African American women in History who were Homeschooled

1. Phillis Wheatley – An African American poet and the first published Black female poet in America. She was homeschooled by the Wheatley family who purchased her as a slave.
2. Maria W. Stewart – An African American writer, lecturer, and abolitionist who was homeschooled by her mother.
3. Mary McLeod Bethune – An educator, political leader, and civil rights activist who founded the National Council of Negro Women. She was homeschooled by her mother and later attended Scotia Seminary.
4. Ida B. Wells – An African American investigative journalist, educator, and civil rights leader who was homeschooled by her parents.
5. Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madam C. J. Walker – An African American entrepreneur and philanthropist who was homeschooled by her elder sister.
6. Harriet Tubman – An American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War. Tubman was born into slavery and later escaped, she was homeschooled by her parents.
7. Zora Neale Hurston – An American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, who portrayed racial struggles in the early 20th century American South. Hurston was homeschooled by her mother until the age of 13.
8. Fannie Lou Hamer – An American voting rights activist, civil rights leader, and philanthropist who was homeschooled by her parents in Mississippi.
9. Mary Church Terrell – An American civil rights activist who was one of the first African American women to earn a college degree. She was homeschooled by her mother and later attended Oberlin College.
10. Nannie Helen Burroughs – An African American educator, feminist, and civil rights leader who was homeschooled by her mother and later founded the National Training School for Women and Girls.

These women overcame significant barriers to achieve greatness in their respective fields, proving that a non-traditional education can lead to exceptional outcomes.