From A-Z: Dynamic Black Women In History was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
1. Alice Walker
2. Anna Tibaijuka (United Nations)
3. Audre Lorde
4. Ayana Mathis
5. Bebe Moore Campbell
6. bell hooks
7. Carol Moseley Braun
8. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9. Cynthia McKinney
10. Dame Eugenia Charles (Dominica)
11. Gwendolyn Brooks
12. Gloria Naylor
13. Gwendolyn Brooks
14. Harriet Tubman
15. Ida B. Wells
16. Karen Bass
17. Lorraine Hansberry
18. Mary McLeod Bethune
19. Michaëlle Jean (Canada)
20. Nikki Giovanni
21. Ntozake Shange
22. Octavia Butler
23. Pearl Cleage
24. Phillis Wheatley
25. Robin Kelly
26. Rosa Parks
27. Ruth Simmons
28. Shirley Chisholm
29. Susan Rice
30. Suzan Lori-Parks
31. Toni Morrison
32. Terry McMillan
33. Sonia Sanchez
34. Margaret Walker
35. Rebecca Walker
36. J. California Cooper
37. Zane
38. Zora Neale Hurston
