Jewel Stradford Lafontant-Mankarious (an haife ta ne a ranar 28 ga watan Afrilu, 1922 - 31 ga Mayu, 1997), ta kasan ce ita ce mace ta farko (kuma mace Ba'amurkiyar Afirka) mataimakiyar lauyan Janar din Amurka, jami'i a gwamnatin Shugaba George HW Bush, kuma lauya a Chicago . Hakanan Shugaba Richard Nixon ya dauke ta a matsayin wanda za ta iya gabatarwa da Kotun Koli ta Amurka . An haife ta a Chicago a matsayin Jewel Carter Stradford, ta kasance 'yar shahararren lauya kuma wacce ta kirkiro kungiyar lauyoyi ta kasa, C. Francis Stradford, da Aida Arabella Stradford. Ta na zuriyar cikin karni na 19th American artisan, Scipio Vaughan da matarsa, Maria Conway daga wanda ta samu Yoruba Nijeriya, Cherokee da Scottish ancestries. Jewel ya sami digiri na farko a kimiyyar siyasa daga Kwalejin Oberlin a 1943. Yayinda yake a Kwalejin Oberlin, Jewel ya kasance kyaftin na ƙungiyar volleyball kuma memba na icalungiyar Musical, Forensic Union, Cosmopolitan Club, da sauran ayyukan da yawa. Jewel ta fara makarantar koyon aikin lauya a 1943 kuma ita kadai ce Ba’amurkiyar Ba’amurke mace a ajinsu.