cars - Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

The history of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame is available online at michiganwomenshalloffame.org.

Table of honorees in alphabetical order by last name

Name, Date Inducted

Virginia R. Allan , 1994
Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega , 1995
Edith Vosburgh Alvord , 1993
Cora Reynolds Anderson , 2001
Rachel Andresen , 1991
Harriette Simpson Arnow , 1983
Clara B. Arthur , 1989
Irene M. Auberlin , 1995
Marion Isabel Barnhart , 1987
Mary V. Beck , 1991
N. Lorraine Beebe , 1983
Patricia L. Beeman , 1999
Lucile E. Belen , 2001
Jan BenDor , 1991
Connie Binsfeld , 1998
Anna Sutherland Bissell , 1989
Catherine Carter Blackwell , 1993
Mary Agnes Blair , 2003
Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe , 1983
Patricia J. Boyle , 1986
Carrie Frazier Roger Brown , 1996
Cora Mae Brown , 1992
Louise L. (Sally) Brown , 1988
Olympia Brown, 1999
Verne Burbridge , 2003
Patricia Hill Burnett , 1987
Ellen Burstyn, 1997
Mary Lou Butcher , 1992
Emily Helen Butterfield , 1990
Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac , 1994
Ethel Calhoun , 1987
Jean W. Campbell , 1993
Katherine Hill Campbell , 1993
Alexa I. Canady , 1989
Hortense Golden Canady , 2002
Ruth Carlton , 1994
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler , 1983
Helen J. Claytor , 1984
Anna Clemenc , 1996
Flossie Cohen , 1994
Mary Stallings Coleman , 1983
Lenna Frances Cooper , 1993
Marion Corwell-Shertzer , 1997
Caroline Bartlett Crane , 1984
Ethelene Crockett , 1988
Elizabeth C. Crosby , 1986
Nellie Cuellar , 2003
Hilda Patricia Curran , 1998
Bertha A. Daubendiek , 1994
Anne R. Davidow , 1989
Marguerite Lofft De Angeli , 1984
Doris DeDeckere , 1999
Bernadine Newsom Denning , 1989
Genora Johnson Dollinger , 1994
Waunetta McClellan Dominic , 1996
Wilma T. Donahue , 1983
Theresa Maxis Duchemin , 2001
Marie Dye , 1998
Sarah Emma Edmonds, 1992
Grace Eldering , 1983
Margaret Drake Elliott , 1999
Georgia Emery , 1987
Marcia J. Federbush , 1988
Betty Ford, 1987
Geraldine Bledsoe Ford , 2004
Four Sisters of Charity , 1997
Aretha Franklin, 2001
Julia Wheelock Freeman , 2002
Gwen Frostic , 1986
Hilda R. Gage , 1995
Lillian Mellen Genser , 2000
Genevieve Gillette , 1984
Josephine Gomon , 1983
Janet K. Good , 1991
Francea (Francie) Kraker Goodridge , 2001
Della Goodwin , 1997
Loney Clinton Gordon , 2000
Rosa Slade Gragg , 1987
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, 2004
Lystra Gretter , 2004
Roberta A. Griffith , 1993
Martha W. Griffiths , 1983
Lucia Voorhees Grimes , 1995
R. Louise Grooms , 1995
Dorothy Haener , 1983
Alice King Hamilton , 1997
Fran Harris , 1988
Laura Smith Haviland , 1983
Katherine G. Heideman , 2000
Erma Henderson , 1990
Elizabeth Homer , 1999
Flora Hommel , 1994
Icie Macy Hoobler , 1984
Eleonore Hutzel , 1999
Marian Bayoff Ilitch , 2001
Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson , 2000
Jo Jacobs , 1991
Mildred M. Jeffrey , 1983
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones , 1994

