Rachel Elizabeth Pruden-Herndon (February 12, 1898 – January 10, 1979) was an American attorney who became the first African-American woman to be admitted...

journals and organizations, including Phylon, and through the work of Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, a member of the center. The significance of Atlanta University...

Viola Ross Napier (1920) in 1922 First African American female: Rachel E. Pruden-Herndon (1942) First Asian American (female; Filipino descent): Ruby Carpio...