Helen Appo Cook    (1837-1913) 

Helen A. Cook was a leader for African American women's clubs and an advocate for universal suffrage and education.  Cook attended the first convention for universal suffrage in Washington, DC, but was a critic of Susan B. Anthony's lack of support for Black men's suffrage. 

She was president of the Colored Women's League and a co-founder of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896.  

Georgia Douglas Johnson      (1877-1966)   

Johnson was a poet, playwright, muscian, teacher, and part of the Harlem Renaissance.  She protested racial inequities and lynching through her poetry and plays. 

Her S Street home in Washington, DC, was a gathering place for African American writers and intellectuals for more than forty years.  

Johnson's work, published in "The Crisis" was said to have influenced Maya Angelou.

Patricia Harris      (1924-1985)   

Harris, a lawyer, educator, and public servant, broke many barriers for African American women.

She was the first to be a U.S. Ambassador; first to be a member of the President's Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Developement; and the first member of the board of a Fortune 500 company - IBM.

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