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Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Inductees

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Title
Image
Primary Achievement
Title
Year Inducted
Betty Accomazzo
Historic Preservation
Contemporary
2008
Mary Bernard Aguirre
Education
Legacy
1983
Barbara Barrett
Public Service
Contemporary
2021
Katharine Bartlett
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
2008
Betsey Bayless
Public Service
Contemporary
2020
Helene Thomas Bennett
Healthcare
Legacy
2010
Rachel Emma Allen Berry
Public Service
Legacy
1984
Jessie Gray Bevan
Public Service
Legacy
2006
Guess Eleanor Birchett
Education
Legacy
1989
Alice M. Birdsall
Public Service
Legacy
2010
Armida Guereña Bittner
Education
Contemporary
2021
Mary Black
Child Welfare
Legacy
2021
C. Louise Boehringer
Education
Legacy
2008
Erma Bombeck
Journalism
Legacy
2018
Jana Bommersbach
Journalism
Contemporary
2020
Clara Osborne Botzum
Public Service
Legacy
1990
Eulalia "Sister" Bourne
Education
Legacy
1987
Polly Hicks Brown
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
1989
Pauline Bates Brown
Journalism
Legacy
2010
Rosa Bruce
Housing
Legacy
2025
Marietta Cooper Bryant
Civil Rights
Legacy
2015
Nellie T. Bush
Public Service
Legacy
1982
Reverend Dr. Dosia Carlson
Religious Leadership
Legacy
2022
Lillian Piñon Carrillo
Racial Justice
Legacy
2025
Nellie Cashman
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
1984
Grace Chapella
Art
Legacy
1988
Jean Chaudhuri
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
2013
Jean Maddock Clark
Education
Legacy
2010
Sister Kathleen Clark
Child Welfare
Legacy
2008
Shelly Cohn
Art
Contemporary
2019
Vernell Myers Coleman
Community Activism
Legacy
1990
Rose Collom
Botany & Horticulture
Legacy
2013
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter
Architecture
Legacy
1986
Mary Russell Ferrell Colton
Art
Legacy
1981
Kate Cory
Art
Legacy
2019
Cordelia Adams Crawford
Western Ranching & Agriculture
Legacy
1981
Teresa "Terri" Cruz
Civil Rights
Legacy
2023
Rebecca Dallis
Education
Legacy
2017
Diana "DeDe" Yazzie Devine
Community Activism
Contemporary
2023
Myra Dinnerstein
Education
Contemporary
2025
Margaret Bell Douglas
Botany & Horticulture
Legacy
1991
Sister Clare Dunn
Public Service
Legacy
2017
Helen Congdon d’Autremont
Philanthropy
Legacy
1986
Eulalia Elias
Western Ranching & Agriculture
Legacy
1982
Margie Emmerman
Public Service
Contemporary
2021
Jessie Benton Evans
Art
Legacy
1989
Jean Fairfax
Civil Rights
Legacy
2020
Betty Fairfax
Civil Rights
Legacy
2020
Gracia Fernandez
Education
Legacy
2020
Mary “Mollie” E. Fly
Photography
Legacy
1989
Josefina Franco
Journalism
Legacy
2018
Lorraine Frank
Civic Engagement
Legacy
2015
Emma Lee French
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
2019
Ana Frohmiller
Public Service
Legacy
1982
María García
Civil Rights
Legacy
2018
Gabbrielle (Gabby) Giffords
Public Service
Contemporary
2025
Hattie Josephine Williams Goldwater
Sports
Legacy
1988
Sheila Grinell
Museum & Curation
Contemporary
2022
Minnie Augusta Knoop Guenther
Education
Legacy
1986
Sharlot Mabridth Hall
Historic Preservation
Legacy
1981
Michele Halyard, M.D.
Medical
Contemporary
2020
Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton
Botany & Horticulture
Legacy
2006
Angela Hutchinson Hammer
Journalism
Legacy
1983
Margaret Taylor Hance
Public Service
Legacy
1991
Sharon Harper
Entrepreneurship & Business
Contemporary
2019
Sallie Davis Hayden
Community Activism
Legacy
1984
Maie Bartlett Heard
Museum & Curation
Legacy
1982
Socorro Hernandez-Bernasconi
Civil Rights
Contemporary
2025
Laura E. Herron
Youth Leadership
Legacy
1983
Hallie Bost Wright Hopkins
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
1988
Guadalupe Huerta
Civil Rights
Legacy
2019
Josephine Brawley Hughes
Education
Legacy
1990
Jane Dee Hull
Public Service
Legacy
2021
Margaret Injasoulian
Journalism
Legacy
2018
Viola Jimulla
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
1986
Veora E. Johnson
Education
Legacy
2004
Ann-Eve Mansfeld Johnson
Child Welfare
Legacy
1987
Abbie Ware Crabb Keith
Western Ranching & Agriculture
Legacy
1987
Louise Lincoln Kerr
Music
Legacy
2004
Isabella Greenway King
