92 pp. Illustrated with 6 plates from photographs, chiefly of prominent African-American women. 6¾x4½, green cloth, lettered in black. First Edition.

Begins with an overview of major achievements by African-American women. Also, includes five chapters of five prominent figures, including: Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad); Nora Gordon (missionary to the Congo); Meta Warrick Fuller ("foremost sculptor of the Negro race"); Mary McLeod Bethune (educator); and Mary Church Terrell (first president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, also a civil rights activist).