Phenomenal AKA Women

ETHEL HEDGEMAN LYLE

Founder & “Guiding Light” of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

 

 

Dr. Mae Jemison

First African American Woman Astronaut

Star Jones

Co-Host of The View;  Former Supreme Anti-Grammateus of AKA; Attorney

Phylicia Rashad

Actress

Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress

Coretta Scott King

Civil Rights Activist; Widow of Martin Luther King Jr.

Marian Anderson

First African American Woman to sing at Metropolitan Opera House

Toni Morrison

Nobel Prize Winning Novelist & Poet

Dr. Maya Angelou

Author, Poet, Singer, & Dancer

Jane Addams

Founder of Hull House; Chicago,

Dr. Gwendolyn Calbert Baker, PhD. President of the United States Committee for UNICEF
Angie Brookes First woman President of the United Nations
Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke Former Congresswoman from California & First woman to chair the Democratic National Convention
Suzette Charles Miss America, 1984, Contemporary Singer & Actress
Marva Collins Founder of her own private school in Chicago's west side
Sharon Pratt Kelly First woman to serve as mayor of Washington, D.C.
Ella Fitzgerald Internationally famous Jazz singer, "First Lady of Song"
Zina Garrison Tennis Star
Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gaston Assistant Surgeon General
Janice Huff NBC Meteorologist on TODAY & St. Louis Emmy Award Winner
Virginia Johnson Prima Ballerina, one of the original members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem
Gladys Knight Singer & Actress
Yvette Lee Browser Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper & A Different World
Jewell Jackson McCabe President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Lt. Col. Anita McMiller Deputy Legislative Assistant to Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff
JoMarie Payton Noble Humanitarian & Actress; star of Family Matters
Hazel O'Leary United States Secretary for the Department of Energy
Rosa Parks "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
Marietta Tree First U.S. Woman Ambassador of United Nations
C. Delores Tucker National Chairman of the National Political congress of Black Women
Dr. Debbye Turner Humanitarian & Miss America, 1990
Leah Tutu Wife of South African Activist Bishop Desmond Tutu
Marjorie Judith Vincent Miss America, 1991
Diane Watson First Black Woman to preside over the California State Senate
Lynn Whitfield Humanitarian & Actress
Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian; Delegate to United Nations
Vanessa Bell Calloway Actress
Loretta Devine Actress; Waiting to Exhale
Althea Gibson Pioneer in amateur Tennis and Professional Golf
Georgiana Simpson First African American Woman Ph.D
Roxie Roker Actress on the Jefferson's; Musician & Mother of Lenny Kravitz
Faye Wattleton Former President of Planned Parenthood
Alice Coachman Davis First African American woman in the world to win a Gold Medal & First African American female to win a Gold Medal in Track & Field
Vonetta Flowers First African American to win a Gold Medal in the Winter Olympics for bobsledding
Gwendlyn Goldsby Grant Advice Columnist for Essence
Chamique Holdsclaw Basketball Player for the Washington Mystics
Shirlee Tailor Haizlop Author of Sweeter the Juice
Catherine Hughes CEO/owner of Radio One, a multimillion dollar corporation
Andrea Lyle-Wilson Granddaughter of founder ETHEL HEDGEMAN LYLE
Muriel Lyle-Smith Granddaughter of founder ETHEL HEDGEMAN LYLE; President of Panache Productions
Suzanne de Passe Chairman & CEO of de Passe Entertainment
Sonia Sanchez Noted author & poet
Iyanla Vanzant Author of 10 books & Public Inspirational Speaker
Dorothy Cowser Yancy President of Johnson C. Smith University
Olivia Cole Actress
Sarah Delaney Educator; One of the oldest women; Passed away at the age of 109
Marla Gibbs Actress
Alicia Keys Singer
Danica Tisdale Miss Georgia 2004
Tajauana "TJ" Butler Author of "Sorority Sisters" & "Hand Me Down Heartache"

 PHENOMENAL WOMEN OF
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED.
 

 


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