Eleanor M. Josaitis , 1998
Dorothy Leonard Judd , 1990
Isabella Karle , 1989
M. Jane Kay-Nugent , 1988
Ella Eaton Kellogg , 1999
Pearl Kendrick , 1983
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy , 2000
Emily Burton Ketcham , 1999
Jean Ledwith King , 1989
May Stocking Knaggs , 2002
Alice Scanlan Kocel , 2003
Odessa Komer , 1995
Joyce Lewis Kornbluh , 2003
Madeline La Framboise , 1984
Marjorie J. Lansing , 2000
Margaret Muth Laurence , 1996
Chaun-Pu Lee , 2000
Eliza Seaman Leggett , 2003
Violet Temple Lewis , 1992
Ida Lippman , 2003
Martha Longstreet , 1984
Nancy Harkness Love, 1997
Elmina R. Lucke , 1986
Marilyn Fisher Lundy , 2000
Aleda E. Lutz , 1994
Olga M. Madar , 1989
Naomi Long Madgett , 2002
Maryann Mahaffey , 1997
Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon , 1992
Agnes Mary Mansour , 1998
Florine Mark , 2004
Helen Martin, 1988
Marjorie Swank Matthews , 1986
Mary Anne Mayo , 1989
Helen Walker McAndrew , 1994
Cathy McClelland , 2004
Lucille Hanna McCollough , 2002
Katharine Dexter McCormick, 2000
Bina West Miller , 1993
Helen W. Milliken , 1983
Claudia House Morcom , 1996
Elba Lila Morse , 1990
Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby , 1991
Jeanne Omelenchuk , 1993
Laura Freele Osborn , 1995
Rosa L. Parks, 1983
Marjorie Peebles-Meyers , 1986
Elly M. Peterson , 1984
Ardeth Platte, O.P. , 1999
Lana Pollack , 2002
Sarah Goddard Power , 1988
Gilda Radner, 1992
Clara Raven , 1987
Martha Louise Rayne , 2002
Betsy Graves Reyneau , 1996
Fannie M. Richards , 1990
Dorothy Comstock Riley, 1991
Mary Ellen Riordan , 2001
Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt , 1998
Muriel Dorothy Ross , 2002
Constance Mayfield Rourke , 2004
Marion 'Babe' Ruth , 2003
Emelia Christine Schaub , 1990
Shirley E. Schwartz , 1996
Martha Romayne Seger , 1992
Ann M. Shafer , 1992
Ella Merriman Sharp , 1998
Anna Howard Shaw , 1983
Mary Sinclair , 1990
Jessie Pharr Slaton , 1984
Mary C. Spencer , 1984
Bernice "B" Steadman , 2003
Martha Jean Steinberg , 1998
Slyvia M. Stoesser , 1992
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone , 1983
Mary Chase Perry Stratton , 1986
Kathleen N. Straus , 2000
Sharon E. Sutton , 1997
Edith Mays Swanson , 1991
Merze Tate , 1990
Helen Thomas, 1986
Ruth Thompson , 1998
Lucinda (Lucy) Thurman , 1992
Lily Tomlin, 1998
Sojourner Truth, 1983
Bertha Van Hoosen , 1984
Delia Villegas Vorhauer , 1990
Reverend Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles , 1992
Sippie Wallace, 1993
Jacquelin E. Washington , 1995
Joesphine Stern Weiner , 2001
Edna Noble White , 1993
Matilda Dodge Wilson , 1997
Pamela Withrow , 2003
Joan Luedders Wolfe , 1996
Irene Clark Woodman , 1993
Clarissa M. Young , 2000
Ruth Zweifler , 2003

Table of honorees in order by year inducted and last name

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1983 Honorees
Harriette Simpson Arnow (1907-1986)	Contemporary		Writing
N. Lorraine Beebe (1910-)	Contemporary		Politics
Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe (1900-1991)	Contemporary	African American	Civil Rights, Politics
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807-1834)	Historic		Abolition, Writing
Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001)	Contemporary		Law
Wilma T. Donahue (1900-1993)	Contemporary		Medicine/Health Care
Grace Eldering (1900-1988)	Historic		Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Josephine Gomon (1892-1975)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Martha W. Griffiths (1912-2003)	Contemporary		Politics
Dorothy Haener (1917-2000)	Contemporary		Labor
Laura Smith Haviland (1808-1897)	Historic		Abolition
Mildred M. Jeffrey (1911-2004)	Contemporary		Labor
Pearl Kendrick (1890-1980)	Historic		Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Helen W. Milliken (1922-)	Contemporary		Philanthropist, Women's Rights
Rosa L. Parks (1913-)	Contemporary	African American	Civil Rights
Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care, Religion, Suffrage
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone (1814-1900)	Historic		Women's Rights
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)	Historic	African American	Abolition

