Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (MWHOF) honors distinguished women, both historical and contemporary, who have been associated with the U.S. state of Michigan. The hall of fame was founded in 1973 by Gladys Beckwith and is sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association.[1] The formation of the Association and the Hall was prompted by five professors from Michigan State University who were teaching a Women in American Society course.[2]
Nominations to the hall of fame are accepted from the public and are open to women who rose to prominence or were born in Michigan as well as those who have lived in the state for an extended period. A screening committee ranks the nominations by merit and a second committee makes the final determination, selecting on average eight to ten women annually. Inductees are honored at a ceremony and dinner in October and are presented with a bronze Lifetime Achievement Award.[3] As of 2013, the Hall of Fame contains over 275 inductees.[4]
The Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame is housed in the 1903-built Cooley-Haze House, located at 213 W. Malcolm X St. (formerly W. Main Street), directly south of downtown Lansing, Michigan. The museum is surrounded by Cooley Gardens and contains a resource library as well as exhibit galleries dedicated to preserving and presenting Michigan women's history and art. The house was opened to the public on June 10, 1987. The Center also contains the Belen Gallery, which features art from Michigan women.[1]
Hall of Fame honorees
Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement |
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Harriette Simpson Arnow | (1907–1986) | 1983 | Novelist[5] | |
N. Lorraine Beebe | (1910–2005) | 1983 | Politics | |
Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe | (1900–1991) | 1983 | Civil rights, politics | |
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler | (1807–1834) | 1983 | Literature, abolition | |
Mary Stallings Coleman | (1914–2001) | 1983 | Law | |
Wilma T. Donahue | (1900–1993) | 1983 | Medicine, health care | |
Grace Eldering | (1900–1988) | 1983 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Josephine Gomon | (1892–1975) | 1983 | Medicine, health care | |
Martha W. Griffiths | (1912–2003) | 1983 | Politics | |
Dorothy Haener | (1917–2000) | 1983 | Labor | |
Laura Smith Haviland | (1808–1897) | 1983 | Abolition | |
Mildred M. Jeffrey | (1911–2004) | 1983 | Labor | |
Pearl Kendrick | (1890–1980) | 1983 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Helen W. Milliken | (1922–2012) | 1983 | Philanthropist, Women's rights | |
Rosa Parks | (1913–2005) | 1983 | Pivotal African American figure in the Civil Rights movement. In 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white person and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott[6] | |
Anna Howard Shaw | (1847–1919) | 1983 | Suffrage, religion, medicine, health care | |
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone | (1814–1900) | 1983 | Women's rights | |
Sojourner Truth | (1797–1883) | 1983 | Abolition | |
Helen J. Claytor | (1907–2005) | 1984 | Civil rights | |
Caroline Bartlett Crane | (1858–1935) | 1984 | Religion, suffrage | |
Marguerite Lofft De Angeli | (1889–1987) | 1984 | Literature | |
Genevieve Gillette | (1898–1986) | 1984 | Environment | |
Icie Macy Hoobler | (1892–1984) | 1984 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Madeline La Framboise | 100px | (1779–1846) | 1984 | Business |
Martha Longstreet | (1870–1953) | 1984 | Medicine, health care | |
Elly M. Peterson | (1914–2008) | 1984 | Politics | |
Jessie Pharr Slaton | (1908–1983) | 1984 | Education | |
Mary C. Spencer | (1842–1923) | 1984 | Education | |
Bertha Van Hoosen | (1863–1952) | 1984 | Medicine, health care | |
Patricia Boyle | (1937–2014) | 1986 | Law | |
Elizabeth C. Crosby | (1888–1983) | 1986 | Math, science | |
