Maryland Women's Hall of Fame

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The Maryland Women's Hall of Fame (MWHF) recognizes significant achievements and statewide contributions made by women who are Maryland-natives or state residents. It was established in 1985 by the Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators of Maryland. Honorees are selected by an independent committee each year and are inducted in March during Women's History Month. [1] [2]

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Inductees

NameImageBirth–DeathYearArea of achievementRef(s)
Janeen L. Birckhead

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2023Brigadier General, Commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, Assistant Adjutant General, Maryland Joint Force Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland; Deputy Commanding General-Reserve Affairs, United States Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania [3] [4]
Charlotte M. Cooksey (b. 1947)2023District Court of Maryland, District 1, the first presiding judge of Baltimore’s Mental Health Court [5]
Ana Sol Gutierrez Ana Sol Gutierrez (2007).jpg (b. 1942)2023Maryland House of Delegates from District 18, first Latina elected to state office [6]
Gloria G. Lawlah Gloria Lawlah.jpg (b. 1939)2023Secretary of the Maryland Department of Aging, Maryland state senator from the 26th district [7]
Jackie Ronne Jackie Ronne, Stonington Island, Antarctica (January 1 1947).jpg (1919-2009)2023Antarctic expedition (1947–48) [8]
Dorothy Blum (1924-1980)2022Computer pioneer, cryptanalyst [9]
Mary L. Cleave (b 1947)2022American engineer and a former astronaut [10]
Gloria Richardson (1922-2021)2022Civil rights activist [11]
Beatrice Rodgers 2022Community activist for people with disabilities [12]
Odessa M. Shannon (1928-2020)2022Founder of the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame; recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism from President Barack Obama [13]
Elizabeth Bobo 2021Elected to serve as the Howard County Chief Executive, served 20 years as a representative in the Maryland House of Delegates, and served on the Howard County Council. [14]
Margaret Briggs Gregory Hawkins (1877-1969)2021Educator, suffragist [15]
Ruby Reese Moone 2021Civil rights [16]
Nancy K. Welker 2021Physicist, expert in superconducting electronics [17]
Celeste Revillon Winans (1823–1861)2021Ran a soup house for the poor [18]
Victorine Quille Adams (1912–2006)2020Baltimore City Council [19]
Evelyn O. A. Darden 2020Lawyer [20]
Claire L. Parkinson 2020Climate Scientist [21]
Nancy Grace Roman Nancy Grace Roman with OSO Model (41124537335).jpg (1925–2018)2020Astronomer [22]
Leslie R. Wolfe (1943–2017)2020Women's rights leader [23]
Marielsa A. Bernard 2019Senior Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County [24]
Augusta T. Chissell (1880–1973)2019Suffragist; Vice President of Baltimore NAACP [25]
Dominique Dawes Dominique Dawes 1.jpg (b. 1976)2019Olympic champion gymnast [26]
Virginia Hall Virginia Hall.jpg (1906–1982)2019Intelligence officer in Vichy France during World War II [27]
Rosa Gumataotao Rios Hi-res-rosa-rios.jpg (b. 1956)201943rd Treasurer of the United States [28]
Evelyn Williams Townsend (1922–2008)2019Community activist; President of the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center [29]
Phyllis B. Trickett (b. 1927)2019Community activist; equal rights [30]
Pauline Woo Tsui (1920–2018)2019Anti-discrimination activist; co-founder of the Organization of Chinese American Women [31]
Sandra I. Barnes 2018Child welfare advocate; Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Department of Human Services [32]
Sandra Williams Ortega (b. 1937)2018Maryland's first African American woman commissioned as a U.S. Air Force Officer, community service [33]
Emily Saunders Plummer (1815–1876)2018Former slave [34]
Rita L. Robinson (b. 1936)2018Professor at Bowie State University [35]
