Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
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The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to history of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
History
The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2014 to recognize women's contributions and impact upon the state of Arkansas. It was formed as a partnership between the Arkansas Business Publishing Group and the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.[1] An eleven-member board was developed to create a permanent location for the Hall of Fame and a sustained tribute to the women who have helped to build the state. Until a permanent facility is built, the plans call for a statewide traveling exhibit on the inductees.[2] The inaugural group of women, inducted on 27 August 2015, included 11 women and one organization, the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools and were selected from public nominations of 73 potential candidates.[3]
Criteria
The criteria for induction into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is that women were born in and achieved recognition within the state; are or have been a resident in Arkansas for an extended period of time and achieved prominence within the state; or were born in or lived in Arkansas for a significant period of time and achieved prominence elsewhere. Additional criteria:
- Made significant and enduring contributions to their field, whether professional or not;
- Made improvements to the cultural, economic, political or social status of their community, the state or the nation;
- Elevated the status of women and/or girls;
- Helped open new frontiers for women and the general society;
- Were inspirational role models.[4]
Inductees
The hall inducts new members annually and includes both contemporary and historical women or organizations which benefit women.[4]
Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement | Ref(s) |
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Bernie Babcock | (1868–1962) | 2024 | Author | [5] | |
Betty Dickey | (1940–) | 2024 | Chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court | [6] | |
Gussie Haynie | (1901–1957) | 2024 | Lawyer | [7] | |
Jacquelyn Williams McCray | 2024 | Professor and academic administrator | [8] | ||
Jamileh Kamran | 2024 | Fashion designer | [9] | ||
JoAnne Bush | 2024 | Public servant | [10] | ||
Kathy Webb | ![]() | (1949–) | 2024 | Restaurateur and politician; Current Vice-Mayor of Little Rock | [11] |
Committee of One Hundred for the Ozark Folk Center | 2024 | [12] | |||
Sandra Keiser Edwards | 2023 | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | [13] | ||
Cathy Hastings Owen | 2023 | Chairman of Eagle Bank & Trust Company, as well as Chairman, President & CEO of State Holding Company, in Little Rock | [14] | ||
Pat Steele Qualls | 2023 | Lake City Mayor, President Clinton appointee to Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) | [15] | ||
Nan Snow | (1936–) | 2023 | Civic activist for women's issues; a founder and charter member of the UCA Women's Giving Circle | [16] | |
Joyce Williams Warren | (1949–) | 2023 | Arkansas’ first black female judge, and multiple other firsts for black women | [17] | |
Dorothy McFadden Hoover | (1918–2000) | 2023 | American physicist and mathematician | [18] | |
Adolphine Fletcher Terry | ![]() | (1882–1976) | 2023 | Political and social activist | [19] |
Women’s Giving Circle | 2023 | University of Arkansas alumni, financial support for university projects | [20] | ||
Margaret Louise Sirman Clark | 2020 | First woman African-American professor hired by the University of Arkansas | [21] | ||
Cynthia L. Conger | 2020 | Financial planner | [22] | ||
Hispanic Women's Organization of Arkansas | 2020 | [23] | |||
Brownie Ledbetter | (1932–2010) | 2020 | Political activism | [24] | |
Dorothy Morris | 2020 | Philanthropist | [25] | ||
Carolyn Pollan | (1937–2021) | 2020 | Arkansas State Representative | [26] | |
Amy Rossi | 2020 | Executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families | [27] | ||
Sister Rosetta Tharpe | ![]() | (1915–1973) | 2020 | Entertainer | [28] |
Alice Andrews | 2019 | Conservationist | [29] | ||
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Beta Pi Omega chapter | 2019 | [30] | |||
Diane Frances Divers Kincaid Blair | (1938–2000) | 2019 | Educator, political advisor, and writer | [31] | |
Olivia Farrell | 2019 | Publisher; co-founder of the Arkansas Women's Foundation | [32] | ||
Jo Luck | 2019 | Activist for ending world hunger | [33] | ||
Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder | (1923–2020) | 2019 | Arkansas House of Representatives; first female president of the National Newspaper Association | [34] | |
Louise McPhetridge Thaden | ![]() | (1935–2018) | 2019 | Aviation pioneer | [35] |
Carolyn Witherspoon | 2019 | Founding partner of Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon and Galchus law firm; first woman to serve as president of the Arkansas Bar Association | [36] | ||
Caroline F. Blakely | 2018 | Chancellor emeritus at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | [37] | ||
Karen Flake | 2018 | President and CEO of Mount St. Mary Academy, Little Rock | [38] | ||
Sue Griffin | (1934–) | 2018 | Editor in Chief Journal of Neuroinflamattion | [39] | |
Raye Montague | ![]() | (1935–2018) | 2018 | US Navy engineer and graphics designer | [40] |
Bessie Boehm Moore | (1935–2018) | 2018 | Educator, civic leader, helped create the first public library in Pine Bluff. | [41] | |
Florence Beatrice Smith Price | ![]() | (1887–1953) | 2018 | Musical composer | [42] |
Mary Steenburgen | ![]() | (1953–) | 2018 | Actress | [43] |
Annabelle Davis Clinton Imber Tuck | (1950–) | 2018 | First woman elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court | [44] | |
