Articles
Rutgers' Websites
- Facts on Women of Color in Office
- History of Women of Color in U.S. Politics – Rutgers
- Women of Color in Elective Office 2019
Mayors
- List of Mayors
- Christina Coleman. “Woke 100: Majority of Black Women Mayors Across the Nation Gather For Special Portrait,” Essence, [Online], April 27, 2018.
- Shelby Copeland, “Black women govern only 4% of the biggest US cities. But their numbers are growing,” CNN, April 3, 2019.
Presidents & Vice Presidents
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - President of the Republic of Liberia in 2005
- Epsy Campbell Barr - Vice Presidents of Costa Rica
Prime Minister
Africa
- Luísa Dias Diogo - 3rd Prime Minister of Mozambique | A | B |
- Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila - 4th Prime Minister of Namibia | A | B |
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana - 4th Prime Minister of Rwanda
Caribbean
- Mary Eugenia Charles - 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica
- Dame Pamela F. Gordon - 6th Premier of Bermuda
- Mia Mottley - 8th Prime Minister of Barbados
- Cynthia A. "Mother" Pratt - Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller - 7th Prime Minister of Jamaica
- Claudette Werleigh - 7th Prime Minister of Haiti
Senator
Lieutenant Governors and Governor Generals
United States
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs
- Mary Elizabeth Taylor - youngest assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in history and the first black woman to serve in that post. | A | B | C |
Run for President of the United States
- Charlene Mitchell (1968)
- Shirley Chisholm (1972)
- Lenora Fulani (1988)
- Carol Moseley Braun (2003)
- Cynthia McKinney (2008)
- Kamala Devi Harris (2020)
US Senior Advisor to the President
United States Cabinet Secretaries
- Loretta Lynch (83rd United States Attorney General) | A | B | C |
- Patricia Roberts Harris (1st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services)
- Alexis M. Herman (23rd United States Secretary of Labor)
- Hazel Reid O'Leary (7th United States Secretary of Energy)
- Condoleezza Rice (66th United States Secretary of State) | A | B | C |
Vice President Nominee
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