Molly Williams
Molly Williams is known as America’s first female firefighter, working with New York’s Oceanus Engine Company starting in 1818.
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Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba is an Irish-Zambian singer and actress.
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Sydney Sykes is the Co-Founder of BLCK VC, an organization formed to connect, engage, empower, and advance black venture investors by providing a focused community built for and by black venture investors, in 2018.
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Bianca Laureano founded the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WOCSHN) in 2009.
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Ethel L. Payne is the only black person to be honored by the U.S. Postal Service on a “Women in Journalism” stamp in 2002.
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Camilla Williams was the first black person to sing a major role with the Vienna State Opera in 1954.
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Morgan DeBaun founded Blavity, a tech and media company that shapes conversations and brings new insights to the black millennial community in 2014.
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Missy Elliot will become the first female hip-hop artist to receive an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in May 2019.
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Sarah Boone was granted a patent for her invention of the ironing board in 1892
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Vivian Johnson, professor and historian who unearthed the deed showing that Zipporah Potter Atkins was the first black landowner in Boston Massachusetts of either gender.
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