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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