Hattie N. Washington 2018Professor of Education at Coppin State University [36]
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Marsha Coleman-Adebayo.jpg 2017Founder of the No FEAR Institute, an organization devoted to educating the American public about federal sector discrimination and the implementation of the No FEAR Act. [37]
Carolyn Colvin Carolyn Colvin official portrait.jpg (b. 1942)2017Deputy Commissioner for Social Security [38]
Donna Edwards The hon donna edwards.jpg (b. 1958)2017First African American woman to represent Maryland in the US House of Representatives [39]
Mary Garrett (1854–1915)2017Suffragist and philanthropist [40]
Katharine Blodgett Gebbie Katharine Blodgett Gebbie.jpg (1932–2016)2017Astrophysicist [41]
Kathleen Ledecky Katie Ledecky Golden Goggle Awards 2018.jpg (b. 1997)2017Olympic gold medalist for swimming [42]
Helen Maroulis Helen Maroulis (29278073625) (cropped).jpg (b. 1991)2017Gold medalist 2015 World Wrestling Championships [43]
Lilian Welsh (1858–1938)2017Physician, educator, suffragist [44]
Sophia Arabatzis Balis 2016Professor Emeritus of the University of Maryland Dental School [45]
Oretha Bridgwaters-Simms 2016Educator [46]
Mary C. Goodwillie (1870–1949)2016Established the Junior League of Baltimore [47]
Elaine Danforth Harmon Elaine Harmon.jpg (1919–2015)20162009 Congressional Gold Medal for U.S. Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II [48]
Joanne Katz 2016President of the Faculty Senate of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Institutional Review Board chair [49]
Lizette Woodworth Reese Lizette Woodworth Reese.jpg (1856–1935)2016Poet [50]
Beverly B. Byron Beverly Byron.jpg (b. 1932)2015U.S. House of Representatives [51]
E. Gail de Planque (1945–2010)2015Physicist, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [52]
Mary Feik MaryFeik.jpg (1924–2016)2015Aviation, pilot, flight engineer, master mechanic [53]
Katherine O'Brien 2015Physician, member of the World Health Organization's Scientific Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) [54]
Linda L. Singh Mg linda l singh.jpg (b. 1964)2015Adjutant General of the Maryland National Guard [55]
Sue Fryer Ward (1935–2014)2015Government service, advocate for human rights [56]
Dorothy F. Bailey 2014Civic activist [57]
Agnes Kane Callum (1926–2015)2014Founding member of the Baltimore Afro American Historical Genealogic Society [58]
Renee E. Fox 2014Executive director of the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland [59]
Susan K. Goering (b. 1952)2014Civil rights attorney [60]
Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)2014 HeLa the oldest and most commonly used human cell line came from cervical cancer cells taken from Lacks. [61]
Ann Cipriano Rees 2014Philanthropist [62]
Helen Delich Bentley HDBentley.jpg (1923–2016)2013Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 [63]
Jean B. Cryor (1938–2009)2013Member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 15 [64]
Charlene Mickens Dukes 2013President of Prince George's Community College [65]
Ellen R. Sauerbrey Ellen Sauerbrey, DoS official photo.jpg (b. 1937)2013Former head of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration [66]
Linda A. Shevitz 2013Equity Office Director at the Maryland State Department of Education [67]
Beatrice P. Tignor 2013Maryland House of Delegates [68]
Maureen Black 2012Physician [69]
Margaret Dunkle (b. 1947)2012Equal opportunities for women in athletics [70]
Nancy K. Kopp Nancy Kopp.jpg (b. 1943)2012 Treasurer of Maryland [71]
Alice Manicur 2012Educator [72]
Diana Gribbon Motz (b. 1943)2012 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [73]
Gwendolyn Rooks 2012Community service [74]
Carol W. Greider GREIDER Carol 2014 - Less vignetting.jpg (b. 1961)2011Molecular biologist [75]
Barbara Holdridge (b. 1929)2011Co-founder Caedmon Records, founder Stemmer House Publishers [76]
Ligia Peralta 2011 University of Maryland School of Medicine [77]
Gertrude Poe (1915–2017)2011Journalist [78]