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1984 Honorees
Helen J. Claytor (1907-)	Contemporary	African American	Civil Rights
Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858-1935)	Historic		Religion, Suffrage
Marguerite Lofft De Angeli (1889-1987)	Contemporary		Writing
Genevieve Gillette (1898-1986)	Contemporary		Environment
Icie Macy Hoobler (1892-1984)	Contemporary		Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Madeline La Framboise (1779-1846)	Historic	Native American	Business
Martha Longstreet (1870-1953)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Elly M. Peterson (1914-)	Contemporary		Politics
Jessie Pharr Slaton (1908-1983)	Contemporary	African American	Education
Mary C. Spencer (1842-1923)	Historic		Education
Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1986 Honorees
Patricia J. Boyle (1937-)	Contemporary		Law
Elizabeth C. Crosby (1888-1983)	Historic		Math/Science
Gwen Frostic (1906-2001)	Contemporary		Arts
Elmina R. Lucke (1889-1987)	Historic		Social Work/Mission Work
Marjorie Swank Matthews (1916-1986)	Contemporary		Religion
Marjorie Peebles-Meyers (1915-2001)	Contemporary	African American	Medicine/Health Care
Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961)	Historic		Arts
Helen Thomas (1920-)	Contemporary		Journalism

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1987 Honorees
Marion Isabel Barnhart (1921-1985)	Historic		Math/Science
Patricia Hill Burnett (1920-)	Contemporary		Arts, Women's Rights
Ethel Calhoun (1898-1989)	Contemporary		Medicine/Health Care
Georgia Emery (1867-1913)	Historic		Business
Betty Ford (1918-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Rosa Slade Gragg (1904-1989)	Contemporary	African American	Civil Rights
Clara Raven (1909-1994)	Contemporary	Jewish	Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1988 Honorees
Louise L. (Sally) Brown (1917-)	Contemporary		Education
Ethelene Crockett (1914-1978)	Historic	African American	Medicine/Health Care
Marcia J. Federbush (1934-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Fran Harris (1909-1998)	Contemporary		Journalism
M. Jane Kay-Nugent (1925-)	Contemporary		Business
Helen Martin (1889-1973)	Historic		Math/Science
Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987)	Historic		Civil Rights

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1989 Honorees
Clara B. Arthur (1858-1929)	Historic		Suffrage
Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846-1934)	Historic		Business
Alexa I. Canady (1950-)	Contemporary	African American	Medicine/Health Care
Anne R. Davidow (1898-1991)	Contemporary		Law
Bernadine Newsom Denning (1930-)	Contemporary	African American	Civil Rights, Education
Isabella Karle (1921-)	Contemporary		Math/Science
Jean Ledwith King (1924-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Olga M. Madar (1915-1996)	Contemporary		Labor
Mary Anne Mayo (1845-1903)	Historic		Education

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1990 Honorees
Emily Helen Butterfield (1884-1958)	Historic		Architecture, Arts
Erma Henderson (1917-)	Contemporary	African American	Politics
Dorothy Leonard Judd (1898-1989)	Historic		Politics
Elba Lila Morse (1882-1975)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Fannie M. Richards (1840-1922)	Historic	African American	Education
Emelia Christine Schaub (1891-1995)	Historic		Law
Mary Sinclair (1918-)	Contemporary		Environment
Merze Tate (1905-1996)	Contemporary	African American	Education
Delia Villegas Vorhauer (1940-1992)	Contemporary	Hispanic	Civil Rights

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1991 Honorees
Rachel Andresen (1907-1988)	Historic		Social Work/Mission Work
Mary V. Beck (1908-)	Historic		Law
Jan BenDor (1946-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Janet K. Good (1923-1997)	Contemporary		Civil Rights
Jo Jacobs (1933-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby (1929-)	Contemporary		Law
Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924-2004)	Contemporary		Law
Edith Mays Swanson (1934-1989)	Historic	African American	Civil Rights, Education

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1992 Honorees
Cora Mae Brown (1914-1972)	Historic	African American	Politics
Mary Lou Butcher (1943-)	Contemporary		Journalism
Sarah Emma Edmonds (1849-1898)	Historic		Military
Violet Temple Lewis (1899-1968)	Historic	African American	Education
Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon (1926-1975)	Historic		Journalism
Gilda Radner (1946-1989)	Historic	Jewish	Arts, Entertainment
Martha Romayne Seger (1932-)	Contemporary		Economics
Ann M. Shafer (1916-1991)	Historic		Labor
Slyvia M. Stoesser (1901-1991)	Historic		Math/Science
Lucinda (Lucy) Thurman (1849-1918)	Historic		Civil Rights
Reverend Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles (1912-2001)	Contemporary	African American	Social Work/Mission Work