Gwen Frostic | (1906–2001) | 1986 | Arts | |
Elmina R. Lucke | (1889–1987) | 1986 | Missionary | |
Marjorie Swank Matthews | (1916–1986) | 1986 | Religion | |
Marjorie Peebles-Meyers | (1915–2001) | 1986 | Medicine, health care | |
Mary Chase Perry Stratton | (1867–1961) | 1986 | Arts | |
Helen Thomas | (1920–2013) | 1986 | Journalism | |
Marion Isabel Barnhart | (1921–1985) | 1987 | Math, science | |
Patricia Hill Burnett | (b. 1920) | 1987 | Arts, women's rights | |
Ethel Calhoun | (1898–1989) | 1987 | Medicine, health care | |
Georgia Emery | (1867–1913) | 1987 | Business | |
Betty Ford | (b. 1918) | 1987 | First Lady of the United States Women's Rights[7] |
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Rosa Slade Gragg | (1904–1989) | 1987 | Civil rights | |
Clara Raven | (1909–1994) | 1987 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Louise L. (Sally) Brown | (b. 1917) | 1988 | Education | |
Ethelene Crockett | (1914–1978) | 1988 | Medicine, health care | |
Marcia J. Federbush | (b. 1934) | 1988 | Women's rights | |
Fran Harris | (1909–1998) | 1988 | Journalism | |
M. Jane Kay-Nugent | (b. 1925) | 1988 | Business | |
Agnes Mary Mansour | (1931–2004) | 1988 | Education, social reform | |
Helen Martin | (1889–1973) | 1988 | Math, science | |
Sarah Goddard Power | (1935–1987) | 1988 | Civil rights | |
Clara B. Arthur | (1858–1929) | 1989 | Suffrage | |
Anna Sutherland Bissell | (1846–1934) | 1989 | Business | |
Alexa Canady | (b. 1950) | 1989 | Medicine, health care | |
Anne R. Davidow | (1898–1991) | 1989 | Law | |
Bernadine Newsom Denning | (b. 1930) | 1989 | Civil rights | |
Isabella Karle | (b. 1921) | 1989 | Math, science | |
Jean Ledwith King | (b. 1924) | 1989 | Women's rights | |
Olga Madar | (1915–1996) | 1989 | Labor | |
Mary Anne Mayo | (1845–1903) | 1989 | Education | |
Emily Helen Butterfield | (1884–1958) | 1990 | Architecture, arts | |
Erma Henderson | (b. 1917) | 1990 | Politics | |
Dorothy Leonard Judd | (1898–1989) | 1990 | Politics | |
Elba Lila Morse | (1882–1975) | 1990 | Medicine, health care | |
Fannie M. Richards | (1840–1922) | 1990 | Education | |
Emelia Christine Schaub | (1891–1995) | 1990 | Law | |
Mary P. Sinclair | (b. 1918) | 1990 | Environment | |
Merze Tate | (1905–1996) | 1990 | Education | |
Delia Villegas Vorhauer | (1940–1992) | 1990 | Hispanic civil rights | |
Rachel Andresen | (1907–1988) | 1991 | Missionary | |
Mary V. Beck | (1908–2005) | 1991 | Politics | |
Jan BenDor | (b. 1946) | 1991 | Women's rights | |
Janet K. Good | (1923–1997) | 1991 | Civil rights | |
Jo Jacobs | (b. 1933) | 1991 | Women's rights | |
Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby | (b. 1929) | 1991 | Law | |
Dorothy Comstock Riley | (1924–2004) | 1991 | Law | |
Edith Mays Swanson | (1934–1989) | 1991 | Civil rights, education | |
Cora Mae Brown | (1914–1972) | 1992 | Politics | |
Mary Lou Butcher | (b. 1943) | 1992 | Journalism | |
Sarah Emma Edmonds | (1841–1898) | 1992 | Military | |
Violet Temple Lewis | (1899–1968) | 1992 | Education | |
Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon | (1926–1975) | 1992 | Journalism | |
Gilda Radner | (1946–1989) | 1992 | Entertainment | |
Martha Romayne Seger | (b. 1932) | 1992 | Economics | |
Ann M. Shafer | (1916–1991) | 1992 | Labor | |
Slyvia M. Stoesser | (1901–1991) | 1992 | Math, science | |
Lucinda (Lucy) Thurman | (1849–1918) | 1992 | Civil rights | |
Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles | (1912–2001) | 1992 | Missionary | |
Edith Vosburgh Alvord | (1875–1962) | 1993 | Volunteerism | |
Catherine Carter Blackwell | (b. 1919) | 1993 | Education | |
Jean W. Campbell | (b. 1918) | 1993 | Education | |
Katherine Hill Campbell | (1868–1942) | 1993 | Social reform | |
Lenna Frances Cooper | (1875–1961) | 1993 | Nutrition | |
Roberta A. Griffith | (1870–1941) | 1993 | Social reform | |
Bina West Miller | (1867–1954) | 1993 | Business | |
Jeanne Omelenchuk | (b. 1931) | 1993 | Athletics | |
