Black Women in Non-Traditional Fields

Presented By:Shakeria Griffin

I know I will survive, I'm a fighter.

Of my two "handicaps" being female put

more obstacles in my path than being black.

Tremendous amounts oftalent are being lost toour society just becausethat talent wears a skirt.

Traditional Roles of Women

• Caretaker

• Nurse

• School Teacher

• Housekeeper

• Secretary

• Seamstress

Women of Courage

Mary Elizabeth Bowser

Harriett Jacobs

Mary Church Terrell

Diana Fletcher:Not Pictured

Ida B. Wells Barnett

Educators & Literary Women

Phillis Wheatley Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Mary McLeod Bethune

Zora Neale Hurston

   

                     

Entrepreneurs

Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker)

Oprah Winfrey

Black Women in the Military

Command Sergeant Major Michelle S. Jones U.S.Army Reserve

Captain Patricia Johnson U.S. Marine Corps

Captain Lillian E. Fishburne U.S. Navy

Women In Entertainment• Josephine Baker

               

Hattie McDaniel

Marian Anderson

Women in Science and Medicine

Rebecca Lee: No Photos Available

DR. MAE CAROL

JEMISON

Mary Eliza Mahoney R.N

                                                                 

Women In Politics

Shirley Chisholm

Carol Moseley Braun

Barbara Jordan

Women In Sports

• Vonetta Flowers Wilma Rudolph

References

• http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm

• http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm

• www.africanamericans.com•

http://www.black-collegian.com/issues/1998-04/womenmil.shtml