Great women in the struggle : an introduction for young readers / Toyomi Igus, editor.

Freedom fighters : breaking down barriers. Queen Nzingha
Soujourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Ellen Craft
Mary Church Terrell
Ida B. Wells
Amy-Jacques Garvey
Queen Mother Goose
Ella Baker
Clara M. Hale
Dorothy I. Height
Rosa Parks
Fannie Lou Hamer
Coretta S. King
Winnie Mandela
Marian W. Edelman
Angela Y. Davis


Educators : building strong foundations. Fannie J. Coppin
Charlotte F. Grimké
Lucy C. Laney
Mary M. Bethune
Septima P. Clark
Daisy Bates
Jean B. Hutson
Marva N. Collins
Mary H. Futrell


Writers & fine artists : the power of creativity. Phillis Wheatley
Frances W. Harper
Edmonia Lewis
Augusta Savage
Zora N. Hurston
Margaret Walker
Gwendolyn Brooks
Alice Childress
Maya Angelou
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Lorna Simpson


Performing artists : bearing witness through self expression. Hattie McDaniel
Marian Anderson
Mary Lou Williams
Katherine Dunham
Mahalia Jackson
Lena Horne
Ella Fitzgerald
Ruby Dee
Sarah Vaughan
Leontyne Price
Miriam Makeba
Nina Simone
Cicely Tyson
Aretha Franklin
Judith Jamison


Athletes : the spirit of champions. Alice Coachman
Althea Gibson
Wilma Rudolph
Florence G. Joyner
Cheryl Miller


Entrepreneurs : taking care of business. Biddy Mason
Madame C.J. Walker
Maggie L. Walker
Susan Taylor
Suzanne de Passe
Phyllis T. Vinson
Oprah Winfrey


Lawyers & policy makers : forging equal justice. Charlotte E. Ray
Edith Sampson
Shirley Chisholm
Constance B. Motley
Cardiss Collins
Yvonne B. Burke
Barbara Jordan
Eleanor H. Norton
Maxine Waters


Scientists & healers : exploring without boundaries. Mary E. Mahoney
Rebecca J. Cole
Susie King Taylor
Bessie Coleman
Jane C. Wright
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Clarice D. Reid
Faye Wattleton
Mae C. Jemison