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This is a list under development of missing articles on black women who are (or have been) notable in various fields of endeavor.

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Cayman Islands

  • Treveen Stewart fashion model [http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Treveen-Stewart-is-the-Next-Top-Model-209604121.html], [http://lumieremagazine.com/news/index.php/fashion/lights-camera-fashion-/1152-model-of-the-month-treveen-stewart.html], [http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130603/flair/flair8.html], [http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2015/02/13/Caymanian-model-secures-contract-with-Nike/]

Colombia

  • [Aurora Vergara Figueroa (b. 1988) Anthropologist [http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/cali/noticias/conozca-aurora-vergara-mujer-premiada-por-su-aporte-poblacion-afro], [http://comunicaciones.univalle.edu.co/InformesPrensa/2014/marzo/OC-099-2014.html], [http://afrocolombianosvisibles.blogspot.mx/2011/05/aurora-vergara-figueroa.html]

Dominican Republic

  • Luisa Mateo Dicló (aka Luisa América Mateo Dicló) sociologist, Director of Education [http://www.inafocam.edu.do/portal/index.php/noticias-inafocam/item/73-concluye-en-san-juan-de-la-maguana-diplomado-en-g%C3%A9nero-y-educaci%C3%B3n.html] [http://accionafrodominicana.blogspot.mx/2014/09/panel-mujer-y-racismo-ponente-luisa.html] [https://books.google.com/books?id=jn86DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=Luisa+Mateo+Dicl%C3%B3&source=bl&ots=M4pfQl9vkh&sig=TWt_k_eW2QdoD_oTCe2Re64EZFo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4q5uh2IXaAhUI3YMKHYNRBqYQ6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=Luisa%20Mateo%20Dicl%C3%B3&f=false]

Equatorial Guinea

  • {{ill|Adriana Boho|es}} stylist, writer and influencer.
  • Rusly Cachina Esapa transgender rights activist.

Ethiopia

  • Azeb Worku (born 1975) is an Ethiopian actress, theatre producer and playwright.[http://www.ethiopianwomenunleashed.org/database/azeb-worku-sibane/ Azeb Worku Sibane] at Ethiopian Women Unleashed

Gabon

  • Sister Hyacinthe Antini (1878-1952) was the first Gabonese woman to become a Catholic sister.{{cite book|author=Douglas A. Yates|title=Historical Dictionary of Gabon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbZGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|year=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-5381-1012-6|page=50|chapter=Antini, Sister Hyacinthe (1878-1952)}}
  • Marie-Augustine Houangni-Ambouroué is an Orungu politician in Gabon.{{cite book|author=Douglas A. Yates|title=Historical Dictionary of Gabon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbZGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|year=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-5381-1012-6|page=236|chapter=Houangni-Ambouroué, Marie Augustine}}

Grenada

Guyana

  • Andrea Douglas dancer [http://sharenews.com/jerome-winner-dedicated-to-nurturing-young-dancers/], [http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20131115/ent/ent2.html], [http://documents.mx/documents/guyana-cultural-association-ny-april-2013.html pp 32-33]
  • Carmen Jarvis, educator and social worker, UNESCO liaison, [http://documents.mx/documents/guyana-cultural-association-ny-april-2013.html p 29], [http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news404/nc412254.htm]

Haiti

  • Euphemie Daghuil (Euphémie Daguilh?) first person to stage professional dance in Haiti, article missing from Wikipedia in French
  • Carole M. Berotte Joseph first woman president of Massachusetts Bay Community College [http://www.kreolmagazine.com/arts-culture/people-of-note/dr-carole-berotte-joseph-an-inspiring-haitian-academic/], [http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=8632:cunys-bronx-community-college-president-leaves-for-professorship-position&Itemid=285]

Jamaica

  • Clover Graham, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/12/clover-graham-obituary], [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210220/clover-graham-murder-trial-delayed], [https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2012/107.asp],[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19338826],[https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=w8yOnpeAkWkC&lpg=PA126&ots=e7UigL8nsD&dq=Clover%20Graham&pg=PA126#v=onepage&q=Clover%20Graham&f=false]
  • Charah Watson, [https://iyc2011jamaica.wordpress.com/spotlight-on-jamaican-chemists/] [http://www.uwimonanow.com/UWI/Vol3No2/sports_content_1.php?id=235], [https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDx-Jamaica-Charah-Watson-Gree]

