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. 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 (b. 1910) | 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 (b. 1914) | 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 | |
| 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 I. 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 (b. 1908) | 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 | |
| Agnes Mary Mansour (1931-2004) | 1998 | Contemporary | Education, Social Reformer | |
| 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 (b. 1896) | 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 (b. 1912) | 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 |