Lucy Diggs Slowe Lucy Slowe.jpg (1885–1937)2011Advocate for black women [79]
June A. Willenz (b. 1924)2011Author, military veterans advocate; Executive Director of the American Veterans Committee (AVC) [80]
Claire M. Fraser Claire M Fraser-Liggett.jpg (b. 1955)2010Microbiologist [81]
Anne Catharine Hoof Green Charles Willson Peale - Anne Catharine Hoof Green - Google Art Project.jpg (c.1720–1775)2010Publisher The Maryland Gazette [82]
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (1917–2007)2010Jailed in 1944 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a Greyhound bus; 1946 Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, United States Supreme Court overturned Virginia state law requiring segregation on interstate transportation. [83]
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps AHLPportrait.jpg (1793–1884)2010Educator, publisher [84]
Bernice R. Sandler (1928–2019)2010Women's rights [85]
Lillie D. Shockney 2010Leader in breast cancer treatment [86]
Ilia Fehrer (1927–2007)2009Environmentalist [87]
Diane Griffin (b. 1940)2009University Distinguished Professor, and a Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, department chair from 1994–2015 [88]
Harriet Legum 2009Advocate for research and treatment of women's breast cancer [89]
Allyson R. Solomon 2009Brig. General, Maryland National Guard, Assistant Adjutant General, Air, Maryland National Guard [90]
Anne St. Clair Wright (1910–1993)2009Historic preservationist [91]
Ramona McCarthy Hawkins 2008Pharmacist [92]
Ellen Moses Heller 2008Judge [93]
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Feb. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 04251).jpg (1915–1959)2008Jazz singer [94]
Pauline Menes (1924–2009)2008Maryland House of Delegates [95]
Toby Orenstein (b. 1937)2008Patron of the arts [96]
Emily Wilson Walker (1904–2007)2008Physician [97]
Annette M. Deener 2007Brigadier General Maryland National Guard, Director MD Joint Staff Hdqt [98]
Sally T. Grant 2007Volunteerism, women's right, co-founder of Maryland Women's Hall of Fame [99]
Prasanna Nair 2007Primary Health Care physician, specifically with infants of mothers with HIV/AIDS or substance abuse issues [100]
Karen H. Rothenberg 2007Dean, Marjorie Cook Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Law School [101]
Audrey E. Scott 2007Community activist [102]
Susan P. Baker (b. 1930)2006Doctor of Public Health [103]
Liebe Sokol Diamond (1931–2017)2006Orthopedics [104]
Bea Gaddy (1933–2001)2006City Council Woman, advocate for the poor and the homeless [105]
Marilyn Hughes Gaston (b. 1939)2006Physician [106]
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger (b. 1952)2006Founder American Visionary Art Museum [107]
Grace Snively 2006Civil rights, community activism [108]
Shoshanna Shoubin Cardin (b. 1926)2005Philanthropist, volunteerism [109]
Bessie Olive Cole (1883–1971)2005"First Lady of Maryland Pharmacy" [110]
Susan R. Panny 2005Physician [111]
Edyth H. Schoenrich 2005Health care [112]
Emily Edmonson EdmonsonSistersBronze, 1701 Duke Street.jpg (1835–1895)2004Freed black woman, abolitionist [113]
Nancy T. Grasmick 2004Former Maryland state Superintendent of Schools [114]
Esther McCready (1931–2020)2004Nurse, educator [115]
Margaret Byrd Rawson (1899–2001)2004 Dyslexia research [116]
Vivian V. Simpson (1903–1987)2004Lawyer [117]
Virginia Walcott Beauchamp (1920–2019)2003Author, woman's advocate [118]
Edith Clarke (1883–1959)2003First woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, as well as the country's first female professor of electrical engineering [119]
Kathryn J. DuFour (1910–2005)2003Chief justice, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland [120]
Ruth L. Kirschstein (1926–2009)2003Pathologist [121]
Etta H. Maddox (c1860–1933)2003Lawyer, suffragette [122]
Deborah A. Yow (b. 1950)2003Athletic Director for the University of Maryland [123]
Mabel Houze Hubbard (1936–2006)2002Judge, first African-American woman to serve as a judge of the District Court of Maryland [124]
