Notable African-American Women
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This list is part of the US Black Heritage Project. It contains women who were included in two biographical anthologies published in 1893 (see links) as well as other African-American women of note. Please feel free to add to the listing.
Links
- Monroe Alphus Majors, editor. Noted Negro women : their triumphs and activities, Chicago, Illinois: Donohue & Henneberry, 1893.
- L. A. Scruggs. Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character, Raleigh, North Carolina: Published by the author, 1893.
| Name | WikiTree Profile | Profile Review | Connected | Volunteer | |
| Octavia V. (Rogers) Albert (1853-1890) | Octavia Rogers Albert | No | No | ||
| Brig. Gen. Clara Adams-Ender (1939- ) | Clara Adams Ender | No | No | ||
| Elreta Narcissus (Melton) Alexander-Ralston (1919-1998) | Judge Alexander-Ralston | No | Yes | ||
| Naomi Anderson (1863-) | Naomi Bowman Anderson | No | No | ||
| Flora Batson (1864-1906) | Flora Batson | No | No | ||
| Rosa (Dixon) Bowser (1855-1931) | Rosa Dixon | No | No | ||
| Mary E. Britton (1855-1925) | Mary Britton | No | No | ||
| Hallie Quinn Brown (1849-1949) | Haley Quinn Brown | No | No | ||
| Pauline (Powell) Burns (1872-1912) | Pauline Powell | No | No | ||
| Rachael Hannah Celestine Boone (1924-2007) | Rachael Hannah Celestine Boone | No | No | ||
| Bessie Coleman (1895 - 1926) | Bessie Coleman | No | No | ||
| Lucretia (Newman) Coleman (1854-) | Lucretia Newman | No | No | ||
| Anna J. Cooper (1858-1964) | Anna Haywood Cooper | No | No | ||
| Fanny (Jackson) Coppin (1837-1913) | Fanny Jackson | No | No | ||
| Julia Ringwood Coston (1863-1931) | Julia Ringwood Balch | No | No | ||
| Henrietta Vinton Davis (1860-1941) | Henrietta Davis | No | No | ||
| Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste (1867-1951) | Georgia Mabel DeBaptiste | No | No | ||
| Dr. Doris Derby (1939-2022) | Doris Adelaide Derby (1939-2022) | No | No | ||
| Sarah Jane (Woodson) Early (1825-1907) | Sarah Jane (Woodson) Early | No | No | ||
| Mary (Espartero) Webb (1828-1859) | Mary Espartero | No | No | ||
| Dr. Matilda Evans (1866-1935) | Matilda Arabella Evans | No | No | Colleen Jousma | |
| Ida Gibbs (1862-1957) | Ida Gibbs Hunt | No | No | ||
| Elizabeth A. Gloucester (1817-1883) | Elizabeth (Parkhill) Gloucester | No | No | ||
| Ida (Gray) Rollins (1867-1953) | Ida (Gray) Rollins | No | No | ||
| Eliza Ann Grier (1864-1902) | Eliza Ann Grier | No | No | ||
| Elizabeth Greenfield (1824-1876) | Elizabeth Greenfield | No | No | Noliwe Hill & Michael McLellan | |
| Charlotte (Forten) Grimke (1837-1914) | Charlotte (Forten) Grimke | No | Yes | ||
| Adelaide Louise Hall (1901-1993) | Adelaide Louise (Hall) Hicks | Complete | Yes | Babs Deacon | |
| Maj Gen Marcelite Harris (1943 – 2018) | Marcelite Harris | No | No | ||
| Frances Ellen (Watkins) Harper (1825-1911) | Frances Ellen (Watkins) Harper | No | No | ||
| Myrtle Hart (dau of Henry Hart) | Myrtle (Hart) MacKinlay | No | No | ||
| Joan Imogen Howard (1851-) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Anna Madah Hyers (1855-1929) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Emma Louise Hyers (1857-1901) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Della Irving Hayden (1851-1924) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Amelia E. Johnson (1858-1922) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Matilda Sissieretta (Joyner) Jones (1868-1933) | Matilda Sissieretta (Joyner) Jones | No | No | ||
| Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907) | Elizabeth (Hobbs) Keckley | No | No | ||
| Lucy Craft Laney (1854-1933) | Lucy Craft Laney | No | No | ||
| Nellie A. (Ramsey) Leslie (1840-1920) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) | Mary Edmonia Lewis | No | No | ||
| Lillian A. Lewis (1861-) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Harriet (Gibbs) Marshall (1868-1941) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Louise De Mortie (1833-1867) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Gertrude (Bustill) Mossell (1855-1948) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Lucy Ella Moten (1851-1933) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Ednorah Nahar (1862 or 1873-) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Effie Lee Newsome (1885-1979) | no profile | No | No | ||
| Zelia Ball Page | Zelia R (Ball) Page | No | No | ||
| Mary Virginia Cook Parrish | no profile | No | No | ||
| Mary Jane Patterson (1840-1894) | Mary Jane Patterson (1840-1894) | No | No | ||
| Georgia E. L. Patton Washington | Georgia E. L. Patton Washington | No | No | ||
| Mary S. Peake | no profile | No | No | ||
| Ida Platt | Ida Platt | No | No | ||
| Ranavalona III | no profile | No | No | ||
| Charlotte E. Ray (1850-1911) | Charlotte E. Ray | No | No | ||
| Emma Ann Reynolds | no profile | No | No | ||
| Mary Ann Shadd | Mary Ann Shadd | No | No | ||
| Amanda Smith | no profile | No | No | ||
| Christine Shoecraft Smith | Christine (Shoecraft) Smith | No | No | ||
| Lucy Wilmot Smith | no profile | No | No | ||
| Susan McKinney Steward | no profile | No | No | ||
| Elizabeth Stumm | no profile | No | No | ||
| Mary Church Terrell | March (Church) Terrell | No | Yes | ||
| Florence Winfrey Thompson, aka Mills | Florence (Winfrey) Thompson | No | No | ||
| Katherine D. Chapman Tillman | Katherine D. Chapman | No | No | ||
| Sojourner Truth | Sojourner Truth | No | No | ||
| Olivia A. Davidson (1864-1889) | Olivia A. Davidson | No | Yes | ||
| Josephine Turpin Washington | Josephine (Turpin) Washington | Yes | No | ||
| Elizabeth Welch | "no profile" | no | no | ||
| Ida B. Wells | Ida Bell Wells-Barnett | No | Yes | ||
| Julia Williams (abolitionist) | Julia Williams | No | No | Jane Hoskinson | |
| Marie Selika Williams | no profile | No | No | ||
| Phillis Wheatley | Phillis Wheatley | No | No | ||
| Ethel L. Payne | Ethel L. Payne | No | No |
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