Alice Allison Dunning (1906-1983), became the first female African-American correspondent to receive White House credentials and the first African-American female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press gallery.

Dunning was the daughter of a sharecropper, she grew up in poverty and endured segregation and sexism. She persisted through extreme hardship to fulfill her dream to become a journalist and became the first black women accredited to cover the White House.

Alice Dunning, thank you for following your dreams and breaking barriers.