ILLUSTRIOUS WOMEN OF
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED


Marian Anderson - The first Black woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.
Maya Angelou -- Renowned novelist and poet.
Angie Brookes -- The first woman President of the United Nations.
Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke - Former Congresswoman from California and first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention.
Suzette Charles- Miss America 1984.
Marva Collins -- Founder of her own private school on Chicago's west side.
Bebe Moore Campbell -- Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Ain't Like Mine.
Sharon Pratt Kelly - The first woman to serve as mayor of Washington, D. C.
Gladys Knight- Singer and Actress.
Ella Fitzgerald - Internationally famous jazz singer.
Zina Garrison-Jackson - Famous tennis player.
Dr. Marilyn Gatson -- Assistant Surgeon General.
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant -- Advice columnist for Essence.
Dr. Mae Jemison - The first Black woman astronaut.
Marjorie Judith Vincent -- Miss America, 1991.
Yvette Lee - Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and creator/executive producer of Living Single.
Toni Morrison -- Nobel prize-winning novelist and poet.
Rosa Parks- Civil Rights Activist.
Jomarie Payton Noble - Humanitarian and actress; star of Family Matters.
Jada Pinkett Smith- Actress
Hazel O'Leary - Secretary for the Department of Energy.
Phylicia Rashad -- Actress on the award-winning Cosby Show.
Roxie Roker- Actress
Eleanor Roosevelt - Humanitarian and former First Lady of the United States.
Sonia Sanchez -- Noted author and poet.
Coretta Scott King -- Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Ntozake Shange - Author of "for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf".
Shirlee Tailor Haizlip -- Author of The Sweeter the Juice.
Dr. Debbye Turner -- Humanitarian and former Miss America.
Leah Tutu -- Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Faye Wattleton - First woman to head the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Diane Watson -- The first Black woman to preside over the California State Senate.
Lynn Whitfield -- Humanitarian and actress; star of The Josephine Baker Story.



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