ANITA HILL
Hill attended Yale Law School where she received her Juris Doctorate degree with honors in 1980. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused her supervisor, Clarence Thomas, of sexual harassment at the time of his nomination for the Supreme Court. Her story was made into a documentary named “Anita” in 2013. Her net worth is $6.3 million.
Listen Up Sis “I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can’t fail if you do that.” -Anita Hill
MICHELLE OBAMA
The Chicago native followed in her older brother’s footsteps to attend Princeton University for undergrad where she majored in sociology and minored in African-American studies. After graduating cum laude in 1985, the former first lady studied at Harvard Law School where she recieved her Juris Doctorate degree in 1988. She is the author of the book Becoming and she is. Her net worth is $40 million.
Listen Up Sis “I always tell young girls surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.” -Michelle Obama
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS
Ross attended Brown University and graduated in 1994 with a degree in theatre. She is an actress, model, comedian, and TV host. You may know her from Girlfriends, Black●ish, or Grown●ish and that’s not even half of her appearances. Her net worth is $16 million
Listen Up Sis “As a woman of color, we’re raised to know we have to be twice as good.” — Tracee Ellis Ross
MAE JEMISON
Mae Jemison is an engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut. She was the first African American woman to travel to space in 1992. She was also in the TV series Star Trek: The Next generation. Jemison received her M.D. from Cornell University in 1981. Her net worth is $2 million
-Listen Up Sis “The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.” -Mae Jemison
TYRA BANKS
Starting her modeling career at only 15, Tyra Banks rose to stardom and later became the first Black woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, where she appeared not once but TWICE. In February of 2012, the TV personality, author, actress, and businesswoman completed a nine-week Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at Harvard Business School. Her net worth is $90 million
-Listen Up Sis “The fire to inspire woman and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.”