Uncrowned Community Builders

In honor of the centennial of the Niagara Movement, the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. is pleased to present Uncrowned Queens in Their Hats.

The women on this Web page are representative of the Uncrowned Queens whose histories the Institute is dedicated to preserve. While they are featured in their church hats, these hats are symbolic of the many hats that women "community builders" wear. These are the women who have supported our churches, educated our children, entertained us, coiffed us, and taken care of us. They also serve the community in government, the judiciary, media, and health care. They have been instrumental on community boards, such as the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, University and College Boards of Trustees, and the arts. They are members of sororities, women's clubs, missionaries, and other sisterhood self-help organizations that give back to the community through a myriad of programs. In addition, like their foremothers, they wear the hats of mothers, spouses, daughters, sisters, aunts, and friends.

In honor of all the Uncrowned Queens: African American Women Community Builders, we salute you!

Buffalo Uncrowned Queens In Their Hats
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Lillion Batchelor	Peggy Brooks-Bertram	Ina Chapman	Zola Crowell
Eva Doyle	Ernestine R. Green	Thelma Ayers Hardiman	Cecelia B. Henderson
Tanya Perrin-Johnson	Eunice Lewin	Pashion Corbitt Marshall	Annie Pearl McSpadden
Wilma Morrison	Barbara Seals Nevergold	Crystal D. Peoples	Dawn Sanders
	Rose H. Sconiers	Sylvia Gethers-Wright

Rochester Uncrowned Queens In Their Hats
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Carol Hoskins Adams	Ruth B. Anderson	Carolyne Blount	Essie L. Calhoun
Francine Conwell	Viola Curry	Rev. Dr. Violet L. Fisher	Ruby Lockhart
Estella Norwood Evans	Juanita Pitts	Joan Ridley Willis	Alice Holloway Young