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First African-American woman in the U.S. to win a major party’s nomination for governor.Tina McElroy Ansa1971Author, Baby of the Family, Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better[1]Blanche Armwood1906Educator, activist; the first African-American woman in the state of Florida to graduate from an accredited law school; Armwood High School in Tampa, FL is named in her honorDaphne L. Smith1980First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Adrienne Adams1982First African-American speaker of the New York City CouncilMary Barksdale1942Past President, Jack and Jill (organization)Loretta Copeland Biggs1976Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North CarolinaJanet Bragg1931Aviation pioneer; first African-American female to obtain a commercial pilot licenseRosalind G. Brewer1984Chief Executive Officer, Walgreens; Chief Operating Officer, Starbucks; Executive Vice President, Walmart Stores, Inc. and President Walmart Stores South, USA; Board of Directors, Lockheed MartinAda E. Brown1996First African-American woman federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasLinda Goode Bryant1981Documentary filmmaker, Flag Wars; Peabody Award winner and 2004 Guggenheim FellowSelena Sloan Butler1888Founder first black Parent-Teacher organization, the National Congress for Colored Parents & Teachers; co-founder the National Parent-Teacher AssociationSheila L. Chamberlain1981Pilot, lawyerPearl Cleage1971Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and journalist[1]Cassi Davis1988actress House of PayneEthel McGhee Davis1919Student Adviser and Dean of Women at Spelman CollegeRuth A. Davis196624th Director General of the United States Foreign Service; Director, Foreign Service Institute and two-time recipient of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian ServicePhire Dawson2008“Barker’s Beauty” on The Price Is RightMattiwilda Dobbs1937Opera singer; served on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Opera and the National Endowment for the Arts[1]Marian Wright Edelman1960Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund; MacArthur Fellow; Heinz Award; Presidential Medal of Freedom[1]Christine King Farris1948Public speaker and educator who teaches at Spelman College, she is the eldest and only living sibling of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Tia Fuller1998Saxophonist, composer, and educatorNora A. Gordon1888Began the tradition of Spelman missionary work to Africa[2]Beverly Guy-Sheftall1966Author, feminist scholar, founder of Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman CollegeLisa Cook1986First African-American woman to be confirmed as a Federal Reserve governor[3]Evelynn M. Hammonds1976Dean of Harvard College, Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies at Harvard UniversityMarcelite J. Harris1964First African-American female to obtain the rank of General in the United States Air ForcePaula Hicks-Hudson1973First African-American female mayor of Toledo, OhioVarnette Honeywood1972Creator of the Little Bill character[1]Clara Ann Howard1887Baptist missionary in Africa, longtime Spelman staffAlexine Clement Jackson1956Chair, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and former National President of the YWCAAdrienne-Joi Johnson1988Actress “House Party”, “Baby Boy”Bernette Joshua Johnson1964First African-American and second female Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court[4]Clara Stanton Jones1934First African-American President of the American Library AssociationTaylor Darling2004Elected official from the 18th district of the New York State AssemblyTayari Jones1991Author of Leaving Atlanta and The Untelling and English professor at Emory UniversityBettina Judd2005Artist and poet[5]Alberta Williams King(high school)Mother of Martin Luther King Jr.Bernice King1986President, SCLC, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.Audrey F. Manley1955President Emerita of Spelman College, former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States, former Acting Surgeon General of the United StatesHarriet Mitchell Murphy1949First African-American female judge in Texas[6]Tanya Walton Pratt1981Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of IndianaDeborah Prothrow-Stith1975First female Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor at Harvard School of Public Health[1]Keshia Knight Pulliam2001Actress The Cosby Show, House of PayneTanika Ray1994Actress and television personalityBernice Johnson Reagon1970Founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock; MacArthur Fellow; Professor Emeritus American University Curator Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution National Museum American History; National Humanities Medal; Heinz Award[1]LaTanya Richardson1971Actress (The Fighting Temptations, Losing Isaiah, Malcolm X)  and wife of actor Samuel L. Jackson[1]Rubye Robinson1963Civil Rights activist, Executive Secretary of SNCCShaun Robinson1984Co-anchor, Access Hollywood; former host, TV One AccessEsther RolleattendedActress, Good TimesDovey Johnson Roundtree1938Trial attorney, military veteran, AMEC minister,  and civil rights pioneer; landmark case: Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach CompanyEva Rutland1937Author, When We Were Colored: A Mother’s Story; Winner of the 2000 Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award, and author of more than 20 Romance novelsBrenda V. Smith1980Law professor, American University; appointed by Nancy Pelosi to the National Prison Rape Elimination CommissionMaxine Smith1949Academic, civil rights activist, and school board official[7]Sharmell Sullivan1990Miss Black America 1991, “TNA Knockout”, and wife of professional wrestler Booker TSue Bailey Thurman1920Founder and first chairperson, National Council of Negro Women’s National LibraryAlice WalkerattendedPulitzer Prize\u2013winning novelist, The Color Purple[1]Marian Mereba2011Singer, songwriter, and producerTalitha Washington1996African-American mathematician and STEM activistRolonda Watts1980Journalist, actor, writer, former talk show hostDenise Nicole White known as “AverySunshine”1998Singer and pianistKiron Skinner1981College professor and former Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of StateElla Gaines Yates1949First African-American director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki21\/list-of-spelman-college-people\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"List of Spelman College people"}}]}]