Phenomenal Women of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Founder and "guiding light" of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc.
Jane Addams
Founder of Hull House, Chicago, Illinois.
Marian Anderson
First African-American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Dr. Maya Angelou
Renowned novelist, poet, educator, dancer. National Ambassador
for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, Grammy winner for Best Spoken
Word. Her works include "And Still I Rise" and "Phenomenal
Woman".
Dr. Gwendolyn Calbert
Baker, PhD.
President of the United States Committee for UNICEF.
Angie Brookes
The first woman President of the United Nations.
Gayleatha B. Brown
Consul General - Deputy General of the United States of America
- Strasbourg, France.
Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke
Former Congresswoman from California and first woman to chair
the Democratic National Convention.
Bebe Moore Campbell
Accomplished Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Aint
Like Mine.
Suzette Charles
Miss America 1984, contemporary singer and actress
Marva Collins
Founder of her own private school in Chicago's west side.
Ella Fitzgerald
Internationally famous jazz singer, known as the "First Lady
of Song".
Valada S. Flewellyn
A renowned storyteller and poet.
Vonetta Flowers
First African-American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics
for bobsledding.
Bettiann Guena Gardner
Co-Chairwoman of Soft Sheen Products.
Zina Garrison
Tennis Star.
Chamique Holdsclaw
Basketball Player for the Washington Mystics and Author of a book
that Chronicles her success.
Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gaston
Assistant Surgeon General.
Althea Gibson
The first African American invited to participate in Wimbledon,
Wimbledon Singles and Doubles Champion, International Tennis Hall
of Famer.
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant
Advice Columnist for Essence.
Shirlee Tailor Haizlip
Author of The Sweeter The Juice.
Janice Huff
NBC Meteorologist and St Louis Emmy Award Winner.
Dr. Mae Jemison
Became the first African-American woman astronaut in 1992. She
is also a noted physician. She has done medical studies in Cuba,
Kenya, and Thailand.
Virginia Johnson
Prima ballerina, one of the original members of the Dance Theatre
of Harlem.
Star Jones
Starlet Jones is a lawyer, former assistant district attorney
and former NBC news correspondent. She is also a past 2nd Supreme
Basilues of AKA. She is currently a co-host of TV Show "The
View".
Sharon Pratt Kelly
The first woman to serve as mayor of Washington, D.C.
Alicia Keys
Grammy award winning artist and producer.
Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist, Director of Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Gladys Knight
Accomplished singer and actress.
Yvette Lee
Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and
creator and executive producer of Living Single.
Jewell Jackson McCabe
President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.
Lt. Col. Anita McMiller
Deputy Legislative Assistant to Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff.
Toni Morrison
Nobel prize winning novelist and poet whos works include Song
of Solomon and Beloved.
Nichelle Nichols
Actress and Activist; Star Role as Lt. Uhura of Star Trek.
Jomarie Payton Noble
Humanitarian and actress; star of Family Matters.
Hazel O'Leary
United States Secretary for the Department of Energy.
Rosa Parks
Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement",
for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955. This
launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted for one year.
Suzanne de Passe
Chairman and CEO of de Passe Entertainment.
Lois Marion Roselyn
Perinchief
First African-American woman to become Mayor of Bermuda (1997-2000).
Phylicia Rashad
Actress on the award-winning Cosby show and the TV series Cosby.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Humanitarian and former First Lady of the United States.
Sonia Sanchez
Noted author and poet.
Ntozake Shaunge
Author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the
Rainbow is Enuf.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of Liberia and co-author of Women, War and Peace: The
Independent Experts' Assessment on the Impact of Armed Conflict
on Women and Women's Role in Peace-building
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Actress whose works include: The Nutty Professor, Set It Off,
Menace to Society, and A Different World.
Marietta Tree
First U.S. Woman Ambassador to the United Nations.
C. Delores Tucker
National Chairman of the National political Congress of Black
Women.
Dr. Debbye Turner
Humanitarian and Miss America, 1990.
Leah Tutu
Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Iyanla Vanzant
Author of 10 books and Public Inspirational Speaker.
Marjorie Judith Vincent
Miss America, 1991.
Diane Watson
The first Black woman to preside over the California State Senate.
Faye Wattleton
The first woman to head the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Lynn Whitfield
Humanitarian and actress. She is the star of The Jospehine Baker
Story.
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