Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
Actually, Jupiter Hammon wrote an ode to the above name. She was the poet.
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Philis Wheatly
Charity Edna Adams Earley was the first African American woman to be an officer in the Woman's Army Air Corps and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of African American women to serve overseas during WWII.
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota was Sharon Sayles Belton.
Sarah Goode was the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent. She received it in 1885 for a bed that folded up into a desk.
Roger Arliner Young (1899 - November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She is first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology.
Although Camus was the first African born winner he did not win the award as an African. He was considered French. The first African born, African winner was Wole Soyinka who was an African writer from Nigeria who won the Nobel Prize in 1986, and was the first African who ever won the award. He wrote an autobiography called, "The Man Died" in 1972.
Phillis is the first African- American woman to publish a poem of her own.
First known African-American published author: Jupiter Hammon (poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", published as a broadside)First known African-American woman to publish a book: Phillis Wheatley (Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral)
Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to be Secretary of State.
First known African-American published author: Jupiter Hammon (poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", published as a broadside)First known African-American woman to publish a book: Phillis Wheatley (Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral)
Phillis Wheatley's lasting contributions are her poetry. She has been listed many times as one of the 100 greatest African-Americans. She was also the first African-American woman known to have published a book, and also make a living from that book.
She was the first African American woman on the board of Girl Scouts of America. She was the first African American woman to become a full professor at New York University. She was also the first African American woman to be on the US Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was the first African-American, first African-American Poet, and first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. She was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer for Poetry for her acclaimed collection, Annie Allen.
First known African-American published author: Jupiter Hammon (poem "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries", published as a broadside)First known African-American woman to publish a book: Phillis Wheatley (Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral)
No African American woman has ever walked on the moon. In fact no woman has ever walked on the moon.
•First African-American woman circuit court judge•representative of the State Department during the Cold War•First African-American woman to receive an LL.M.•First African-American woman to be an official American representative to the United Nations
No African American woman has ever served on the United States Supreme Court. The first woman to be appointed to the Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. The first African American to be appointed to the Court was Thurgood Marshall.
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