Kenya

  • Tabitha Kanogo - Kenya.
  • Linda Musita is a Kenyan writer, editor and lawyer
  • Mona L. Nduilu (1976 -){{cite book|last=Gitonga|first=Catherine|title=Can Scars Become Stars|year=2007|publisher=Revival Springs Media|location=Nairobi|isbn=9789966724106|page=312|url=http://books.google.co.ke/books/about/Can_scars_become_stars.html?hl=en&id=kYgXAQAAIAAJ}}

Malawi

Montserrat

  • Delmaude Ryan [http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ms/election2014/candidates/Delmaude_Ryan.asp], [http://www.chevening.org/alumni/news/2015/chevening-alumna-elected-montserrat%E2%80%99s-deputy-premier-and-minister-of-education]

Mozambique

  • * Graça Samo ([https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Samo es], [https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Samo pt]). World March of Women.

Netherlands

  • Petra Hoost (b 1976) first Afro-Dutch woman to win the Miss Netherlands pageant in 1996. [http://www.blackpast.org/gah/hoost-petra-1976]

Nigeria

  • Anne Akpabot, writer, [http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/FEMECalireEN.html]
  • Rose Anizoba, writer, [http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/FEMECalireEN.html]
  • Bridget Nwankwo, writer
  • Mary Okoye, Nigerian writer of children's fiction
  • {{ill|Jacque Aye|es}} therapist and comic book writer

Puerto Rico

  • Georgina Falú first female Dean of the Management School at the University of Puerto Rico [https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/bill-perkins/georgina-fal%C3%BA-phd], [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/capturing-black-new-york-bronx-filmmakers-launch-digital-diaspora-family-reunion-roadshow-article-1.135002], [http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=89024&p=30], [http://falufoundationny.org/The-Falu-Foundation.html]

Rwanda

  • Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius, French-language novelist.{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/HerrmannGrisiusEng.html |title=Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius: an author from Switzerland and Rwanda writing in French |publisher=Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au |date=2003-07-16 |accessdate=2011-11-11}}
  • Thérèse Muamini, French-language novelist.{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/MuaminiThereseEng.html |title=Thérèse Muamini: An author from Rwanda writing in French |publisher=Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au |date= |accessdate=2011-11-11}}
  • Marie-Aimable Umurerwa, French-language autobiographical writer.{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/UmurerwaEng.html |title=Marie-Aimable Umurerwa: An author from Rwanda writing in French |publisher=Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au |date=2001-05-04 |accessdate=2011-11-11}}

Senegal

  • Maimouna Abdoulaye (born 1949), Senegalese autobiographical novelist
  • Aissatou Cissokho, Senegalese Francophone novelist.
  • Aïcha Diouri, Moroccan-Senegalese writer.
  • Anne Dogbe, Senegalese writer
  • Awo Fatim Yamar Khuri Yaye Mboge, queen of the Waalo and mother of Ndaté Yalla Mbodj
  • Anne-Marie Niane (born 1950), Vietnam-born Senegalese writer.
  • Mame Rokhaya Lo, first and only woman pilot in the Senegalese army {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-47665160|title=Mame Rokhaya Lo, seule femme pilote de l’armée sénégalaise|last=Diyamby|first=Jaques Matand|date=2019-03-25|access-date=2019-03-26|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=http://gawlo.net/2019/03/08/anna-semou-anna-semou-faye-aby-diallo-mame-rokhaya-lo-maimouna-ndoye-seck-ces-femmes-au-chapitre-des-inedits-faye-aby-diallo-mame-rokhaya-lo-maimouna-ndoye-seck-ces-femmes-au-chapitre-des-in/|title=ANNA SÉMOU ANNA SÉMOU FAYE, ABY DIALLO, MAME ROKHAYA LO, MAIMOUNA NDOYE SECK : Ces femmes au chapitre des inédits FAYE, ABY DIALLO, MAME ROKHAYA LO, MAIMOUNA NDOYE SECK : Ces femmes au chapitre des inédits|date=2019-03-08|website=GAWLO|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-03-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cilweb.com/2019/03/08/8-mars-2019-capitaine-mame-rokhaya-lo-je-suis-la-premiere-femme-pilote-dans-la-gendarmerie-et-meme-dans-larmee/|title=8 mars 2019 capitaine Mame Rokhaya Lo, Je suis la première femme pilote dans la gendarmerie et même des Armées sénégalaises|last=Ndiaye|first=Ibrahima|date=2019-03-08|website=Cilweb|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-03-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.seneweb.com/news/Societe/mame-rokhaya-lo-seule-femme-pilote-de-l-_n_277569.html|title=Mame Rokhaya Lo, seule femme pilote de l’armée du Sénégal {{!}} seneweb.com|date=2019-03-26|website=Societe|language=fr|access-date=2019-03-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fratmat.info/index.php/component/k2/item/14288-filles-%C3%A0-la-gendarmerie--l%E2%80%99exp%C3%A9rience-des-guin%C3%A9ennes-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9galaises-et-b%C3%A9ninoises|title=Filles à la gendarmerie : L’expérience des Guinéennes, Sénégalaises et Béninoises|last=|first=|date=|website=www.fratmat.info|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-26}}