Sippie Wallace | (1898–1986) | 1993 | Music | |
Edna Noble White | (1879–1954) | 1993 | Education | |
Irene Clark Woodman | (1905–1994) | 1993 | Military | |
Virginia R. Allan | (1916–1999) | 1994 | Education, women's rights | |
Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac | (1671–1746) | 1994 | Business, Medicine; she was the first white woman to cross the 750 miles of Iroquois Territory (Quebec to Detroit through Lake Ontario), which she did days after the signing of a peace treaty in 1701 between France and the Iroquois forces. She then went to Fort Pontchartrain with her husband, where she worked as the colony's doctor to the 200 habitants and the four thousand neighboring Indians, as well as hiring voyageurs and signing contracts. | |
Ruth Carlton | (1911–2001) | 1994 | Journalist | |
Flossie Cohen | (1925–2004) | 1994 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Bertha A. Daubendiek | (1916–2005) | 1994 | Environment | |
Genora Johnson Dollinger | (1913–1995) | 1994 | Labor | |
Flora Hommel | (b. 1928) | 1994 | Medicine, health care | |
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones | (1892–1972) | 1994 | Math, science | |
Aleda E. Lutz | (1915–1944) | 1994 | Aviation, military, medicine, health care | |
Helen Walker McAndrew | (1826–1906) | 1994 | Medicine, health care | |
Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega | (b. 1943) | 1995 | Hispanic civil rights | |
Irene M. Auberlin | (1896–1999) | 1995 | Missionary | |
Hilda R. Gage | (1939–2010) | 1995 | Law | |
Lucia Voorhees Grimes | (1877–1978) | 1995 | Suffrage | |
R. Louise Grooms | (1902–1984) | 1995 | Business | |
Odessa Komer | (1925–2004) | 1995 | Labor | |
Laura Freele Osborn | (1866–1955) | 1995 | Education | |
Jacquelin E. Washington | (b. 1931) | 1995 | Missionary | |
Carrie Frazier Roger Brown | (b. 1948) | 1996 | Medicine, health care | |
Anna Clemenc | (1888–1956) | 1996 | Labor | |
Waunetta McClellan Dominic | (1921–1981) | 1996 | Native American civil rights | |
Margaret Muth Laurence | (1916–1996) | 1996 | Law | |
Claudia House Morcom | (b. 1932) | 1996 | Law | |
Betsy Graves Reyneau | (1888–1964) | 1996 | Arts, civil rights | |
Shirley E. Schwartz | (b. 1935) | 1996 | Math, science | |
Joan Luedders Wolfe | (b. 1929) | 1996 | Environment | |
Ellen Burstyn | (b. 1932) | 1997 | Entertainment | |
Marion Corwell-Shertzer | (b. 1931) | 1997 | Journalism | |
Four Sisters of Charity | 1997 | Missionary | ||
Della Goodwin | (b. 1931) | 1997 | Medicine, health care | |
Alice King Hamilton | (1869–1970) | 1997 | Medicine, health are | |
Nancy Harkness Love | (1914–1976) | 1997 | Aviation, military | |
Maryann Mahaffey | (b. 1925) | 1997 | Women's rights | |
Sharon E. Sutton | (b. 1941) | 1997 | Architecture | |
Matilda Dodge Wilson | (1883–1967) | 1997 | Philanthropist, politics | |
Connie Binsfeld | (b. 1924) | 1998 | Politics | |
Hilda Patricia Curran | (b. 1938) | 1998 | Women's rights | |
Marie Dye | (1891–1974) | 1998 | Education | |
Eleanor M. Josaitis | (b. 1931) | 1998 | Missionary | |
Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt | (b. 1948) | 1998 | Medicine, health care | |
Ella Merriman Sharp | (1857–1912) | 1998 | Environment | |
Martha Jean Steinberg | (1927–2000) | 1998 | Journalism | |
Ruth Thompson | (1887–1970) | 1998 | Law | |
Lily Tomlin | (b. 1939) | 1998 | Entertainment | |
Patricia L. Beeman | (1925–1996) | 1999 | Civil rights | |
Olympia Brown | (1835–1926) | 1999 | Religion, suffrage | |
Doris DeDeckere | (b. 1926) | 1999 | Philanthropist, labor volunteerism | |
Margaret Drake Elliott | (1904–1999) | 1999 | Environment | |
Elizabeth Homer | (b. 1943) | 1999 | Women's rights | |
Eleonore Hutzel | (1885–1979) | 1999 | Medicine, health care | |
Ella Eaton Kellogg | (1853–1920) | 1999 | Philanthropist, nutrition | |
Emily Burton Ketcham | (1838–1907) | 1999 | Suffrage | |
Ardeth Platte, O.P. | (b. 1936) | 1999 | Peace movement, conflict resolution | |
