Dr.
Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990
Marjorie
Judith Vincent, Miss America 1991
Suzette
Charles, Miss America 1984
Hazel
O'Leary, Former US Secretary of Energy
Dr.
Marilyn Hughes-Gaston, Assistant Surgeon General
Lt.
Col. Anita McMiller, Deputy Legislative Assistant
to Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sharon
Pratt Kelly, The first woman to serve as mayor
of Washington, D. C.
Yvonne
Braithwaite-Burke, Former Congresswoman from
California and
first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention
Diane
Watson, The first Black woman to preside over
the California State Senate
Angie
Brookes, The first woman President of the United
Nations
Faye
Wattleton, former President of Planned Parenthood
Toni
Morrison, author and Nobel laureate
Maya
Angelou, poet
Rosa
Parks, mother of the Civil Rights Movement
Zina
Garrison, tennis star
Yvette
Lee, Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and
A Different World, and creator and executive producer
of Living Single
Ntozake
Shange, writer
Shirlee
Tailor Haizlip, author of The Sweeter the Juice
Bebe
Moore Campbell, author of Brothers and Sisters
and Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Jomarie
Payton Noble, Humanitarian and actress; star
of Family Matters
Leah
Tutu, Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond
Tutu
Dr.
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Essence columnist
C.
Delores Tucker, National Chairman of the National
Political Congress of Black Women
Jewel
Jackson McCabe, President of the National Coalition
of 100 Black Women
Gwendolyn
Calvert Baker, PhD., President of the United
States Committee for UNICEF
Bettiann
Gueno Gardner, Co-Chairman of Soft Sheen Products,
Inc.
Lynn
Whitfield, actress
Sonia
Sanchez, author and poet
Ella
Fitzgerald, internationally famous jazz singer
Janice
Huff, NBC Meteorologist and St. Louis Emmy
Award Winner
Marva
Collins, Founder of her own private school on
Chicago's west side
Marian
Anderson -- The first Black woman to sing at
the Metropolitan Opera.
Maya
Angelou -- Renowned novelist and poet.
Ella
Fitzgerald -- Internationally famous jazz singer.
Dr.
Mae Jemison -- The first Black woman astronaut
and former chairperson of the Stanford Black Student Union.
Coretta
Scott King -- Director of the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center for
Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Phylicia
Rashad -- Actress on the award-winning Cosby
Show.
Eleanor
Roosevelt -- Humanitarian and former First
Lady of the United States.
Gladys
Knight - Humanitarian and Star of Gladys Knight
and the Pips
Jada
Pinkett-Smith - Actress, and Director
Roxie
Roker - Actress
Star
Jones - Lawyer, co-host for ABC-TV's "The View"
Chamique
Holdsclaw, WNBA All-Star and former NCAA Women's
Player of the Year
Iyanla
Vanzant, Author and Motivational Speaker
