List of The Links members

The Links is an American social and service organization of prominent black women. It was founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of 2021, it has more than 17,000 members in 299 chapters. A list of some of The Links' notables members follows.

NameChapterNotabilityReferencesStacy AbramsAtlantaGeorgia House of RepresentativesHannah AtkinsOklahoma Secretary of State and Oklahoma House of RepresentativesMarian AndersonHonoraryContraltoEtta Moten BarnettActress and contralto vocalistCheri BeasleyTriangle ParkChief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme CourtJoyce BeattyUnited States House of Representatives and Ohio House of RepresentativesAnita Lyons BondCivil rights activist and academicKeisha Lance BottomsMayor of Atlanta, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and director of the White House Office of Public LiaisonGwendolyn BoydPresident of Alabama State University and mechanical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryGwendolyn E. Boyd, The History Makers, April 25, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2017.Johnnetta ColePresident of Spelman College and Bennett College; director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African ArtMisty CopelandHonorary 2022 Ballet dancer for American Ballet TheatreVal DemingsUnited States House of RepresentativesMattiwilda DobbsHonorary 1973Opera singer with the Metropolitan OperaMarian Wright EdelmanFounder and president emerita of the Children's Defense FundHelen G. Edmonds Professor and chair of the Department of History and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) Amanda EdwardsMember of the Houston City CouncilKamala HarrisHonorary 2018Vice President of the United States, United States Senate, and Attorney General of CaliforniaPatricia Roberts HarrisHonorary 1978 United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Ambassador to LuxembourgMary Gibson HundleyTeacher at Dunbar High School, Miner Teacher's College, Eastern High School, and Howard UniversitySheila Jackson LeeUnited States House of Representatives and member of the Houston City CouncilJo Ann JenkinsCEO of AARPEddie Bernice JohnsonUnited States House of Representatives and Texas SenateEdith Irby Jonesphysician and first woman president of the National Medical AssociationElaine JonesPresident and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense FundAnn JordanDirector of the Department of Social Services for the University of Chicago Medical CenterBarbara JordanUnited States House of Representatives and Texas SenateElizabeth Duncan KoontzHonorary 1984Director of the United States Women's BureauThelma Patten LawPhysicianPauline Weeden MaloneyRector of Norfolk State University.Veronica MallettUrogynecologist and senior vice president and chief administrative officer of the More in Common Alliance (MICA)Annette March-GrierPresident of Roberta's House Inc.Eugenia L. MobleyDean of the Dental School and vice-president at Meharry Medical College"Charter Members" Parthenon (TN) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.Constance Baker MotleyHonorary 1980Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and New York SenateRosa ParksHonorary 2003 Civil rights activist associated with the Montgomery bus boycottSharon PrattMayor of the District of Columbia and treasurer of the Democratic National CommitteeAyanna PressleyUnited States House of Representatives and member of the Boston City CouncilLeontyne PriceHonorary 1988 Spinto soprano with the Metropolitan OperaHazel R. O'LearyUnited States Secretary of Energy and president of Fisk UniversityDanielle OutlawCommissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department and chief Portland Police BureauCondoleezza RiceHonorary 2013United States Secretary of State, United States National Security Advisor, director of the Hoover Institution, and provost of Stanford UniversityJo Ann RobinsonActivist during the Civil Rights Movement and educator in Montgomery, AlabamaTami SawyerCivil rights activist and local politicianBetty ShabazzCivil rights advocate and wife of Malcolm XEllen Johnson SirleafHonorary 2010President of LiberiaMarian SpencerVice Mayor of the Cincinnati City CouncilJuliana StrattonChicagoLieutenant Governor of Illinois and Illinois House of RepresentativesEvelyn Reid SyphaxEducator who was chair of the Arlington Public Schools BoardPat Timmons-GoodsonAssociate justice of the North Carolina Supreme CourtYvonne Walker-TaylorPresident of Wilberforce UniversityCarmen J. WaltersGulf Coast 2017 / JacksonPresident of Tougaloo CollegeSusie Ione Brown WaxwoodPhilanthropist and clubwomanFrederica WilsonUnited States House of Representatives, Florida Senate, and Florida House of RepresentativesMary WinebergCincinnatiGold medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics for track and field athlete

See also

List of The Links chapters

References