Florence Peterson Kendall (1910–2006)2002Physical therapist [125]
Mary Young Pickersgill MaryPickersgill.color.jpg (1776–1857)2002Flag maker during the War of 1812; sewed the Star-Spangled Banner (flag) [126]
Lorraine Sheehan (1937–2009)2002Maryland General Assembly [127]
Kathleen Feeley (b. 1929)2001Former president College of Notre Dame of Maryland [128]
Misbah Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP 2001Pediatrician, medical school teacher and researcher, health policy advisor, and medical director for numerous community health programs [129]
Charmaine Krohe 2001Founder St. Ambrose Family Outreach Center [130]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Eunice-zurab.jpg (1921–2009)2001 Special Olympics [131]
Sandra W. Tomlinson 2001Educator [132]
Constance Uriolo Battle 2000Pediatrician [133]
Lois Green Carr (1922–2015)2000Economic and social historian, specialist in the history of colonial Maryland [134] [135]
Sonia Pressman Fuentes (b. 1928)2000Co-founder National Organization for Women [136]
Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003)2000Poet, short story writer, critic [137]
Rosetta Stith 2000Director of the Laurence G. Paquin Middle/Secondary School for Expectant Teenage Mothers [138]
Florence Riefle Bahr (1909–1998)1999Artist [139]
Lillian C. Compton (1884–1973)1999Educator [140]
Edith Houghton Hooker Edith Houghton Hooker.png (1879–1948)1999Suffragette, first woman accepted into Johns Hopkins University Medical School [141]
Elizabeth Fran Johnson (b. 1928)1999Educator, volunteerism [142]
Bernice Smith White (b. 1924)1999Community activist, women's equality [143]
Constance Ross Beims (b. 1938)1998Educator [144]
Mary Katherine Goddard (1738–1816)1998Publisher, postmistress [145]
Elaine Ryan Hedges (1927–1997)1998Journalist with the Feminist Press [146]
Mary Carter Smith (1919–2007)1998Poet, story teller [147]
Diane L. Adams (b. 1948)1997Physician [148]
Sol del Ande Mendez Eaton (b. 1936)1997Research chemist, civil rights, women's rights, health care [149]
Catherine R. Gira (1932–2019)1997Educator [150]
Helen L. Koss (1922–2008)1997Maryland House of Delegates [151]
Rosa Ponselle Ponselle1918.jpg (1897–1981)1997Opera singer, honored on a U.S. postage stamp [152]
Madeleine L. Ellicott (1856–1945)1996Women's suffrage [153]
Ethel Llewellyn Ennis Ethel Ennis.jpg (1932–2019)1996Jazz musician [154]
Mary Digges Lee (1745–1805)1996Provided aid to George Washington's troops [155]
Brigid G. Leventhal Brigid Leventhal.jpg (1935–1994)1996Physician [156]
Barbara A. Robinson Barbara A. Robinson (2007).JPG (b. 1938)1996Maryland House of Delegates [157]
Jill Moss Greenberg (b. 1943)1995Volunteerism, civil rights, women's rights [158]
Mary L. Nock (1903–1987)1995Maryland General Assembly [159]
Amanda Taylor Norris (1849–1944)1995First woman physician in Maryland [160]
Nettie Barcroft Taylor (1914–2016)1995Library services [161]
Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson (1836–1896)1995Nurse during the Civil War [162]
Rosalie Silber Abrams (1916–2009)1994 Maryland House of Delegates, Maryland State Senate, first female and Jewish majority leader of the state Senate. [163]
Mary Elizabeth Banning (1822–1903)1994 Mycologist, painter, naturalist [164]
Harriet Elizabeth Brown (1907–2009)19941937 legal case against Calvert County; was one of the foundations for the Maryland Teachers Pay Equalization Law [165]
Constance A. Morella Constance A. Morella, US Dept of State photo portrait.jpg (b. 1931)1994 United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [166]
Mary Adelaide Nutting (1858–1948)1994Nursing educator [167]
Rosalyn Blake Bell (b. 1923)1993Judge [168]
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)1993 Poet Laureate of Maryland [169]
Elizabeth King Ellicott (1858–1914)1993Women's suffrage [170]
Jean Spencer (1933–1992)1993align="center"| [171]
Martha Ellicott Tyson (1795–1873)1993 Quaker elder, abolitionist, author [172]
