The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center Presents… 1 The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Women’s History Month

The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Hattie Walker Wilhoite Recognition Program: For APSU African American Women Spring 2012 Women’s History Month

3 Women's History Month highlights the historical and contemporary contributions which women have made, and are currently making, to society. March has been designated as the month to celebrate those contributions. The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Hattie Walker Wilhoite 4 1 st African American woman to graduate from APSU The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Jennifer Capeheart- Meningall 5 1 st African American Vice President at APSU The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Mary McLeod Bethune 6 Founder Bethune-Cookman College The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Sojourner Truth 7 Nationally known speaker on human rights for slaves and women The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Zora Neale Hurston 8 Novelist, folklorist and anthropologist The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Rosa Parks 9 “Mother” of the Civil Rights Movement The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Shirley Chisholm 10 1 st African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Hattie McDaniel 11 1 st African American woman to receive an Oscar Award The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Annie Turnbo Malone 12 1 st African American woman millionaire The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Maxine Waters 13 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler 14 1 st African American woman to receive a Medical Doctor degree in the United States The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Patricia Roberts Harris 15 1 st African American woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Constance Baker Motley 16 1 st African American woman to serve in the New York State Senate The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dorothy Dandridge 17 1 st African American woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Mahalia Jackson 18 Gospel Singer The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Alice Walker 19 Author, poet and activist The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Toni Morrison 20 1 st African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Aretha Franklin 21 The Queen of Soul The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 22 1 st Woman elected Head of State in Africa The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Ida B. Wells Barnett 23 Educator, and Co-founder of National Association For the Advancement of Colored People The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Fannie Lou Hamer 24 Co-Founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Biddy Mason 25 1 st African American woman to own land in California The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Wilma Rudolph 26 1 st African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and field in a single Olympic Games The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Susie King Taylor 27 1 st African American woman to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Susan McKinney Steward 28 1 st African American woman doctor in New York State The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Daisy Bates 29 Civil rights activist and the guide, mentor and advisor for the Little Rock Nine The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Gwendolyn Brooks 30 1 st African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Vanessa Williams 31 1 st African American selected as Miss America The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Suzette Charles 32 2 nd African American Miss America The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Carrie Saxon Perry 33 1 st African American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Eliza Ann Grier 34 1 st African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Rita Dove 35 1 st African American woman to hold the title of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Carol Moseley-Braun 36 1 st African American woman Senator to serve for the state of Illinois The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Teresa Deloach-Reed 37 1 st African American woman to serve as the Fire Chief for the Oakland, California Fire Department The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Rosalind G. Brewer 38 1 st African American woman to lead a business unit of Wal-Mart The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Mary Edmonia Lewis 39 1 st successful African American sculptor The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Maggie Lena Walker 40 1 st African American woman in the United States to become president of St. Luke Penny Savings Bank The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Regina Benjamin 41 1 st African American woman, and the youngest person, to be elected to the American Medical Association's board of trustees. The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Dr. Alexa Canady 42 1 st African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Jane Bolin 43 1 st African American woman to become a judge in the United States. She was also the first African American woman to receive a law degree from Yale University. The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Barbara Brandon 44 The only African American woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Brandon’s syndicated comics were called "Where I'm Coming From" The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Lorraine Hansberry 45 1 st African American woman to write a Broadway play (“A Raisin In The Sun”) The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Althea Gibson 46 1 st African American woman to win the U.S. Tennis Association Championship (1957) and the Wimbledon singles title (1957). The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Hazel Johnson 47 1 st African American woman General; was appointed Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Sept. 1, The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

Leontine T. C. Kelly 48 1 st African American woman Bishop of a major U.S. denomination (United Methodist Church) The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

APSU Student Leader Honorees The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

APSU Staff Honorees The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

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