Seba Johnson became the first African American female to compete in Alpine Skiing back in 1988, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands. At the age of 14, she was also the youngest Alpine ski racer ...

She was a pioneer of the abolition movement as well as of women's rights, the rights of African American women in particular ... the typical immigrant's profile would radically change.

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

Maggie Walker was an African American businesswoman who defied the odds and made history during the atrocities of the Jim ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first African American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman died at the age of 77 on Friday. As a Mobile native, family and friends in the ...

She became the first African American woman in South Carolina to earn a medical license and passionately advocated for improved healthcare for African Americans, particularly focusing on children.