Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

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The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame honors distinguished women, both historical and contemporary, who have been associated with the U.S. state of Michigan. It is housed in the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame building, located at 213 W. Malcolm X St. (formerly W. Main Street) in downtown Lansing, Michigan. The Historical Center also contains a resource library as well as exhibit galleries dedicated to preserving and presenting Michigan women's history and art.

[edit] Hall of Fame honorees

Name (birth-death) Year Inducted Era Group Area of Achievement
Harriette Simpson Arnow (1907–1986) 1983 Contemporary Writing
N. Lorraine Beebe (1910–2005) 1983 Contemporary Politics
Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe (1900–1991) 1983 Contemporary African American Civil Rights, Politics
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834) 1983 Historic Abolition, Writing
Mary Stallings Coleman (1914–2001) 1983 Contemporary Law
Wilma T. Donahue (1900–1993) 1983 Contemporary Medicine/Health Care
Grace Eldering (1900–1988) 1983 Historic Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Josephine Gomon (1892–1975) 1983 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Martha W. Griffiths (1912–2003) 1983 Contemporary Politics
Dorothy Haener (1917–2000) 1983 Contemporary Labor
Laura Smith Haviland (1808–1897) 1983 Historic Abolition
Mildred M. Jeffrey (1911–2004) 1983 Contemporary Labor
Pearl Kendrick (1890–1980) 1983 Historic Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Helen W. Milliken (b. 1922) 1983 Contemporary Philanthropist, Women's Rights
Rosa L. Parks (1913–2005) 1983 Contemporary African American Civil Rights
Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919) 1983 Historic Medicine/Health Care, Religion, Suffrage
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone (1814–1900) 1983 Historic Women's Rights
Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) 1983 Historic African American Abolition
Helen J. Claytor (1907–2005) 1984 Contemporary African American Civil Rights
Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858–1935) 1984 Historic Religion, Suffrage
Marguerite Lofft De Angeli (1889–1987) 1984 Contemporary Writing
Genevieve Gillette (1898–1986) 1984 Contemporary Environment
Icie Macy Hoobler (1892–1984) 1984 Contemporary Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Madeline La Framboise (1779–1846) 1984 Historic Native American Business
Martha Longstreet (1870–1953) 1984 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Elly M. Peterson (1914–2008) 1984 Contemporary Politics
Jessie Pharr Slaton (1908–1983) 1984 Contemporary African American Education
Mary C. Spencer (1842–1923) 1984 Historic Education
Bertha Van Hoosen (1863–1952) 1984 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Patricia J. Boyle (b. 1937) 1986 Contemporary Law
Elizabeth C. Crosby (1888–1983) 1986 Historic Math/Science
Gwen Frostic (1906–2001) 1986 Contemporary Arts
Elmina R. Lucke (1889–1987) 1986 Historic Social Work/Mission Work
Marjorie Swank Matthews (1916–1986) 1986 Contemporary Religion
Marjorie Peebles-Meyers (1915–2001) 1986 Contemporary African American Medicine/Health Care
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867–1961) 1986 Historic Arts
Helen Thomas (b. 1920) 1986 Contemporary Journalism
Marion Isabel Barnhart (1921–1985) 1987 Historic Math/Science
Patricia Hill Burnett (b. 1920) 1987 Contemporary Arts, Women's Rights
Ethel Calhoun (1898–1989) 1987 Contemporary Medicine/Health Care
Georgia Emery (1867–1913) 1987 Historic Business
Betty Ford (b. 1918) 1987 Contemporary Women's Rights
Rosa Slade Gragg (1904–1989) 1987 Contemporary African American Civil Rights