Lillian Mellen Genser | (b. 1920) | 2000 | Peace movement, conflict resolution | |
Loney Clinton Gordon | (1915–1999) | 2000 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Katherine G. Heideman | (b. 1910) | 2000 | Education | |
Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson | (1933–1979) | 2000 | Civil rights, education | |
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy | (1923–2014) | 2000 | Law | |
Marjorie J. Lansing | (1916–1998) | 2000 | Education, women's rights | |
Chaun-Pu Lee | (b. 1931) | 2000 | Math, science | |
Marilyn Fisher Lundy | (b. 1925) | 2000 | Education | |
Katharine Dexter McCormick | (1875–1967) | 2000 | Philanthropist], women's rights | |
Kathleen N. Straus | (b. 1923) | 2000 | Civil rights | |
Clarissa M. Young | (1922–1979) | 2000 | Law enforcement | |
Cora Reynolds Anderson | (1882–1950) | 2001 | Politics | |
Lucile E. Belen | (b. 1912) | 2001 | Politics | |
Theresa Maxis Duchemin | (1810–1892) | 2001 | Missionary | |
Aretha Franklin | (b. 1942) | 2001 | Entertainment | |
Francie Kraker Goodridge | (b. 1947) | 2001 | Athletics | |
Marian Bayoff Ilitch | (b. 1933) | 2001 | Business | |
Mary Ellen Riordan | (b. 1920) | 2001 | Education | |
Joesphine Stern Weiner | (1912–2000) | 2001 | Volunteerism | |
Hortense Golden Canady | (b. 1927) | 2002 | Community service | |
Julia Wheelock Freeman | (1833–1900) | 2002 | Medicine, health care, volunteerism | |
May Stocking Knaggs | (1847–1917) | 2002 | Suffrage | |
Naomi Long Madgett | (b. 1923) | 2002 | Literature | |
Lucille Hanna McCollough | (1905–1996) | 2002 | Politics | |
Lana Pollack | (b. 1942) | 2002 | Politics | |
Martha Louise Rayne | (1836–1911) | 2002 | Journalism | |
Muriel Dorothy Ross | (b. 1927) | 2002 | Math, science | |
Mary Agnes Blair | (1909–1982) | 2003 | Education | |
Verne Burbridge | (1896–2005) | 2003 | Volunteerism | |
Nellie Cuellar | (1899–1987) | 2003 | Civil rights | |
Alice Scanlan Kocel | (b. 1920) | 2003 | Civil rights | |
Joyce Lewis Kornbluh | (b. 1928) | 2003 | Labor | |
Eliza Seaman Leggett | (1815–1900) | 2003 | Abolition, suffrage, women's rights | |
Ida Lippman | (1893–1980) | 2003 | Law enforcement | |
Marion 'Babe' Ruth | (1918–2004) | 2003 | Aviation | |
Bernice "B" Steadman | (b. 1925) | 2003 | Aviation | |
Pamela Withrow | (b. 1948) | 2003 | Law enforcement | |
Ruth Zweifler | (b. 1930) | 2003 | Education | |
Geraldine Bledsoe Ford | (1926–2003) | 2004 | Law | |
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm | (b. 1959) | 2004 | Politics | |
Lystra Gretter | (1858–1951) | 2004 | Medicine, health care | |
Florine Mark | 2004 | Business | ||
Cathy McClelland | (b. 1954) | 2004 | Business | |
Constance Mayfield Rourke | (1885–1941) | 2004 | Academics | |
Margaret M. Chiara | (b. 1943) | 2005 | Law | |
Eva Lois Evans | (b. 1935) | 2005 | Civil rights, community service | |
Georgia A. Lewis Johnson, M.D. | (b. 1930) | 2005 | Medicine, health care | |
Lida Holmes Mattman | (1912–2008) | 2005 | Math, science, medicine, health care | |
Olivia (Libby) Maynard | (b. 1936) | 2005 | Education, politics | |
Deborah Stabenow | (b. 1950) | 2005 | Politics | |
Caroline Thrun | (1897–1983) | 2005 | Law | |
Margaret Sellers Walker | (b. 1935) | 2005 | Environment, Human Resources | |
Elizabeth Weaver | (1941–2015) | 2005 | Law | |
Cynthia Yao | (b. 1940) | 2005 | Museum studies | |
Mary Esther Daddazio | (b. 1924) | 2006 | Women's rights | |
Margery Feliksa | (1925–2001) | 2006 | Community service | |
Nancy Hammond | (b. 1937) | 2006 | Government, Women's Rights | |
Viola Liuzzo | (1925–1965) | 2006 | Civil rights | |
Marge Piercy | (b. 1936) | 2006 | Women's Rights, Writing | |
Dora Hall Stockman | (1872–1948) | 2006 | Agriculture, Education, Politics | |
Martha Strickland Clark | (1853–1935) | 2006 | Law | |
Helen Hornbeck Tanner | (1916–2011) | 2006 | History, Native American Rights | |
