Geraldine Watts Bell is the director of the Learning Resources Center at Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama. Bell has many years of teaching and administrative experience in public schools and in higher education. Hattie Griffin Lamar, academic dean emerita of Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, is a veteran of higher education and has served United Negro College Fund institutions for more than thirty-five years.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Anthonia AdadevohChapter 5 Lydia AlexanderChapter 6 Rachel ArringtonChapter 7 Debra Moody BassChapter 8 Barbara BelisleChapter 9 Geraldine BellChapter 10 Sheila BlairChapter 11 Barbara BoydChapter 12 Carol GarrisonChapter 13 Ethel HallChapter 14 Beverly HawkChapter 15 Janice JacksonChapter 16 Hattie LamarChapter 17 Helen Shores LeeChapter 18 Josna MishraChapter 19 Annetta NunnChapter 20 Dannetta Thornton OwensChapter 21 Dorothy PorterChapter 22 Jessica RoskinChapter 23 Katrina RossChapter 24 Barbara SirmansChapter 25 Margaret SsenkolotoChapter 26 Ruth M. StrongChapter 27 Virginia VolkerChapter 28 Odessa Woolfolk

These valiant women's stories would appeal to women of all ages, including innumerable ones who have themselves emerged victorious after facing tremendous odds in a male-dominated environment, or when breaking new ground in unexplored territory, or when seeking positions or promotions traditionally assigned to males. And men, too, who have conquered obstacles to reach their dreams can find parallels in these life stories of women from diverse backgrounds and experiences that literally span the world, but who now call Birmingham home….This book is strongly recommended…