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It includes African-American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American women . It includes American women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
African-American women physicians (165 P) African-American women in politics (3 C, 36 P) R. African-American Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns (2 C, 13 P) S.
First African-American woman to charter a bank in the United States [1] Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president. [ 2 ]
In 1992, Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois became the first African American woman elected to the US Senate. There were 8,936 Black officeholders in the United States in 2000, showing a net increase of 7,467 since 1970. In 2001, there were 484 Black mayors. [89]
Joint first African-American woman Doctor of Veterinary Medicine First Black woman to serve in the North Carolina General Assembly Alfreda Johnson Webb (born February 21, 1923, in Mobile , Alabama) was a professor of biology and a doctor of veterinary medicine.
First African American woman star route mail carrier in the U.S. Mary Fields ( c. 1832 – December 5, 1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary , was an American mail carrier who was the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States .
Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities is a compilation of biographies of African-American women by Monroe Alpheus Majors published in 1893 in Chicago. [1] Majors sketched the lives of nearly 300 women, including Edmonia Lewis, Amanda Smith, Ida B. Wells, and Sojourner Truth. [2] Majors began to compile the book in Waco, Texas, in ...
First African-American woman in the U.S. Cabinet: Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; First African-American woman whose signature appeared on U.S. currency: Azie Taylor Morton, the 36th Treasurer of the United States; First African-American publisher of mainstream gay publication: Alan Bell [265] [266]