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Who was the first female African-American athlete to win 3 gold medals in track and field?
Wilma Rudolph.
Who was the first African American athlete?
jackie robinson!
Who was the first African American athlete to play two professional sports?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African American female poet?
Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American female poet and the second among the African-American published poet. She was born in Senegambia and came to America as a slave at the age of seven.
Who was the first female African-American veterinarian?
The first African-American female veterinarian in the United States was Dr. Alfreda J Webb; she graduated from Tuskegee University in 1949.
Who was the first African American female athlete of all time?
The first to achieve great notoriety was Althea Gibson, who was the first black woman to win Wimbledon singles title (in 1957 and 1958) and to qualify for the LPGA tour (in 1963).
Who was First female African American woman as a tronaut?
Mae Jemisom
Was Oprah Winfrey the first female African American billionare?
Yes.
Who was the first female African-American millionare?
madame cj walker
Who was the first female African American college president?
there wasn't one
What is the name first female to visit to the moon?
i think she was african american...
What were DrRebecca Lee Crumpler accomplishments?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler had made a lot of history. Rebecca wasn't an ordinary American physician; she was the first African American female to become a physician in the United States. She was also known for being the first African American woman to receive an M.D degree, and also the only African American woman to graduate from the New England Female Medical College.Rebecca Lee Crumpler's accomplishments was becoming the first African American female to got a medical degree in 1864 and she was the first African American author in 1883.
