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The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center Presents…

The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center Presents…. The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women. Women’s History Month. Hattie Walker Wilhoite Recognition Program: For APSU African American Women Spring 2012. The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women. Women’s History Month.

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The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center Presents…

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  1. The Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center Presents… The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Women’s History Month

  2. Hattie Walker WilhoiteRecognition Program:For APSU African American WomenSpring 2012 The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Women’s History Month

  3. Women’s History Month The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Women's History Month highlights the historical and contemporary contributions which women have made, and are currently making, to society. March has been designated as the month to celebrate those contributions.

  4. Hattie Walker Wilhoite The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to graduate from APSU

  5. Dr. Jennifer Capeheart-Meningall The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1stAfrican American Vice President at APSU

  6. Mary McLeod Bethune The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Founder Bethune-Cookman College

  7. Sojourner Truth The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Nationally known speaker on human rights for slaves and women

  8. Zora Neale Hurston The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Novelist, folklorist and anthropologist

  9. Rosa Parks The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women “Mother” of the Civil Rights Movement

  10. Shirley Chisholm The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress

  11. Hattie McDaniel The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to receive an Oscar Award

  12. Annie Turnbo Malone The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman millionaire

  13. Maxine Waters The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  14. Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to receive a Medical Doctor degree in the United States

  15. Patricia Roberts Harris The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to hold a U.S. Cabinet position

  16. Constance Baker Motley The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to serve in the New York State Senate

  17. Dorothy Dandridge The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress

  18. Mahalia Jackson The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Gospel Singer

  19. Alice Walker The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Author, poet and activist

  20. Toni Morrison The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to win Nobel Prize for Literature

  21. Aretha Franklin The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women The Queen of Soul

  22. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st Woman elected Head of State in Africa

  23. Ida B. Wells Barnett The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Educator, and Co-founder of National Association For the Advancement of Colored People

  24. Fannie Lou Hamer The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Co-Founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

  25. Biddy Mason The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to own land in California

  26. Wilma Rudolph The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track and field in a single Olympic Games

  27. Susie King Taylor The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia

  28. Dr. Susan McKinney Steward The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman doctor in New York State

  29. Daisy Bates The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women Civil rights activist and the guide, mentor and advisor for the Little Rock Nine

  30. Gwendolyn Brooks The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize

  31. Vanessa Williams The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American selected as Miss America

  32. Suzette Charles The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 2nd African American Miss America

  33. Carrie Saxon Perry The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut

  34. Dr. Eliza Ann Grier The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia

  35. Rita Dove The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to hold the title of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress

  36. Carol Moseley-Braun The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman Senator to serve for the state of Illinois

  37. Teresa Deloach-Reed The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to serve as the Fire Chief for the Oakland, California Fire Department

  38. Rosalind G. Brewer The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to lead a business unit of Wal-Mart

  39.  Mary Edmonia Lewis The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st successful African American sculptor

  40. Maggie Lena Walker The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American  woman in the United States to become president of St. Luke Penny Savings Bank

  41. Dr. Regina Benjamin The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman, and the youngest person, to be elected to the American Medical Association's board of trustees.

  42. Dr. Alexa Canady The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman neurosurgeon in the United States

  43. Jane Bolin The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to become a judge in the United States. She was also the first African American woman to receive a law degree from Yale University.

  44. Barbara Brandon The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women The only African American woman cartoonist to be nationally syndicated. Brandon’s syndicated comics were called "Where I'm Coming From"

  45. Lorraine Hansberry The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to write a Broadway play (“A Raisin In The Sun”)

  46. Althea Gibson The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman to win the U.S. Tennis Association Championship (1957) and the Wimbledon singles title (1957).

  47. Hazel Johnson The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman General; was appointed Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Sept. 1, 1979.

  48. Leontine T. C. Kelly The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women 1st African American woman Bishop of a major U.S. denomination (United Methodist Church)

  49. APSU Student Leader Honorees 2011 The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

  50. APSU Staff Honorees 2011 The Road Not Taken, paving the way for women

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