Clara Raven (1909–1994) 1987 Contemporary Jewish Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Louise L. (Sally) Brown (b. 1917) 1988 Contemporary Education
Ethelene Crockett (1914–1978) 1988 Historic African American Medicine/Health Care
Marcia J. Federbush (b. 1934) 1988 Contemporary Women's Rights
Fran Harris (1909–1998) 1988 Contemporary Journalism
M. Jane Kay-Nugent (b. 1925) 1988 Contemporary Business
Agnes Mary Mansour (1931–2004) 1988 Contemporary Education, Social Reformer
Helen Martin (1889–1973) 1988 Historic Math/Science
Sarah Goddard Power (1935–1987) 1988 Historic Civil Rights
Clara B. Arthur (1858–1929) 1989 Historic Suffrage
Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846–1934) 1989 Historic Business
Alexa Canady (b. 1950) 1989 Contemporary African American Medicine/Health Care
Anne R. Davidow (1898–1991) 1989 Contemporary Law
Bernadine Newsom Denning (b. 1930) 1989 Contemporary African American Civil Rights, Education
Isabella Karle (b. 1921) 1989 Contemporary Math/Science
Jean Ledwith King (b. 1924) 1989 Contemporary Women's Rights
Olga M. Madar (1915–1996) 1989 Contemporary Labor
Mary Anne Mayo (1845–1903) 1989 Historic Education
Emily Helen Butterfield (1884–1958) 1990 Historic Architecture, Arts
Erma Henderson (b. 1917) 1990 Contemporary African American Politics
Dorothy Leonard Judd (1898–1989) 1990 Historic Politics
Elba Lila Morse (1882–1975) 1990 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Fannie M. Richards (1840–1922) 1990 Historic African American Education
Emelia Christine Schaub (1891–1995) 1990 Historic Law
Mary Sinclair (b. 1918) 1990 Contemporary Environment
Merze Tate (1905–1996) 1990 Contemporary African American Education
Delia Villegas Vorhauer (1940–1992) 1990 Contemporary Hispanic Civil Rights
Rachel Andresen (1907–1988) 1991 Historic Social Work/Mission Work
Mary V. Beck (1908–2005) 1991 Historic Law
Jan BenDor (b. 1946) 1991 Contemporary Women's Rights
Janet K. Good (1923–1997) 1991 Contemporary Civil Rights
Jo Jacobs (b. 1933) 1991 Contemporary Women's Rights
Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby (b. 1929) 1991 Contemporary Law
Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924–2004) 1991 Contemporary Law
Edith Mays Swanson (1934–1989) 1991 Historic African American Civil Rights, Education
Cora Mae Brown (1914–1972) 1992 Historic African American Politics
Mary Lou Butcher (b. 1943) 1992 Contemporary Journalism
Sarah Emma Edmonds (1849–1898) 1992 Historic Military
Violet Temple Lewis (1899–1968) 1992 Historic African American Education
Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon (1926–1975) 1992 Historic Journalism
Gilda Radner (1946–1989) 1992 Historic Jewish Arts, Entertainment
Martha Romayne Seger (b. 1932) 1992 Contemporary Economics
Ann M. Shafer (1916–1991) 1992 Historic Labor
Slyvia M. Stoesser (1901–1991) 1992 Historic Math/Science
Lucinda (Lucy) Thurman (1849–1918) 1992 Historic Civil Rights
Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles (1912–2001) 1992 Contemporary African American Social Work/Mission Work
Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875–1962) 1993 Historic Volunteer Work
Catherine Carter Blackwell (b. 1919) 1993 Contemporary African American Education
Jean W. Campbell (b. 1918) 1993 Contemporary Education
Katherine Hill Campbell (1868–1942) 1993 Historic Social Reformer
Lenna Frances Cooper (1875–1961) 1993 Historic Dietetics
Roberta A. Griffith (1870–1941) 1993 Historic Social Reformer
Bina West Miller (1867–1954) 1993 Historic Business
Jeanne Omelenchuk (b. 1931) 1993 Contemporary Athletics
Sippie Wallace (1898–1986) 1993 Historic African American Music
Edna Noble White (1879–1954) 1993 Historic Education
Irene Clark Woodman (1905–1994) 1993 Contemporary Military
Virginia R. Allan (1916–1999) 1994 Contemporary Education, Women's Rights
Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671–1746) 1994 Historic Other
