This is a list of black, African-American women who made a positive contribution to changing the world for the better. Often they had to overcome difficult and testing situations to improve their lives and those around them.
"From time to time, people publish lists of "top 100" of women in history. As I think about who I'd put into my own Top 100 list of women important to world history, the women in the list below would at least make it to my first draft list."
From Marie Claire: "We take a look at some of the most groundbreaking and inspirational women in history: from Cleopatra to Rosa Parks and Emmeline Pankhurst."
Archive page from the Administration of President Obama. "Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)."
This collection includes 448 digitized photographs selected from approximately 2,650 print photographs in the Records of the National Woman's Party, a collection of more than 438,000 items, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
About the Women in History LibGuide
This guide offers a select list of resources for discovering more about the accomplishments of women throughout history.
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