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1993 Honorees
Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875-1962)	Historic		Volunteer Work
Catherine Carter Blackwell (1919-)	Contemporary	African American	Education
Jean W. Campbell (1918-)	Contemporary		Education
Katherine Hill Campbell (1868-1942)	Historic		Social Reformer
Lenna Frances Cooper (1875-1961)	Historic		Dietetics
Roberta A. Griffith (1870-1941)	Historic		Social Reformer
Bina West Miller (1867-1954)	Historic		Business
Jeanne Omelenchuk (1931-)	Contemporary		Athletics
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)	Historic	African American	Music
Edna Noble White (1879-1954)	Historic		Education
Irene Clark Woodman (1905-1994)	Contemporary		Military

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1994 Honorees
Virginia R. Allan (1916-1999)	Contemporary		Education, Women's Rights
Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671-1746)	Historic		Other
Ruth Carlton (1911-2001)	Contemporary		Journalism
Flossie Cohen (1925-2004)	Contemporary		Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Bertha A. Daubendiek (1916-)	Contemporary		Environment
Genora Johnson Dollinger (1913-1995)	Contemporary		Labor
Flora Hommel (1928-)	Contemporary	Jewish	Medicine/Health Care
Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972)	Historic		Math/Science
Aleda E. Lutz (1915-1944)	Historic		Aviation, Medicine/Health Care, Military
Helen Walker McAndrew (1826-1906)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1995 Honorees
Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega (1943-)	Contemporary	Hispanic	Civil Rights, Journalism
Irene M. Auberlin (1896-1999)	Contemporary		Social Work/Mission Work
Hilda R. Gage (1939-)	Contemporary		Law
Lucia Voorhees Grimes (1877-1978)	Historic		Suffrage
R. Louise Grooms (1902-1984)	Historic	African American	Business
Odessa Komer (1925-2004)	Contemporary		Labor
Laura Freele Osborn (1866-1955)	Historic		Education
Jacquelin E. Washington (1931-)	Contemporary	African American	Social Work/Mission Work

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1996 Honorees
Carrie Frazier Roger Brown (1948-)	Contemporary	African American	Medicine/Health Care
Anna Clemenc (1888-1956)	Historic		Labor
Waunetta McClellan Dominic (1921-1981)	Historic	Native American	Civil Rights
Margaret Muth Laurence (1916-1996)	Contemporary		Law
Claudia House Morcom (1932-)	Contemporary	African American	Law
Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888-1964)	Historic		Arts, Civil Rights
Shirley E. Schwartz (1935-)	Contemporary		Math/Science
Joan Luedders Wolfe (1929-)	Contemporary		Environment

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1997 Honorees
Ellen Burstyn (1932-)	Contemporary		Arts, Entertainment
Marion Corwell-Shertzer (1931-)	Contemporary		Journalism
Four Sisters of Charity	Historic		Social Work/Mission Work
Della Goodwin (1931-)	Contemporary	African American	Medicine/Health Care
Alice King Hamilton (1869-1970)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Nancy Harkness Love (1914-1976)	Historic		Aviation, Military
Maryann Mahaffey (1925-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Sharon E. Sutton (1941-)	Contemporary	African American	Architecture
Matilda Dodge Wilson (1883-1976)	Historic		Philanthropist, Politics

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1998 Honorees
Connie Binsfeld (1924-)	Contemporary		Politics
Hilda Patricia Curran (1938-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Marie Dye (1891-1974)	Historic		Education
Eleanor M. Josaitis (1931-)	Contemporary		Social Work/Mission Work
Agnes Mary Mansour (1931-2004)	Contemporary		Education, Social Reformer
Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt (1948-)	Contemporary		Medicine/Health Care
Ella Merriman Sharp (1857-1912)	Historic		Environment
Martha Jean Steinberg (1927-2000)	Contemporary	African American	Journalism
Ruth Thompson (1887-1970)	Historic		Law
Lily Tomlin (1939-)	Contemporary		Arts, Entertainment