Ruth Carlton (1911–2001) 1994 Contemporary Journalism
Flossie Cohen (1925–2004) 1994 Contemporary Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Bertha A. Daubendiek (b. 1916) 1994 Contemporary Environment
Genora Johnson Dollinger (1913–1995) 1994 Contemporary Labor
Flora Hommel (b. 1928) 1994 Contemporary Jewish Medicine/Health Care
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892–1972) 1994 Historic Math/Science
Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944) 1994 Historic Aviation, Medicine/Health Care, Military
Helen Walker McAndrew (1826–1906) 1994 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega (b. 1943) 1995 Contemporary Hispanic Civil Rights, Journalism
Irene M. Auberlin (1896–1999) 1995 Contemporary Social Work/Mission Work
Hilda R. Gage (b. 1939) 1995 Contemporary Law
Lucia Voorhees Grimes (1877–1978) 1995 Historic Suffrage
R. Louise Grooms (1902–1984) 1995 Historic African American Business
Odessa Komer (1925–2004) 1995 Contemporary Labor
Laura Freele Osborn (1866–1955) 1995 Historic Education
Jacquelin E. Washington (b. 1931) 1995 Contemporary African American Social Work/Mission Work
Carrie Frazier Roger Brown (b. 1948) 1996 Contemporary African American Medicine/Health Care
Anna Clemenc (1888–1956) 1996 Historic Labor
Waunetta McClellan Dominic (1921–1981) 1996 Historic Native American Civil Rights
Margaret Muth Laurence (1916–1996) 1996 Contemporary Law
Claudia House Morcom (b. 1932) 1996 Contemporary African American Law
Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888–1964) 1996 Historic Arts, Civil Rights
Shirley E. Schwartz (b. 1935) 1996 Contemporary Math/Science
Joan Luedders Wolfe (b. 1929) 1996 Contemporary Environment
Ellen Burstyn (b. 1932) 1997 Contemporary Arts, Entertainment
Marion Corwell-Shertzer (b. 1931) 1997 Contemporary Journalism
Four Sisters of Charity 1997 Historic Social Work/Mission Work
Della Goodwin (b. 1931) 1997 Contemporary African American Medicine/Health Care
Alice King Hamilton (1869–1970) 1997 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Nancy Harkness Love (1914–1976) 1997 Historic Aviation, Military
Maryann Mahaffey (b. 1925) 1997 Contemporary Women's Rights
Sharon E. Sutton (b. 1941) 1997 Contemporary African American Architecture
Matilda Dodge Wilson (1883–1976) 1997 Historic Philanthropist, Politics
Connie Binsfeld (b. 1924) 1998 Contemporary Politics
Hilda Patricia Curran (b. 1938) 1998 Contemporary Women's Rights
Marie Dye (1891–1974) 1998 Historic Education
Eleanor M. Josaitis (b. 1931) 1998 Contemporary Social Work/Mission Work
Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt (b. 1948) 1998 Contemporary Medicine/Health Care
Ella Merriman Sharp (1857–1912) 1998 Historic Environment
Martha Jean Steinberg (1927–2000) 1998 Contemporary African American Journalism
Ruth Thompson (1887–1970) 1998 Historic Law
Lily Tomlin (b. 1939) 1998 Contemporary Arts, Entertainment
Patricia L. Beeman (1925–1996) 1999 Historic Civil Rights
Olympia Brown (1835–1926) 1999 Historic Religion, Suffrage
Doris DeDeckere (b. 1926) 1999 Contemporary Labor, Philanthropist, Volunteer Work
Margaret Drake Elliott (1904–1999) 1999 Contemporary Environment
Elizabeth Homer (b. 1943) 1999 Contemporary Women's Rights
Eleonore Hutzel (1885–1979) 1999 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Ella Eaton Kellogg (1853–1920) 1999 Historic Dietetics, Philanthropist
Emily Burton Ketcham (1838–1907) 1999 Historic Suffrage
Ardeth Platte, O.P. (b. 1936) 1999 Contemporary Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement
Lillian Mellen Genser (b. 1920) 2000 Contemporary Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement
Loney Clinton Gordon (1915–1999) 2000 Historic African American Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Katherine G. Heideman (b. 1910) 2000 Contemporary Education
Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson (1933–1979) 2000 Historic African American Civil Rights, Education
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (b. 1923) 2000 Contemporary Law
Marjorie J. Lansing (1916–1998) 2000 Historic Education, Women's Rights
Chaun-Pu Lee (b. 1931) 2000 Contemporary Asian American Math/Science
Marilyn Fisher Lundy (b. 1925) 2000 Contemporary Education
Katharine Dexter McCormick (1875–1967) 2000 Historic Philanthropist, Women's Rights
Kathleen N. Straus (b. 1923) 2000 Contemporary Civil Rights, Education
Clarissa M. Young (1922–1979) 2000 Historic Law Enforcement
Cora Reynolds Anderson (1882–1950) 2001 Historic Native American Politics
Lucile E. Belen (b. 1912) 2001 Contemporary Politics
Theresa Maxis Duchemin (1810–1892) 2001 Historic African American Religion, Social Work/Mission Work
Aretha Franklin (b. 1942) 2001 Contemporary African American Arts, Entertainment
Francie Kraker Goodridge (b. 1947) 2001 Contemporary Athletics
Marian Bayoff Ilitch (b. 1933) 2001 Contemporary Business
Mary Ellen Riordan (b. 1920) 2001 Contemporary Education
Joesphine Stern Weiner (1912–2000) 2001 Historic Jewish Volunteer Work
Hortense Golden Canady (b. 1927) 2002 Contemporary African American Community Service
Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833–1900) 2002 Historic Medicine/Health Care, Volunteer Work
May Stocking Knaggs (1847–1917) 2002 Historic Suffrage
Naomi Long Madgett (b. 1923) 2002 Contemporary African American Writing
Lucille Hanna McCollough (1905–1996) 2002 Historic Politics
Lana Pollack (b. 1942) 2002 Contemporary Politics
Martha Louise Rayne (1836–1911) 2002 Historic Journalism
Muriel Dorothy Ross (b. 1927) 2002 Contemporary Math/Science
Mary Agnes Blair (1909–1982) 2003 Historic Education
Verne Burbridge (1896–2005) 2003 Contemporary Volunteer Work
Nellie Cuellar (1899–1987) 2003 Historic African American Civil Rights
Alice Scanlan Kocel (b. 1920) 2003 Contemporary Civil Rights
Joyce Lewis Kornbluh (b. 1928) 2003 Contemporary Labor
Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815–1900) 2003 Historic Abolition, Suffrage, Women's Rights
Ida Lippman (1893–1980) 2003 Historic Jewish Law Enforcement
Marion 'Babe' Ruth (1918–2004) 2003 Contemporary Aviation
Bernice "B" Steadman (b. 1925) 2003 Contemporary Aviation
Pamela Withrow (b. 1948) 2003 Contemporary Law Enforcement
Ruth Zweifler (b. 1930) 2003 Contemporary Education
Geraldine Bledsoe Ford (1926–2003) 2004 Historic African American Law
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (b. 1959) 2004 Contemporary Politics
Lystra Gretter (1858–1951) 2004 Historic Medicine/Health Care
Florine Mark 2004 Contemporary Jewish Business, Other
Cathy McClelland (b. 1954) 2004 Contemporary African American Business
Constance Mayfield Rourke (1885–1941) 2004 Historic Academics, Education
Margaret M. Chiara (b. 1943) 2005 Contemporary Law
Eva Lois Evans (b. 1935) 2005 Contemporary African American Civil Rights, Community Service
Georgia A. Lewis Johnson, M.D. (b. 1930) 2005 Contemporary African American Medicine/Health Care
Lida Holmes Mattman (1912–2008) 2005 Contemporary Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Olivia (Libby) Maynard (b. 1936) 2005 Contemporary Education, Politics
Deborah Stabenow (b. 1950) 2005 Contemporary Politics
Caroline Thrun (1897–1983) 2005 Historic Law
Margaret Sellers Walker (b. 1935) 2005 Contemporary African American Environment, Human Resources
Elizabeth Weaver (b. 1941) 2005 Contemporary Law
Cynthia Yao (b. 1940) 2005 Contemporary Asian American Museum Studies
Grace Lee Boggs (b. 1915) 2009 Contemporary Asian American Civil Rights
Augusta Jane Chapin (b. 1836) 2010 Historical Religion, Women's Rights

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Coordinates: 42°43′31″N 84°33′17″W / 42.72518°N 84.55478°W / 42.72518; -84.55478

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