Inspired by her own foremothers’ legacies and the friendships formed throughout her life, Rozella Kennedy centers and celebrates the stories of 100 Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women—both famous and little-known—who changed the course of US history.

Contents Ada Blackjack Mary Ellen Pleasant Rose Fortune Pura Belpré Fannie Lou Hamer Kateri Tekakwitha Angela Davis Chien-Shiung Wu Shirley Chisholm  Bharti Mukherjee Bessie Stringfield Kalpana Chawla Anna May Wong Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Clara Hale Mary Golda Ross Felicisima “Ping” Serafica Claudette Colvin Lili‘uokalani Mamie “Peanut” Johnson Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson Lozen Clara Brown Alice Augusta Ball Susan La Flesche Picotte Caterina de San Juan Kala Bagai Marie Laveau Marsha P. Johnson Emma Ping Lum Mary Fields Old Elizabeth Lydia Mendoza Florynce “Flo” Kennedy Umeko Tsuda Etel Adnan Martha Louise Morrow Foxx Tidye Pickett Red Wing Ellen Smith Craft Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Della Irving Hayden Sono Osato Mary McLeod Bethune Augusta Savage Xue Jinquin Sonia Sotomayor Katherine Johnson Komako Kimura Mary Kaye Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Elizabeth Key Grinstead Lorraine Hansberry Zitkála-Šá Pauli Murray Grace Lee Boggs Emma Naea Kaleleonalani Rooke Cicely Tyson Gwendolyn Brooks Wilma Mankiller Septima Poinsette Clark Mary Evans Wilson Dorothy Toy Bridget “Biddy” Mason Bernadita Camacho-Dungca Florence Ebersole Finch Sojourner Truth Phillis Wheatley Jovita Idár Mimi Jones Charlotte Forten Grimké Mitsuye Endo Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich China Mary Maria Montoya Martinez Mary Jones Charlotte E. Ray Sylvia Rivera Sue Ko Lee Ida B. Wells Rebecca Lee Crumpler Thelma Garcia Buchholdt Zarina Hashmi Mary Church Terrell Pablita Velarde Amelia Boynton Robinson Edmonia Lewis Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Mary Richards Sylvia Mendez Althea Gibson Mary Paik Lee Mary Jane Patterson Tsuru Aoki Madam C. J. Walker Buffalo Calf Road Woman Dolores Huerta Harriet Tubman Yuri Kochiyama

“An essential book that connects us to our past and current sisters and reminds us that each of our stories matters.” —Ruth Chan, illustrator and author “A long overdue portrayal of inspiring hidden figures whose stories needed to be told to the world.” —Rokhaya Diallo, journalist, writer, and award-winning filmmaker “Our Brave Foremothers sheds truth on old perceptions and gives us stories both informative and inspiring about women who paved the way for generations of women to follow.” —Audrey Edwards, former executive editor of Essence magazine and author of American Runaway: Black and Free in Paris in the Trump Years “Our Brave Foremothers is the book that every family should have on their coffee table. It’s a visual encyclopedia of greatness for our future generation to know about the work done by these important women.” —Joy Cho, author and founder of Oh Joy!