summarised the difficulties Burns had to overcome to become the first African American woman to head a major global corporation. Being bold, outspoken and down to earth is typical Burns Being bold, ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot’s license. Coleman grew up in a cruel world of poverty and discrimination.

Before Jean-Pierre, only one other African-American woman had been able to stand behind the White House press lectern: Judy Smith, deputy press secretary for then-Republican President George H.W ...