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This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Janice Bryant Howroyd (born September 1, 1952) is an entrepreneur, businesswoman, and author. She is founder and chief executive officer of The ActOne Group, [1] the largest privately held, minority-woman-owned personnel company founded in the U.S. [2] [3] Howroyd is the first African-American woman to build and own a billion dollar company.
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
Walker was able to market her hair care products in a successful way, becoming the first African American female millionaire. Carrie Crawford Smith was the owner of an employment agency that opened in 1918, and like Madame C. J. Walker, sought to provide help to many women by giving them opportunities to work.
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman and first Black person in general to receive a pilot's license. Because of gender and racial discrimination, she learned French and went to ...
Sarah E. Goode was the fourth African American woman known to have received a US patent. The first and second were Martha Jones of Amelia County, Virginia, for her 1868 corn-husker upgrade [ 23 ] and Mary Jones De Leon of Baltimore, Maryland, for her 1873 cooking apparatus.
Modern media and pop culture can’t seem to get enough of Generation Z. The newest generation of human beings ranging from ages 10 to 25 are finally coming into their own and flourishing right ...
Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone (August 9, 1877 [2] [3] – May 10, 1957) [4] was an American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist. [5] [6] In the first three decades of the 20th century, she founded and developed a large and prominent commercial and educational enterprise centered on cosmetics for African-American women.