Women's Foundation of Arkansas | 2018 | The only foundation in the state focusing solely on women and girls | [45] | ||
Maya Angelou | ![]() | (1928–2004) | 2017 | Poet | [46] |
June B. Freeman | 2017 | Architect | [47] | ||
Ruth Hawkins | 2017 | Historic preservation | [48] | ||
Brinda J. Jackson | 2017 | Architect | [49] | ||
Bernice Young Jones | (1905–2003) | 2017 | Philanthropist | [50] | |
Pat Lile | 2017 | President and CEO of the Arkansas Community Foundation, Inc. | [51] | ||
Olivetan Benedictine Sisters | 2017 | Established St. Bernards Hospital and Regional Medical Center | [52] | ||
Elsijane Trimble Roy | (1916–2007) | 2017 | Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and a United States federal judge | [53] | |
Joanna Seibert | 2017 | Pediatric Radiology | [54] | ||
Dorothy Stuck | (1921–2021) | 2017 | Civil rights | [55] | |
Kay Kelley Arnold | 2016 | Community activist | [56] | ||
Bettye Caldwell | (1924–2016) | 2016 | Educator and academic | [57] | |
Cathy Cunningham | 2016 | Community development advocate | [58] | ||
Joycelyn Elders | ![]() | (1933–) | 2016 | Former Surgeon General of the United States | [59] |
Betty Ann Lowe | (1934–2013) | 2016 | Pediatrician and educator | [60] | |
Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Americas | 2016 | [61] | |||
Lottie Shackelford | (1941–) | 2016 | Mayor of Little Rock | [62] | |
Patti Upton | (1938–2017) | 2016 | Founder and former CEO of decorative fragrance company Aromatique | [63] | |
Pat Walker | (1919–2016) | 2016 | Philanthropist | [64] | |
Mary Ann Ritter Arnold | (1927–2017) | 2015 | First female mayor of Marked Tree, Arkansas, President of agribusiness and communications firm E. Ritter & Co | [65] | |
Daisy Bates | (1914–1999) | 2015 | American civil rights activist, Little Rock Integration Crisis planner | [66] | |
Betty Bumpers | ![]() | (1925–2018) | 2015 | Former Arkansas First Lady who led a statewide childhood immunization program | [67] |
Hattie Caraway | ![]() | (1878–1950) | 2015 | First woman elected to serve in the United States Senate | [68] |
Hillary Clinton | ![]() | (1947–) | 2015 | Former Arkansas First Lady, First Lady of the United States, U.S. senator from New York, and U.S. Secretary of State | [69] |
Hester Davis | (1930–2014) | 2015 | State Archaeologist with the Arkansas Archaeological Survey | [70] | |
Roberta Fulbright | (1874–1953) | 2015 | Newspaper publisher and women's rights advocate; mother of United States Senator J. William Fulbright | [71] | |
Mary Good | ![]() | (1931–2019) | 2015 | Founding Dean of the College of Engineering and Information Technology (E.I.T.) at the University of Arkansas Little Rock | [72] |
Johnelle Hunt | (1932–) | 2015 | Co-founder and former Board Member of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | [73] | |
Edith Jones | ![]() | (1927–2019) | 2015 | First African American to attend and to graduate from the University of Arkansas Medical School, first female president of the National Medical Association | [74] |
Alice Walton | ![]() | (1949–) | 2015 | WalMart heiress and founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | [75] |
Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools | 2015 | Advocated integration of the Little Rock public school system | [76] |
References
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- ^ a b "Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Inductees". North Little Rock, Arkansas: North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Bernie Babcock". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Betty Dickey". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Gussie Haynie". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Jacquelyn Williams McCray, Ph.D." Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Jamileh Kamran". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "JoAnne Bush". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Kathy Webb". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Committee of One Hundred for the Ozark Folk Center". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Sandra Keiser Edwards". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Cathy Hastings Owen". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Pat Steele Qualls". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Nan Snow". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "The Honorable Joyce Williams Warren". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy McFadden Hoover". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Adolphine Fletcher Terry". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's Giving Circle". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 15 July 2023.; "Women's Giving Circle |". womens-giving-circle.uark.edu. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Margaret Louise Sirman Clark". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Cynthia Conger". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Hispanic Women's Organization of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Brownie Ledbetter". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Dorthy Morris". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Carolyn Pollan". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Amy Rossi". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Sister Rosetta Tharp". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "Alice Andrews". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Beta Pi Omega Chapter". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Diane Frances Divers Kincaid Blair". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Olivia Farrell". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Jo Luck". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Louise McPhetridge Thaden". Arkansas Aviation Historical Society.
