Civil Rights & Activism
Sojourner Truth c. 1797–1883
In 1828, a formerly enslaved mother sued a white man in a New York court. And she won.
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Civil Rights & Activism
Rosa Parks 1913–2005
Her famous arrest photo isn't from that day.
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Civil Rights & Activism
Ida B. Wells 1862–1931
She bit a conductor to keep her seat. More than 70 years before Rosa Parks.
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Military
Harriet Tubman c. 1820–1913
In 1863, a woman led a military raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people in one night.
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Slavery & Emancipation
Ellen and William Craft
In 1848, an enslaved woman escaped disguised as a white slave owner, and her husband played her slave.
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Exploration
Bessie Coleman 1892–1926
American flight schools wouldn't teach her. So she learned French.
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