11:25
Anna May Wong spent her acting career resisting racism and typecasting in Hollywood.
9:17
Ynés Mexía became one of the most accomplished plant collectors of her time.
9:34
Williamina Fleming went from doing domestic work to becoming a trailblazing astronomer.
12:12
Lois Weber was an early film pioneer and one of the first directors to own a film studio.
10:00
Louise Arner Boyd was the first American woman to lead arctic expeditions.
9:40
Maggie Lena Walker was the first African-American woman bank founder and president.
9:03
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman aviator.
11:08
Jovita Idar was a Latina journalist who worked for an end to segregation and racism.
12:14
Queen Lili‘uokalani was the first sovereign queen, and the last monarch of Hawai'i.
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Mary Church Terrell was a suffragist, civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP.