By LaKeshia N. Myers As we reflect on our nation’s progress during Women’s History Month, we must acknowledge the profound ...

Maggie Walker was an African American businesswoman who defied the odds and made history during the atrocities of the Jim Crow era. Maggie was born in Virginia during the Civil War in 1864. Her ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

She is Regents Professor of History at the University of Montana, where she is affiliated with Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African-American Studies and has received several awards ...

Becoming an astronaut is hard enough, but one woman overcame obstacles to become the first African American woman in space. Born in the 1950s, Jemison would let nothing stop her from becoming one ...