Jeannette Carter (1886–1964) was an American lawyer, labor organizer, and suffragist.

[2] Carter started her practice in the Washington, D.C. area, working as a pension and claim attorney.

In 1917 Carter along with Mary Church Terrell and Julia F. Coleman formed the "Women's Wage Earner's Association" (WWEA) which advocated specifically for African-American women workers.

She went on to be appointed as the director of the "Colored Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation" which fell under the auspices of the United States Department of Labor (DOL).

Carter joined the lobby called "National Colored Women's Legislative Bureau" in 1921.