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Andrea Dalzell is an American nurse, disability rights activist, and content creator. Dalzell is the first wheelchair-using registered nurse in the state of New York and advocates for disabled healthcare workers on social media.
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Andrea Drummer is a cannabis chef and co-owner of the Original Cannabis Cafe, the first legal cannabis restaurant in the US.
1970–2020
Andrea Enisuoh (1970 – 13 February 2020) was an English socialist, feminist, journalist, political activist, trade unionist, human rights campaigner, and volunteer based in Hackney, London, England. In 1989, she was the first Black woman to be elected a…
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Andrea Grimes Parker is an American computer scientist, researcher, and Associate Professor, known for her interdisciplinary study of human computer interaction (HCI) and personal health informatics. Parker is currently an associate professor at Georgia…
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Andrea Hairston (born 1952) is an African-American science fiction and fantasy playwright and novelist. Her novel Redwood and Wildfire won the James Tiptree Jr. Award for 2011.
1965–
Andrea A. Hayes Dixon (born 1965) is an American surgeon. She was the first pediatric surgeon to perform a high-risk, life-saving procedure in children with a rare form of cancer and developed the first orthotropic xenograft model of metastatic Ewing's…
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Andrea Hazell is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election. She represents the electoral district of Scarborough—Guildwood as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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Andrea Jenkins (born May 10, 1961) is an American politician, writer, performance artist, poet, and transgender activist. She is known for being the first Black openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States, serving from January…
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Andrea Danyell Kelly (née Lee, January 28, 1974), known professionally as Drea, is an American choreographer, dancer, and actress. She is the second ex-wife of singer-songwriter R. Kelly.
1953–
Andrea Lee (born 1953) is an American-born author of novels, short fiction, and memoirs. Her stories are often international in setting and explore questions of race and culture, as well as ideas surrounding national identity and foreignness.
1956–2019
Andrea Levy (7 March 1956 – 14 February 2019) was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they…
1985–
Andrea Desiree Lewis (born August 15, 1985) is a Canadian actress and singer, known for her role as Hazel Aden in the long-running TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation.
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Andrea Lewis is the first African American female pilot of the Georgia Air National Guard. Lewis first joined the Air Force as a reservist in 2010. In 2014, she was accepted into the 116th Air Control Wing. She is a E-8C pilot. On March 5, 2021, Lewis was…
1952–
Andrea Joan Caron Lynch (born 24 November 1952) is a British former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. A two-time Olympian, the peak of her career was becoming a bronze medallist in the 100 m at the 1974 European Championships…
1972–2021
Andrea Monica Martin (April 14, 1972 – September 27, 2021) was an American R&B songwriter and singer.
1958–
Andrea Motley Crabtree (born February 25, 1958) is a retired Master Sargent in the U.S Army, and the Army’s first female deep-sea diver and Black female deep-sea diver in any branch of service.
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Andrea Plumlee is an American attorney and elected Texas family court judge, overseeing the 330th Family District Court in Dallas County, Texas. She was first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2022. Plumlee earned a J.D. degree from Southern…
1950–
Andrea R. Canaan (born 1950) is a Black feminist writer, speaker, community organizer, poet and activist.
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Andrea R. Roberts is an American educator, researcher, college professor, guest speaker, and planning historian, who is an associate professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning for cultural planning at the University of Virginia. Her…
1983–
Andrea Shaw (born December 18, 1983) is an American professional bodybuilder. She holds seven Ms. Olympia title wins and four Ms.
1962–
Andrea Stuart (born 1962) is a Barbadian-British historian and writer, who was raised in the Caribbean and the UK and now lives in the UK. Her biography of Josephine Bonaparte, entitled The Rose of Martinique, won the Enid McLeod Literary Prize in 2004.…
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Andrea Tovar is a Colombian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Colombia 2015, and represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2016, finishing as second runner-up.
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Andrea Robin Wood (born March 2, 1973) is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
1941–2009
Andree Yvonne Layton Roaf (March 31, 1941 – July 1, 2009) was an Arkansas lawyer and jurist. She was the first African-American woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court, and is the mother of former NFL offensive lineman Willie Roaf.
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