Mary Brown (Michigan politician) | (b. 1935) | 2007 | Environment, Politics, Women's Rights | |
Gertrude Buck | (1871–1922) | 2007 | Education | |
Emma Cole | (1845–1910) | 2007 | Education, Environment | |
Haifa Fakhouri | 2007 | Social Work/Mission Work | ||
Carolyn Geisel | (1862–1932) | 2007 | Medicine/Health Care | |
Jane Briggs Hart | (b. 1922) | 2007 | Community Service, Women's Rights | |
Abigail Rogers | (1818–1869) | 2007 | Education, Women's Rights | |
Kathleen Wilbur | (b. 1953) | 2007 | Education, Government | |
Woman's Hospital Association (Charter Members) | 2007 | Medicine/Health Care | ||
Carol Atkins | (b. 1923) | 2008 | Women's Rights, Writing | |
Patricia Cuza | (b. 1936) | 2008 | Government, Women's Rights | |
Carol King | (b. 1948) | 2008 | Women's Rights | |
Vicki Neiberg | (b. 1940) | 2008 | Education, Labor, Women's Rights | |
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft | (1800–1842) | 2008 | Writing | |
Leta Snow | (1880–1980) | 2008 | Music | |
Mary Francilene Van de Vyver | (1941–2001) | 2008 | Education, Religion | |
Carol Atkins | (b. 1923) | 2008 | Women's Rights, Writing | |
Grace Lee Boggs | (b. 1915) | 2009 | Civil rights | |
Margaret Chandler | (1929–1997) | 2009 | Native American Rights | |
Ruth Ellis | (1899–2000) | 2009 | Business, Gay Rights | |
Edna Ferber | (1885–1968) | 2009 | Writing | |
Glenda Lappan | (b. 1939) | 2009 | Education | |
Kay Givens McGowan | (b. 1942) | 2009 | Native American Rights, Women's Rights | |
Elizabeth Phillips | (b. 1937) | 2009 | Education | |
Jessica Rickert | (b. 1950) | 2009 | Dentistry, Native American Rights | |
Betty Tableman | (b. 1922) | 2009 | Mental Health | |
Marlo Thomas | (b. 1937) | 2009 | Community Service, Entertainment, Women's Rights | |
Mary Aikey | (b. 1928) | 2010 | Community Service, Education, Women's Rights | |
Laura Carter Callow | (b. 1927) | 2010 | Women's Rights | |
Augusta Jane Chapin | (1836–1905) | 2010 | Religion, Women's Rights | |
Sandra Laser Draggoo | (b. 1940) | 2010 | Business | |
Annie Etheridge | (1840–1913) | 2010 | Military, Nursing | |
Sherrill Freeborough | (b. 1947) | 2010 | Business | |
Dorean Marguerite Hurley Koenig | (b. 1934) | 2010 | Education, Law | |
Terry McMillan | (b. 1951) | 2010 | Writer | |
Edith Munger | (1865–1945) | 2010 | Environment | |
Cynthia J. Pasky | (b. 1959) | 2010 | Business, Philanthropy | |
Lois A. Bader | (b. 1935) | 2011 | Education | |
Jumana Judeh | (b. 1959) | 2011 | Business, Women's Rights | |
Marilyn Kelly | (b. 1938) | 2011 | Law | |
Valeria Lipczynski | (1846–1930) | 2011 | Community Service | |
Edelmira Lopez | (b. 1922) | 2011 | Community Service, Folk Life, Labor, Women's Rights | |
Kary Moss | (b. 1958) | 2011 | Civil Rights, Law, Women's Rights | |
Rose Mary C. Robinson | (b. 1939) | 2011 | Law, Politics | |
Patricia Saunders | (b. 1966) | 2011 | Athletics | |
Gladys Beckwith | 2012 | Women's studies | ||
Patricia Caruso | 2012 | First woman director of the Michigan Department of Corrections | ||
Mary Jane Dockeray | 2012 | Environment | ||
Judith Karandjeff | 2012 | Women's rights | ||
Les Meres et Debutantes Club of Greater Lansing | 2012 | African American women's organization created in 1962 | ||
Serena Williams | (b. 1981) | 2012 | Tennis, only player to have achieved a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles, Youngest inductee | |
L. Anna Ballard | (1848–1934) | 2012 | Medicine; she was Lansing’s first female medical doctor. She helped found several local medical associations, was president of the Central Union Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Lansing and was active with the state
organization, and led the fight to raise Michigan’s age of consent for girls from 10 to 14 years of age. |
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Eva McCall Hamilton | (1871–1948) | 2012 | First woman elected to the Michigan Legislature in 1920 | |
