WASHINGTON ‒ California Sen. Laphonza Butler is the lone African American woman in the Senate and only the third Black woman to ever serve in the chamber. Six months into the job, the Democratic ...

Anne Cole Lowe, known in fashion circles as Anne Lowe, was born in Clayton, Alabama, in 1898 to a family of African-American dressmakers. She was the great-granddaughter of an enslaved seamstress ...

As the first African American woman to be ordained as a rabbi, Denver Rabbi Alysa Uriel Stanton's journey is one of determination, faith, and unwavering strength.

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- The first African American woman to serve as mayor was sworn in on Tuesday night in Pennsauken Township. "I'm feeling really excited," said Nicole Roberts speaking to ...

A woman out of Omaha, Nebraska has transformed her personal collection of more than 750 historic African-American dolls into a free museum.

She went on to become the first African American woman to travel across country solo on a motorcycle in the 1930s. WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn has more on North Carolina native Bessie Stringfield, ...