Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (Read more...)

Dr. Williams also founded the first interracial hospital in the United States. (Read more...)

The street in front of the building had already been named "Hidden Figures Way", in tribute to Jackson and all the women who devoted their lives to the American space program. (Read more...)

If you have ever used FaceTime, Skype or WhatsApp to communicate, then you should thank Marian Croak. The so-called "Ma Bell" made it all possible, thanks to her leadership and forward-thinking vision. (Read more...)

Accepting the position of an NFL team president during a time when this organization is going through a rough time indicates that Morgan is a risk-taker and a go-getter. (Read more...)

Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)

Dr. Gladys Mae West has been recognized as the mathematician who laid the groundwork to invent the GPS, due to her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that have been incorporated into the GPS system. (Read more...)

At 33, Carson became the youngest head of pediatric neurosurgery in all of the United States. (Read more...)

Colin Powell, the first African American Secretary of State to the United States of America, not only made history but further distinguished himself by occupying the highest ranking position in the U.S. military. (Read more...)

Woods registered close to 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, a trolley wheel and the multiplex telegraph in which he defeated Thomas Edison's lawsuit. (Read more...)