Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America ... From about 2,400 in 1910, the number of African American women in nursing had more than doubled by 1930, four years ...

Maggie Walker was an African American businesswoman who defied the odds and made history during the atrocities of the Jim ...

Dissertation: Microaggressions, Psychological Well-Being, and Spiritual Transcendence Among Professional African American Women Only accepting Aetna Insurance. Jessica Sneed, Ph.D. is a licensed ...

While I do work in a general way with all ages and a variety of groups, my focus population is African American women. I'm Keshia Slack-Ingram, an experienced Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC ...

The first African-American woman to fly in space, Mae Jemison (1956-) holds a B.S. in chemical engineering. In 1992, she served on an eight-day Space Shuttle mission that conducted microgravity ...

Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas. "Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 2 (March–April 2018): ...