| Ethel Hedgeman Lyle | -- | Founder and "guiding light" of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. whose purpose was to promote scholarship, sisterhood, and service among Black college women. |
| Angie Brookes | -- | The first woman President of the United Nations. |
| Bebe Moore Campbell | -- | Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Ain't Like Mine. |
| Coretta Scott King | -- | Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism. |
| Diane Watson | -- | The first Black woman to preside over the California State Senate. |
| Dr. Debbye Turner | -- | Humanitarian and former Miss America. |
| Dr. Mae Jemison | -- | The first Black woman astronaut and former chairperson of the Stanford Black Student Union. |
| Dr. Marilyn Gatson | -- | Assistant Surgeon General. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | -- | Humanitarian and former First Lady of the United States. |
| Ella Fitzgerald | -- | Internationally famous jazz singer. |
| Faye Wattleton | -- | First woman to head the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. |
| Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant | -- | Advice columnist for Essence. |
| Hazel O'Leary | -- | Secretary for the Department of Energy. |
| Jomarie Payton Noble | -- | Humanitarian and actress; star of Family Matters. |
| Leah Tutu | -- | Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu. |
| Lynn Whitfield | -- | Humanitarian and actress; star of The Josephine Baker Story. |
| Marian Anderson | -- | The first Black woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. |
| Marjorie Judith Vincent | -- | Miss America, 1991. |
| Marva Collins | -- | Founder of her own private school on Chicago's west side. |
| Maya Angelou | -- | Renowned novelist and poet. |
| Ntozake Shange | -- | Author of for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf. |
| Phylicia Rashad | -- | Actress on the award-winning Cosby Show. |
| Sharon Pratt Kelly | -- | The first woman to serve as mayor of Washington, D. C. |
| Shirlee Tailor Haizlip | -- | Author of The Sweeter the Juice. |
| Sonia Sanchez | -- | Noted author and poet. |
| Toni Morrison | -- | Nobel prize-winning novelist and poet. |
| Yvette Lee | -- | Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and creator and executive producer of Living Single. Xi Beta chapter, Spring 1986. |
| Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke | -- | Former Congresswoman from California and first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention. |
| Zina Garrison-Jackson | -- | Famous tennis player. |