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
1999 Honorees
Patricia L. Beeman (1925-1996)	Historic		Civil Rights
Olympia Brown (1835-1926)	Historic		Religion, Suffrage
Doris DeDeckere (1926-)	Contemporary		Labor, Philanthropist, Volunteer Work
Margaret Drake Elliott (1904-1999)	Contemporary		Environment
Elizabeth Homer (1943-)	Contemporary		Women's Rights
Eleonore Hutzel (1885-1979)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Ella Eaton Kellogg (1853-1920)	Historic		Dietetics, Philanthropist
Emily Burton Ketcham (1838-1907)	Historic		Suffrage
Ardeth Platte, O.P. (1936-)	Contemporary		Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
2000 Honorees
Lillian Mellen Genser (1920-)	Contemporary		Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement
Loney Clinton Gordon (1915-1999)	Historic	African American	Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care
Katherine G. Heideman (1910-)	Contemporary		Education
Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson (1933-1979)	Historic	African American	Civil Rights, Education
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (1923-)	Contemporary		Law
Marjorie J. Lansing (1916-1998)	Historic		Education, Women's Rights
Chaun-Pu Lee (1931-)	Contemporary	Asian American	Math/Science
Marilyn Fisher Lundy (1925-)	Contemporary		Education
Katharine Dexter McCormick (1875-1967)	Historic		Philanthropist, Women's Rights
Kathleen N. Straus (1923-)	Contemporary		Civil Rights, Education
Clarissa M. Young (1922-1979)	Historic		Law Enforcement

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
2001 Honorees
Cora Reynolds Anderson (1882-1950)	Historic	Native American	Politics
Lucile E. Belen (1912-)	Contemporary		Politics
Theresa Maxis Duchemin (1810-1892)	Historic	African American	Religion, Social Work/Mission Work
Aretha Franklin (1942-)	Contemporary	African American	Arts, Entertainment
Francea (Francie) Kraker Goodridge (1947-)	Contemporary		Athletics
Marian Bayoff Ilitch (1933-)	Contemporary		Business
Mary Ellen Riordan (1920-)	Contemporary		Education
Joesphine Stern Weiner (1912-2000)	Historic	Jewish	Volunteer Work

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
2002 Honorees
Hortense Golden Canady (1927-)	Contemporary	African American	Community Service
Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833-1900)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care, Volunteer Work
May Stocking Knaggs (1847-1917)	Historic		Suffrage
Naomi Long Madgett (1923-)	Contemporary	African American	Writing
Lucille Hanna McCollough (1905-1996)	Historic		Politics
Lana Pollack (1942-)	Contemporary		Politics
Martha Louise Rayne (1836-1911)	Historic		Journalism
Muriel Dorothy Ross (1927-)	Contemporary		Math/Science

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
2003 Honorees
Mary Agnes Blair (1909-1982)	Historic		Education
Verne Burbridge (1896-)	Contemporary		Volunteer Work
Nellie Cuellar (1899-1987)	Historic	African American	Civil Rights
Alice Scanlan Kocel (1920-)	Contemporary		Civil Rights
Joyce Lewis Kornbluh (1928-)	Contemporary		Labor
Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815-1900)	Historic		Abolition, Suffrage, Women's Rights
Ida Lippman (1893-1980)	Historic	Jewish	Law Enforcement
Marion 'Babe' Ruth (1918-2004)	Contemporary		Aviation
Bernice "B" Steadman (1925-)	Contemporary		Aviation
Pamela Withrow (1948-)	Contemporary		Law Enforcement
Ruth Zweifler (1930-)	Contemporary		Education

Name	Era	Group	Achievement(s)
2004 Honorees
Geraldine Bledsoe Ford (1926-2003)	Historic	African American	Law
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (1959-)	Contemporary		Politics
Lystra Gretter (1858-1951)	Historic		Medicine/Health Care
Florine Mark ?	Contemporary	Jewish	Business, Other
Cathy McClelland (1954-)	Contemporary	African American	Business
Constance Mayfield Rourke (1885-1941)	Historic		Academics, Education

To-do: wikipedia links of terms like 'civil rights' and 'suffrage'; check nick-named etc. inductees for existing entries; short bio of each honoree; article on history.

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