The contributions of Black women toward shaping and changing the world for the better are often minimized. At every moment in history, Black women have worked alongside their more famous male conterparts. We’ve assembled a list of just a few of the women for whom we are grateful.

Ella Baker

Josephine Baker

Daisy Bates

Mary McLeod Bethune

Beverly Bond

Elaine Brown

Majora Carter

Shirley Chisholm

Septima Clark

Anna Julia Cooper

Angela Davis

Marian Wright Edelman

Amy Ashwood Garvey

Fannie Lou Hamer

Dorothy Height

Claudia Jones

Flo Kennedy

Pauli Murray

Diane Nash

Rosa Parks

Jo Ann Robinson

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Maria Stewart

Mary Church Terrell

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Maya Wiley

Read their profiles at the source.