Ruth Ella Moore

Ruth Ella Moore

Ruth Ella Moore 1903-1994 Ruth Moore, 2021 Ruth Ella Moore overcame obstacles of race and gender to become the very first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Microbiology and the first African-American to join the American Society for Microbiology. Besides being a...
Cathay Williams

Cathay Williams

Cathay Williams 1844 – 1893 Cathay Williams was an African-American soldier who enlisted in the United States Army under the pseudonym William Cathay. She was the first Black woman to enlist, and the only documented woman to...