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Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Inductees

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

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

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Arizona Humanities

Arizona State Capitol Museum

Arizona State Libraries and Archives

Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park

Arizona Historical Society

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