Michelle Payne

Ethnicity: Black

" "People aren't open to African Americans doing something that's not the normal thing," says the Fredericksburg, Virginia businesswoman. "I went to a bank to proceed in getting a loan for my project, and I had some actual orders, and I was still turned down."(voanews.com);"

— Michelle Payne

Achievements: she & her husband ran a cleaning business & devised a hose that conveys water from sink faucets to containers