Mary E. McCoy | (1846–1923) | 2012 | Women's rights and African-American rights; she helped to found organizations that supported African-American women and children, worked to legalize women’s suffrage, and had an appointment to the Michigan Commission for the Half Century
Exposition for Freedmen’s Progress. |
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Elizabeth Bauer | 2013 | Advocate for the rights of people with disabilities | ||
Judith Levin Cantor | 2013 | Historian, author, archivist, and exhibit curator | ||
Paula Cunningham | 2013 | First female president of Lansing Community College | ||
Joan Jackson Johnson | 2013 | Advocate for the poor, homeless, and mentally ill | ||
Gladys McKenney | 2013 | Educator and advocate for women's rights | ||
Marina von Neumann Whitman | (b. 1935–) | 2013 | Vice president and group executive of Public Affairs at General Motors | |
Con-Con Eleven | 2013 | The 11 women delegates at the 1961–1962 Michigan Constitutional Convention: Vera Andrus, Ruth Gibson Butler, Anne M. Conklin, Katherine Moore Cushman, Ann Elizabeth Donnelly, Daisy Elizabeth Elliott, Adelaide Julia Hart, Lillian Hatcher, Dorothy Leonard Judd, Ella Demmink Koeze, and Marjorie Frances McGowan | ||
Elizabeth Eaglesfield | (1853–1940) | 2013 | Businesswoman and one of the first female steamship captains on Lake Michigan | |
Harriet Quimby | (1875–1912) | 2013 | Early American aviator and movie screenwriter | |
Elizabeth Lehman Belen | (1886–1975) | 2014 | Politics; she was the second woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives and the first woman and Democrat elected from Lansing. [8] | |
MaryLee Davis | 2014 | Michigan State University administrator and professor[8] | ||
Jeanne Findlater | 2014 | General manager of WXYZ-TV/Detroit and vice president of ABC Television[8] | ||
Dorothy A. Johnson | 2014 | President Emeritus of the Council of Michigan Foundations[8] | ||
Julie Krone | 2014 | Sports [8] | ||
Mary Carmelita Manning | (1888–1962) | 2014 | Religion and Nursing; she was a Sister of Mercy who was a major contributor to the construction and administration of 25 Mercy hospitals, 15 of them in Michigan. In 1934 Manning opened the first Central School of Nursing in Michigan (the second in the country).[8] | |
Barbara Roberts Mason | 2014 | Politics; she served for 24 years on the State Board of Education and spoke at four National Democratic Conventions, and seconded the nomination of Vice Presidential Candidate Geraldine Ferraro.[8] | ||
Marylou Olivarez Mason | 2014 | Hispanic rights; she was Executive Director of the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan, and initiated the Michigan Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and the Hispanic Student Summit and Legislative Advocacy Day at the state capitol. She was also the first Hispanic woman on the Lansing Community College Board of Trustees.[8] | ||
Andra M. Rush | 2014 | Business; she was Chairwoman and CEO of the Rush Group Family of Companies (Rush Trucking, Dakkota Integrated Systems, and Detroit Manufacturing Systems), one of the largest Native American-owned businesses in America. She was also personally mentioned by President Obama at the 2014 State of the Union Address.[8] | ||
Mary Ellen Sheets | 2014 | Founder of Two Men and a Truck[8] | ||
Lucille Farrier Stickel | (1915–2007) | 2014 | Environmental movement; her work in the field of wildlife toxicology was an important contribution to Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring. She was also the first woman to direct a major Federal laboratory, serving as Director of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center from 1973 until her retirement in 1982.[8] |
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External links
- The Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame
- Virtual Gallery of Honorees
- Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Nomination Form
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