Below are women who played key roles in the Harlem Renaissance -- some are well-known, and some have been neglected or forgotten. Follow links to biographies and other content where available. Related: History of Women of the Harlem Renaissance: Dreaming in Color and Timeline: African American History and Women, 1920s
- Regina M. Anderson
- Josephine Baker
- Gwendolyn Bennett
- Marita Bonner
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Hallie Quinn Brown
- Anita Scott Coleman
- Mae V. Cowdery
- Clarissa Scott Delaney
- Jessie Redmon Fauset
- Angelina Weld Grimke, whose father was a nephew of Angelina Grimke Weld and Sarah Moore Grimke
- Billie Holiday
- Ariel Williams Holloway
- Virginia Houston
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Georgia Douglas Johnson
- Helene Johnson
- Lois Mailou Jones
- Nella Larsen
- Florence Mills
- Alice Dunbar-Nelson
- Effie Lee Newsome
- Esther Popel
- Augusta Savage
- Bessie Smith
- Anne Spencer
- A'Lelia Walker
- Ethel Waters
- Dorothy West
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