- ^ "Carolyn Witherspoon". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
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- ^ "Karen Flake". Mount St. Mary Academy. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Journal of Neuroinflammation". Journal of Neuroinflammation. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Raye Jean Jordan Montague (1935–2018)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Bessie Grace Boehm Moore". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Florence Beatrice Smith Price". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Mary Nell Steenburgen". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Annabelle Davis Clinton Imber Tuck". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ "Women's Foundation of Arkansas". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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- ^ "June B. Freeman". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Ruth Hawkins". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Brinda J. Jackson, R.A., PMP". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Bernice Young Jones". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Pat Lile". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Olivetan Benedictine Sisters". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "The Honorable Elsijane Trimble Roy". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Dr. Joanna Seibert". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Dorothy Stuck". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "2016 Inductees". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Inductees". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Inductees". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Inductees". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "2016 Inductees". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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- ^ "Mary Ann Ritter Arnold". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Daisy Gatson Bates". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Betty Bumpers". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Hattie Caraway". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Hillary Rodham Clinton". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Hester Ashmead Davis". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Roberta Waugh Fulbright". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Mary L. Good". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Johnelle Hunt". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Edith Irby Jones". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Alice Walton". Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Gates, Lorraine (2007). "Power from the Pedestal: The Women's Emergency Committee and the Little Rock School Crisis". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 66 (2): 194–223. doi:10.2307/40018699. JSTOR 40018699.
Further reading
- Stuck, Dorothy D.; Snow, Nan (1997). Roberta A Most Remarkable Fulbright. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-460-0.
- White, Nancy Marie; Marrinan, Rochelle A.; Sullivan, Lynne P. (1999). Grit-Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States. Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-1686-3.
- Williams, Nancy A.; Whayne, Jeannie M. (2000). Arkansas Biography A Collection of Notable Lives. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-587-X.
External links
- Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame official page
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- Kay Kelley Arnold
- Bettye Caldwell
- Cathy Cunningham
- Joycelyn Elders
- Betty Ann Lowe
- Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
- Lottie Shackelford
- Patti Upton
- Pat Walker
- Maya Angelou
- Bernice Jones
- June B. Freeman
- Ruth Hawkins
- Brinda J. Jackson
- Pat Lile
- Elsijane Trimble Roy
- Joanna Seibert
- Dorothy Stuck
- Olivetan Benedictine Sisters
- Carolyn F. Blakely
- Karen Flake
- Sue Griffin
- Raye Montague
- Bessie Grace Boehm Moore
- Florence Beatrice Smith Price
- Mary Steenburgen
- Annabelle Clinton Imber Tuck
- Women’s Foundation of Arkansas
- Alice Andrews
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Beta Pi Omega Chapter
- Diane Frances Divers Kincaid Blair
- Olivia Farrell
- Jo Luck
- Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
- Louise McPhetridge Thaden
- Carolyn Witherspoon
- Margaret Louise Sirman Clark
- Cynthia L. Conger
- Hispanic Women's Organization of Arkansas
- Brownie Ledbetter
- Dorothy Morris
- Carolyn Pollan
- Amy Rossi
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Sandra Keiser Edwards
- Dorothy McFadden Hoover
- Cathy Hastings Owen
- Pat Steele Qualls
- Nan Snow
- Adolphine Fletcher Terry
- Joyce Williams Warren
- Women's Giving Circle