South Africa

  • Wendy Ackerman
  • Louise Angless
  • Francis Baard is a member of the committee that produces the draft copy of the Freedom Charter.
  • Rhulani Baloyi, television presenter, advocate for blind people[http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/39373/shift-with-rhulani-baloyi]
  • Patricia Jobodwana the youngest black woman to enrol at a university – at Fort Hare, aged 14, for a degree in medicine
  • Kavistha Maharaj, pilot{{cite news|last1=Govender|first1=Logan|title=Kavistha Lives Her Dream as First Indian Woman Captain at SAA|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-365023222.html|accessdate=19 December 2016|publisher= The Post|date=16 April 2014|location=Durban, South Africa|url-access=subscription |via=HighBeam Research}}{{cite web|title=High flying South African Airways Captain Kavistha Maharaj, the airline’s first black female captain, leads an all-female crew in a flight to transcend the stereotypes and barriers of the past|url=http://www.womanthology.co.uk/high-flying-south-african-airways-captain-kavistha-maharaj-airlines-first-black-female-captain-leads-female-crew-flight-transcend-stereotypes-barriers-past/|accessdate=19 December 2016|publisher=Womanthology|date=August 27, 2014|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20151127164720/http://www.womanthology.co.uk/high-flying-south-african-airways-captain-kavistha-maharaj-airlines-first-black-female-captain-leads-female-crew-flight-transcend-stereotypes-barriers-past/|archivedate=27 November 2015|location=United Kingdom}}
  • Masingita Masunga, (b. 1983) Talk show host and founder of Miss Confidence (a pageant for people with disabilities) [http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/people/unquenchable-spirit-meets-disabled-body-1.1410000]
  • Futhi Mtoba, (b. 1955) Business leader and Businesswoman of the Year in 2004 [http://whoswho.co.za/futhi-mtoba-4674]
  • Mpho Matsepo Nthunya (redirect to her autobiography), writer, there is a picture on Wiki [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_writers_by_country see here]

Spain

  • {{ill|Quinndy Akeju|es}} researcher, nurse, dancer and anti-racist activist.
  • {{ill|Ana Bokesa|eu}} actress.
  • {{ill|Cándida Jiménez Huelva|es}} freed slave.
  • {{ill|Deborah Ekoka|es}} cultural manager, author, editor and bookseller.
  • {{ill|Desirée Bela-Lobedde|es}} writer.
  • Francine Gálvez journalist and television presenter.
  • {{ill|Iris Junio|es}} basketball player.
  • {{ill|Jennifer Rope|es}} journalist and television presenter.
  • {{ill|Judith Diakhate|es}} actress.
  • {{ill|Lucía Asué Mbomio Rubio|es}} writer and journalist.
  • {{ill|Lyndie Tchaptchet|es}} handball player.
  • {{ill|Rosa Sánchez Bishop|es}} politician and sportswoman.
  • {{ill|Silvia Albert Sopale|es}} activist and theater director.
  • {{ill|Afrika Bibang|es}} singer.
  • {{ill|Alejandra Salmerón Ntutumu|es}} telecommunications engineer, writer and activist.
  • {{ill|Awa Fam Thiam|es}} basketball player.
  • {{ill|Betty Akna|es}} singer.

