| WHOOPI | Goldberg who was the first Black woman to get an EGOT |
| ISABELWILKERSON | "Caste" author who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism |
| COLEMAN | She was the first Black woman to stage a public flight in America |
| TONI | Who authored the novel Beloved and became, in 1993, the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize? (first name only) |
| DIANEABBOTT | The Shadow Home Secretary since 2016 and the first black woman to become an MP (5,6) |
| COACHMAN | Alice ___, high jumper who in 1948 became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal |
| QUICKSAND | First novel of Nella Larsen, the first Black woman to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship |
| EVARISTO | Bernardine ___, the first black woman to win the Booker Prize |
| SOPHIA | ... Dunkley, the first black woman to play Test cricket for England. (6) |
| SNL | Show that Cicely Tyson became the first Black woman to host in '79 |
| EBONY | ____ Rainford-Brent, the first black woman to represent England in Test cricket (5) |
| AMOS | Valerie ___ (b.1954), politician and peer, the first black woman to serve in a UK Cabinet (4) |
| NELLALARSEN | The first Black woman to win a Guggenheim fellowship, she explored female sexuality and biracial identity in her debut novel |
| TEXASHOLDEM | 2024 hit making Beyonce the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart |
| MAE | Astronaut Jemison who was the first Black woman in space |
| JEANAUGUSTINE | The Honourable ___ ___ (Member of the Order of Canada who in 1993 became the first Black woman elected to the House of Commons) |
| BARBARA | Jordan who was the first Southern Black woman to be elected to Congress |
| CHARLEYPRIDE | Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' singer who was the first Black country artist to cohost the CMA Awards (1975) and the ACM Awards (1980): 2 wds. |
| JULIEDASH | First black woman to direct a feature-length film distributed theatrically in the United States |
| HALLEBERRY | First Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress: 2 wds. |