Public Service
Legacy
1981
Edith Stratton Kitt
Cultural Preservation
Legacy
1983
Gerda Weissman Klein
Human Rights
Contemporary
2021
Edna Landin
Historic Preservation
Legacy
2022
Katie Lee
Environmental Conservation
Legacy
2021
Alison Levine
Sports
Contemporary
2018
Jessie Harper Linde
Art
Legacy
1987
Anne E. Lindeman
Public Service
Legacy
2010
Hattie Greene Lockett
Western Ranching & Agriculture
Legacy
1987
Lorna Lockwood
Law
Legacy
1981
Theodora M. Marsh
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
2023
Louise Marshall
Philanthropy
Legacy
2015
Lucia Martinez
Civil Rights
Legacy
2021
Helen Mason
Youth Leadership
Legacy
2015
Ethel Maynard
Civil Rights
Legacy
2006
Cindy Hensley McCain
Human Rights
Contemporary
2019
Gladys McGarey, M.D., M.D.H.
Medical
Contemporary
2017
Patricia Ann McGee
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
2006
Rosa Lyons McKay
Public Service
Legacy
2019
Rose Mofford
Public Service
Contemporary
2016
Winona E. Montgomery
Education
Legacy
2004
Daisy Nelson Moore
Racial Justice
Legacy
2015
Barbara Rodriguez Mundell
Law
Contemporary
2019
Frances Lillian Willard Munds
Public Service
Legacy
1982
Nampeyo
Art
Legacy
1986
Janet Napolitano
Public Service
Contemporary
2022
Amy Cornwall Neal
Cultural Preservation
Legacy
1983
Pauline O'Neill
Public Service
Legacy
2020
Elizabeth S. Oldaker
Historic Preservation
Legacy
1989
Minna Vrang Orme
Education
Legacy
1989
Sister Clara Otero
Religious Leadership
Legacy
1988
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Law
Contemporary
2015
Dora Kline Perry
Art
Legacy
2025
Josephine H. Pete
Education
Contemporary
2025
Bridgie M. Porter
Public Service
Legacy
2018
Mary Elizabeth Post
Education
Legacy
2002
Dorothy Elaine Powell
Education
Legacy
2013
Eleanor Ragsdale
Civil Rights
Legacy
2023
Ida Redbird
Art
Legacy
1985
Ruth Reinhold
Aviation
Legacy
1986
Denise Resnik
Disability Advocacy
Contemporary
2023
Thamar Richey
Education
Legacy
1988
Jane H. Rider
Engineering
Legacy
1983
Mary V. Riley
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
1988
Karrin Taylor Robson
Law
Contemporary
2020
Polly Rosenbaum
Public Service
Legacy
2006
Elisabeth Ruffner
Historic Preservation
Contemporary
2015
Clara M. Schell
Medical
Legacy
2017
Helen Sekaquaptewa
Indigenous Preservation
Legacy
2013
Louise Serpa
Photography
Legacy
2017
Elizabeth Shannon
Education
Legacy
1990
Anna Moore Shaw
Literature
Legacy
1981
Lucy Sikorsky
Healthcare
Legacy
2015
Margaret Sanger Slee
Healthcare
Legacy
1991
Placida Garcia Smith
Education
Legacy
1982
Sarah Herring Sorin
Law
Legacy
1985
Grace M. Sparkes
Historic Preservation
Legacy
1985
Catherine Steele
Education
Contemporary
2020
Jacque Yelland Steiner
Child Welfare
Legacy
2013
Minnie McFarland Stevens
Environmental Conservation
Legacy
1990
Victoria Mary Stevens, M.D.
Medical
Contemporary
2022
Mae Sue Talley
Engineering
Legacy
2016
Pearl Tang, M.D.
Medical
Legacy
2022
Clara Lee Tanner
Education
Legacy
2004
Angela Ruíz Tewksbury
Education
Legacy
2025
Elsie Toles
Education
Legacy
1984
Emma Torres
Community Activism
Contemporary
2023
Dr. Octaviana Trujillo
Education
Contemporary
2023
Maria Urquides
Education
Legacy
2002
Carmen Soto Vasquez
Art
Legacy
1984
Carolyn Warner
Education
Legacy
2020
Annie Dodge Wauneka
Healthcare
Legacy
2002
Mary Jo West
Journalism
Contemporary
2018
Louise Wade Wetherill
Cultural Preservation
Legacy
1985
Polingazsi Qoyawayma (Elisabeth Q. White)
Education
Legacy
1991
Christine Kajikawa Wilkinson, PhD
Education
Contemporary
2017
LaVerne Williams
Public Service
Legacy
2023
Clarissa Winsor
Historic Preservation
Legacy
1986
Clara T. Woody
Historic Preservation
Legacy
1987
Ola Young
Western Ranching & Agriculture
Legacy
1991
Florence Brookhart Yount
Medical
Legacy
1990
Ofelia Zepeda
Indigenous Preservation
Contemporary
2025
Julia Zozaya
Entrepreneurship & Business
Legacy
2017

Many thanks to donors and supporters of the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame:

  • Arizona Capitol Museum

  • Arizona Historical Society 

  • Arizona Humanities

  • Arizona State Archives

  • Ed J. Hermes - Law Offices of Snell & Wilmer

  • Independent Communications Strategy (ICS)

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