St. Lucia

  • Berthia Monica Parle Senator [http://www.caribbeaninternetnetwork.com/ff1.htm], [http://cmexmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/CMEx-V-Speaker-Biographies.pdf]

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

  • Ty-Asha Plummer (aka Naomi TyAsha Plummer) [https://thecaribbeancurrent.com/naomi-ty-asha-plummer-professor-of-medicine/], [http://www.prweb.com/releases/TrinitySchoolofMedicine/2009-11-11/prweb3193054.htm], [http://www.researchgate.net/publication/5961524_Primary_resection_and_anastomosis_for_complicated_meconium_ileus_A_safe_procedure], [https://www.worldcat.org/title/doctor-of-medicine-in-paediatric-surgery/oclc/773622489&referer=brief_results]

Tanzania

  • Jacqueline Kibacha, poet.[http://www.theafronews.eu/cover_stories-jacqueline_kibacha_social_justice_poet_and_activist_1585.html Jacqueline Kibacha, social justice poet and activist].The AfroNews, 15 December 2009.
  • Jaki Kweka, former lawyer, current gourmet chocalatier, only indigenous chocolate maker in Tanzania, one of a few indigenous chocolate makers in Africa. Founder of [http://www.chocolatemamas.com/ Chocolate Mamas], [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/africa-chocolate-idUSL2N0XE01920150417], [http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34426989], [http://connectedbyfar.com/chocolate-mamas-gourmet-tanzanian-chocolate/]
  • your redlink here

Togo

  • Emilie Anifranie Ehah, also connected with Senegal.{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/AMINAAnifraniEhah.html |title=Interview |publisher=Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au |date=21 December 2000 |accessdate=2011-11-11}}

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Sherry-Ann Edwards first woman fleet chief petty officer in the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard [http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2012-08-22/leading-lady], [http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Presidents-wife--praises-women--in-TT-military-297954031.html], [http://ctntworld.com/cnews2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14446:remarks-by-her-excellency-mrs-reema-carmona-given-at-the-inaugural-reception-for-women-in-the-military-and-protective-services-in-honour-of-international-women-s-day-at-the-chinese-restaurant-napa-on-tuesday-24th-march-2015&catid=137&Itemid=707]

Uganda

United Kingdom

  • Joy Odili first black female plastic surgeon in Britain [http://www.joyodili.co.uk/cosmetic-surgeon-london.htm], [http://content.yudu.com/A1zgh3/PowerList2013/resources/59.htm p 55]

United States

{{See also|Candace Award}}

=A, B, C, D=

  • Anita Bush Theater Company, started by Anita Bush, [https://books.google.com/books?id=z6Cs0Y1pvRAC&lpg=PA37&ots=ek0K09BImw&dq=%22anita%20bush%20theater%20company%22&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q=%22anita%20bush%20theater%20company%22&f=false]
  • Darlene Battle, Social activist, Hall of Fame of Delaware Women, [http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/03/15/hall-fame-honor-women-make-difference/24823263/]
  • Sandra Ben, pastor and community organizer, Hall of Fame of Delaware Women, [http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/03/15/hall-fame-honor-women-make-difference/24823263/]
  • Black Women for Wellness, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Black Women’s Blueprint, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Black Women’s Playwright Group, founded in DC, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Black Women’s Roundtable, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Marie C. Bolden (redirect) (June 1894-?) first winner of the National Spelling Contest [http://web.archive.org/web/20170123180334/http://buffalonews.com/2015/03/06/buffalos-spelling-bee-champ-from-52-years-ago-delves-into-history-of-spelling/], [https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=IdeWBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT76&ots=3K0kEeJVTY&dq=marie%20c.%20bolden&pg=PT76#v=onepage&q=marie%20c.%20bolden&f=false], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8521254/untitled_the_fort_wayne/], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8521281/new_orleans_and_the_negro_the_seattle/], [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/New%20York%20NY%20Age/New%20York%20NY%20Age%201906-1908%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Age%201906-1908%20Grayscale%20-%200902.pdf], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8521404/white_girls_defeated_by_negress_the/], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8521439/the_timesdemocrat/], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076726713;view=1up;seq=515], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68XH-D3?mode=g&i=12&cc=1325221] (Not sure you can use any of this, but she later married Clarence Brown (also a mail carrier). [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ3X-YG?mode=g&i=210&cc=1614804], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZ7-3MK?mode=g&i=27&cc=1810731], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-QFM5?mode=g&i=7&cc=2000219])
  • Daisy Chapman Brooks, artist
  • Mary Lou Burks, first black woman lawyer in the US Navy[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MHhQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rREEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5642%2C1268655]{{dead link|date=August 2021}}
  • Asha Castleberry, [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/25/islamic-state-seizure-of-ramadi-has-ex-troops-frus/?page=all Army Reserve Captain], [https://www.americansecurityproject.org/about/staff/adjunct-fellows/asha-castleberry/]
  • Lori Ann Coleman (born 1968), African American writer, singer
  • Estella V. Crosby, businesswoman and activist [https://books.google.com/books?id=KcCMtprTrv4C&pg=PA79][https://archive.org/stream/africanamericans00hayd_0#page/86/mode/2up][https://books.google.com/books?id=9MJgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47]
  • Kia Damon-Olson American women's basketball coach
  • Elnora D. Daniel first African American president of the Virginia State Board of Nursing [http://docs.hamptonu.edu/?document=22FD9047-A4A8-6DD1-3449F53624CDED2B], [http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/elnora-d-daniel-39]

