louise Thompson . Petioni, Muriel Marjorie . Petry, Ann Lane . Pleasant, Mary Ellen . Powers, Harriet . Price, Florence Smith . Price, Leontyne . Primus, Pearl . Prince, Lucy Terry . Prince, Nancy Gardner . Queen Latifah . Rainey, Ma (Gertrude Pridgett) . Rashad, Phylicia . Ray, Charlotte . Reagon, Bernice Johnson . Reese, Della . Remond, Sarah Parker . Rice, Condoleeza . Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes . Ringgold, Faith . Riperton, Minnie . Roberts, Lillian Davis . Robeson, Eslanda Goode . Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson . Rolle, Esther . Rollin Sisters . Ross, Diana . Rudolph, Wilma Glodean . Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre . Saar, Alison . Saar, Betye . Sampson, Edith . Sanchez, Sonia . Savage, Augusta . Shabazz, Hajj Bahiyah Betty . Simkins, Mary Modjeska Monteith . Simmons, Ruth J. . Simone, Nina . Simpson, Carole . Simpson, Valerie . Sizemore, Barbara . Smith, Amanda Berry . Smith, Anna Deveare . Smith, Bessie . Smith, Jessie Carney . Southern, Eileen . Staples, Mavis . Staupers, Mabel Keaton . Steward, Susan McKinney . Stewart, Ellen . Stewart, Maria W. . Stewart, Sallie Wyatt . Stewart-Lai, Carlotta . Stout, Juanita Kidd . Stringer, C. Vivian . Talbert, Mary Morris Burnett . Tate, Merze . Taylor, Koko . Taylor, Mildred . Taylor, Susan . Taylor, Susie Baker King . Terrell, Mary Eliza Church . Tharpe, Sister Rosetta . Thomas, Alma . Thomas, Debi . Thompson, Era Bell . Thoms, Adah Belle Samuels . Truth, Sojourner . Tubman, Harriet Ross . Turner, Tina . Tyson, Cicely . Tyus, Wyomia . Vaughan, Sarah . Walker, Aida Overton . Walker, A'Lelia . Walker, Alice . Walker, Madam C. J. (Sarah Breedlove) . Walker, Maggie Lena . Walker, Margaret Abigail . Wallace, Michele . Ward, Clara, and The Ward Sisters . Warwick, Dionne . Washington, Dinah . Washington, Margaret Murray . Washington, Sarah Spenser . Waters, Ethel . Waters, Maxine . Wattleton, Faye . Wells-Barnett, Ida B. . Wesley, Dorothy Burnett Porter . West, Dorothy . Wheatley, Phillis (Peters) . Whipper, Ionia Rollin . White, LuLu . Wilkerson, Margaret B. . Williams, Fannie Barrier . Williams, Margaret . Williams, Marion . Williams, Mary Lou . Williams, Myrlie Beasley Evers . Wilson, Cassandra . Wilson, Harriet E. . Wilson, Nancy . Winfrey, Oprah . Woodard, Alfre . Wright, Jane C. . Young, Roger Arliner |
BIOGRAPHY About a third of the women discussed in Black Women in America receive full biographical entries, ranging in length from about 750 words to more than 8,000 words.The rest of the women are covered in the topical entries or in capsule biographies grouped in "features." |