English: Julia Pearl Hughes

Born Julia Pearl Hughes March 19, 1873 Alamance County, North Carolina Died September 14, 1950 New York City, New York Other names Julia P. H. Coleman, Julia Coleman-Robinson Occupation pharmacist, entrepreneur, business executive Spouse(s) James Harold Coleman, Rev. John Wallace Robinson Parent(s) John R. Hughes, Mary Moore Hughes, Ellen P. Hughes (stepmother)

Julia Pearl Hughes (Julia P. H. Coleman, Julia Coleman-Robinson) (March 19, 1873 - September 14, 1950), pharmacist, entrepreneur, social activist, and business executive. She was the first African-American woman pharmacist to own and operate her own drug store; much later, she was the first African-American woman to run for elective office in the state of New York.