=E, F, G, H=

  • Donna Latson Gittens television executive [https://archive.org/stream/africanamericans00hayd_0#page/120/mode/2up][http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2012/08/31/emerging-leader---donna-latson-gittens.html]
  • Vera Wesley Green, suffragist, Alpha Suffrage Club [https://www.google.com/books/edition/African_American_Women_in_the_Struggle_f/U6o0ttZqgtUC?hl=en&gbpv=0](pg 99)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gender_Race_and_Politics_in_the_Midwest/Y4tGXjFDb4wC?hl=en&gbpv=0](pg 90)[https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C4064758#page/1/mode/1/chapter/bibliographic_entity]
  • Patricia Brown Holmes, [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130831/ISSUE03/308319991/schiff-hardins-patricia-brown-holmes-pounds-her-gavel Interview in Crain's], [http://bwla.org/past-presidents/ Past president Black Women Lawyers], [http://www.illinois.gov/publicincludes/statehome/gov/documents/Cemetary%20Oversight%20Task%20Force%20member%20fact%20sheet.pdf CV], [http://www.law360.com/articles/620241/minority-powerbrokers-q-a-schiff-hardin-s-judge-holmes Another interview]
  • Alice Huffman, president of the California State Conference of the NAACP
  • Hattie I. Hutchinson (?-1913) only black woman at the time in Iowa with a diploma from a pharmaceutical college, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11022282/], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11022301/]

=I, J, K, L=

  • Gretchen Jackson, radio host [https://archive.org/stream/africanamericans00hayd_0#page/116/mode/2up][https://books.google.com/books?id=WLDtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Gretchen+Jackson+Show%22&dq=%22The+Gretchen+Jackson+Show%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjqibaAk7vRAhVMKcAKHXxlC8MQ6AEIGjAA][https://www.google.com/#safe=active&tbm=bks&q=%22Gretchen+Jackson%22+and+%22woman+of+the+year%22][http://www.bumafuneralhome.com/obituary/Gretchen-L.-Jackson/Milford-MA/1450769]
  • Zakiya Jemmott, Black lives matter, activist, [http://wmclive.com/wmc-live-113-rosalie-maggio-charlotte-isaksson-zakiya-jemmott-original-airdate-272015 interview], [http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26688-not-all-of-the-black-freedom-fighters-are-men-an-interview-with-black-women-on-the-front-line-in-ferguson]
  • Erma Johnson first black and first woman chair of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's Board of Directors.{{citation|last1=Smith|first1=Jessie Carney|last2=Bracks|first2=Lean'tin|last3=Wynn|first3=Linda T.|title=The Complete Encyclopedia of African American History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsKHCgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA473|year=2015|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Canton, Michigan|isbn=978-1-57859-583-9|page=473}}
  • Anna Faith Jones director of the Boston Foundation [https://archive.org/stream/africanamericans00hayd_0#page/30/mode/2up]
  • Anita Posey Lowe, [http://www.sactalent.com/emag/story/anita-posey-lowe ceramic artist], [http://www.ercregistry.com/index.a4d?action=search.profilepage&id=3887]

