Women Of History

Harriet Tubman

Rosa Parks

Phyllis Wheatley

Oprah WinfreyMaya Angelou

Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

• Born into slavery in 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland

• She was a civil war nurse, and a civil rights activists

• Escaped from slavery on September 17, 1849• Adopted one daughter named Gertrude• Died from pneumonia March 10, 1913 at age 91

Rosa Parks

• Born February 4, 1913• She was an African American civil rights activist• She was named the first lady by the United States

Congress• She was secretary of the NAACP• She died October 24, 2005

Maya Angelou

• She was born April 4, 1928 in ST. Louis Missouri• She was known as one of the great voices of contemporary

literature• She was a poet, educator, historian, best selling author, and

actress• She had written a total of seven autobiographies• Notable works: I knew Why the Caged Bird Sings

Phyllis Wheatley

• Born May 8, 1753 in West, Africa• She was an African American poet and first published African American

women• She was sold into slavery at the age 7• She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston• She died December 5, 1784 at age 31

Sojourner Truth

• She was born in 1797 Swartekill, NY• She was a Domestic servant• She was an African American abolitionist• She was named Isabella Baumfree when she was

born• She died November 26, 1883

Oprah Winfrey

• She was born January 29, 1954• She was an Alma mater at Tennessee University• She is a formal host, Chairwoman and CEO and CCO of the Oprah network• She is a democratic• She is ranked the richest African American of the 20th century