As the first African American woman to receive a Medical Degree (MD) in the United States, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans and women from pursuing me...

Despite Jim Crow oppression, Walker founded her own haircare company that helped thousands of African American women gain financial independence.

Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space. Discover more at womenshistory.org.

Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions inspired the...