=M, N, O, P=

  • Marie Madre Marshall/Marie Madre/Marie Madre-Marshall, activist and early member of NAACP, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5MI4CwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT26&ots=Id4bbYBylT&dq=%22marie%20madre%20marshall%22&pg=PT26#v=onepage&q=%22marie%20madre%20marshall%22&f=false]
  • Dani McClain, [http://www.theroot.com/photos/2011/03/20_leading_black_women_social_activists.html African American activist]
  • Ellie A. Walls Montgomery, Houston based social worker [https://books.google.com/books?id=OHlpfowPLvYC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=ellie+a+walls+montgomery&source=bl&ots=1Fv3EXMmv2&sig=RbsnfKSull9sbaIr-5O8XYkeO-s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9x-aUnILKAhVC5iYKHUNyDcsQ6AEIKjAD#v=onepage&q=ellie%20a%20walls%20montgomery&f=false]
  • Asia Murphy, work in Madagascar, [http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/meet-the-euplerids-strange-carnivores-madagascar], [http://lemurconservationnetwork.org/on-the-ground-in-madagascar-asia-murphy/] (may be TOOSOON,but use your judgment!)
  • The National Association of Black Military Women, [http://www.nabmw.com/]
  • National Black Women’s Justice Institute, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, [http://deeperleadershipinstitute.com/faith-ngunjiri/ professor at Concordia U at Minnesota]

=Q, R, S, T=

  • SisterLove, Inc, [http://www.forharriet.com/2015/02/12-black-womens-organizations-doing.html]
  • Donnya Elle Stephens, Educator in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-stephens.asp]
  • St. Philip School of Nursing, Richmond, Virginia (1920-1962) African American nursing school [http://www.richmond.com/special-section/black-history/many-black-traditions-are-victims-of-desegregation/article_3a355e15-3b7e-5a00-9f02-40b602ac7864.html], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150627004507/http://richmondmagazine.com/news/lessons-from-st-philip-01-10-2013/], [https://web.archive.org/web/20180407151526/https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20721], [https://digital.library.vcu.edu/digital/collection/sps], [https://digital.library.vcu.edu/digital/api/collection/sps/id/100/page/0/inline/sps_100_0]
  • Barbara Madden-Swain, [http://aavad.com/artistbibliog.cfm?id=8116 ceramic artist]
  • Velma Scantlebury see Barbados

=U, V, W, X, Y, Z=

  • Elaine Weddington, Red Sox asst. general manager [https://archive.org/stream/africanamericans00hayd_0#page/160/mode/2up][https://books.google.com/books?id=VjBzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA305&dq=%22Elaine+Weddington%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig5sO_mLvRAhVFKMAKHcuJD8wQ6AEIOjAH#v=onepage&q=%22Elaine%20Weddington%22&f=false][https://books.google.com/books?id=270DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=%22Elaine+Weddington%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig5sO_mLvRAhVFKMAKHcuJD8wQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=%22Elaine%20Weddington%22&f=false]
  • Beaulah Wheeler, first black female law graduate of Iowa U, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11039340/]
  • Ann Williams (artist), first African American to earn a master of arts degree in Texas, Texas Women's Hall of Fame, [http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-williams.asp]
  • Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Executive Director for the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN), [http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12051295.htm][http://cehn.org/about/board-of-directors/witherspoon/][https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/assets/docs_f_o/ms_nsedu_obot_witherspoon_508.pdf][https://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hhrg-112-ap06-ttf-nwitherspoon-20120321.pdf]

US Virgin Islands

  • Eileen R. Petersen, first female territorial court judge [http://webpac.uvi.edu/imls/pi_uvi/profiles1992/Judges_Attorneys/Petersen_E/index.shtml], [http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=-1498972185&page_url=//www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17633345&page_last_updated=2009-02-19T22:09:27&firstName=Eileen&lastName=Petersen]

Zambia

Zimbabwe

  • Jane Chifamba, the first woman to be published in chiShona.[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MXJfTLB4XvcC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  • Chipo Matimba, first pilot [http://web.archive.org/web/20151223082520/http://www.ghs.ac.zw/profile.html], [http://web.archive.org/web/20161017221803/http://www.herald.co.zw/beautiful-history-in-the-skies/]
  • Vida Mungwira, first woman doctor in Southern Rhodesia

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