Profiles over fifty African American women through history whose contributions changed the world, including Ruby Bridges, Sojourner Truth, Aretha Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Condoleezza Rice, Misty Copeland, Rosa Parks, Mae Jemison, and Oprah Winfrey. Includes additional information on each woman, and on related exhibits at the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

"National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian." Includes index.