Annie Armstrong AnnieWalkerArmstrong.jpg (1850–1938)1992Missionary [173]
Anna Ella Carroll Anna Ella Carroll.jpg (1815–1894)1992Politician [174]
Rose Kushner (1929–1990)1992Journalist, author of Why Me? What Every Woman Should Know About Breast Cancer to Save Her Life [175]
Margaret Collins Schweinhaut (1904–1997)1992Maryland State Senate [176]
Carmen Delgado Votaw (1934–2017)1992Civil rights [177]
Rita Colwell Rita Colwell.jpg (b. 1934)1991Environmental microbiologist [178]
Mary Elizabeth Lange (1789–1882)1991Foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence [179]
Claire McCardell (1905–1958)1991Fashion designer [180]
Bessie Moses (1893–1965)1991Gynecologist and obstetrician who advocated birth control practices for women [181]
Alta Schrock (1911–2002)1991First Mennonite woman in the United States to receive her doctoral degree [182]
Lucille Maurer (1922–1996)1990Former Maryland Treasurer [183]
Enolia Pettigen McMillan (1904–2006)1990First female national president NAACP [184]
Pauli Murray UNCPauliMurray.png (1910–1985)1990Activist, civil rights, women's rights [185]
Adele Hagner Stamp (1893–1974)1990Dean of Women Emeritus from the University's Board of Regents [186]
Mary Lemist Titcomb (1857–1932)1990Library services [187]
Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906–1983)1989Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower [188]
Eugenie Clark Eugenie Clark.jpg (1922–2015)1989 Ichthyologist [189]
Lavinia Margaret Engle Lavinia2.jpg (1892–1979)1989Maryland House of Delegates, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, organizer, National American Women's Suffrage Association, director and co-founder Maryland League of Women Voters, various positions within the Social Security Administration and the Welfare Administration. [190]
Lena King Lee (1906–2006)1989Maryland House of Delegates [191]
Estelle R. Ramey (1917–2006)1989Professor George Washington University Medical School [192]
Barbara A. Mikulski Barbara Mikulski official portrait c. 2011.jpg (b. 1936)1988 United States Senate [193]
Sadie Kneller Miller Sadie Kneller Miller.jpg (1867–1920)1988Photojournalist [194]
Mary Risteau (1890–1978)1988Maryland House of Delegates [195]
Martha Carey Thomas Martha Carey Thomas.jpg (1857–1935)1988Educator and feminist [196]
Verda Freeman Welcome (1907–1990)1988Maryland State Senate [197]
Clara Barton WcbbustCBarton2.jpg (1821–1912)1987Founder American Red Cross [198]
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fewharper.jpg (1824–1911)1987Author, poet, abolitionist [199]
Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913–1992)1987First African American woman to practice law in Maryland [200]
Mary Shaw Shorb (1907–1990)1987Research scientist [201]
Helen Brooke Taussig (1898–1986)1987Founded the field of pediatric cardiology [202]
Lillie Caroll Jackson (1889–1975)1986Civil rights advocate, organized Baltimore branch of NAACP [203]
Elizabeth Ann Seton Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774 - 1821).gif (1774–1821)1986Roman Catholic Saint [204]
Henrietta Szold Henrietta Szold stamp 1960.jpg (1860–1945)1986Educator, first president of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America [205]
Jeanette Rosner Wolman (1902–1999)1986Lawyer and woman's rights advocate [206]
Hiltgunt Zassenhaus (1916–2004)1986German philologist who worked as an interpreter in Hamburg, Germany during World War II, and later as a physician in the United States [207]
Margaret Brent MargaretBrent.gif (c.1601–c.1671)1985Estate owner, lawyer [208]
Rachel Carson Rachel-Carson.jpg (1907–1964)1985Author Silent Spring [209]
Rita C. Davidson (1928–1984)1985First woman on Maryland Court of Appeals [210]
Gladys Noon Spellman Gladys noon spellman.jpg (1918–1988)1985 United States House of Representatives [211]
Harriet Ross Tubman Harriet Tubman by Squyer, NPG, c1885.jpg (1820–1913)1985Abolitionist; escaped slave and conductor on the Underground railroad, suffragette [212]

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