Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame

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The Tennessee 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 Tennessee.

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History

The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2010 to recognize accomplished women who have impacted the development of the state of Tennessee and improved the status of other women. [1] It is the brainchild of the Women's Economic Council Foundation, Inc. and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women. [2]

Criteria

The criteria for induction into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame is that women were born in and achieved recognition within the state; are or have a resident in Tennessee for an extended period of time or adopted Tennessee as their home state. Additional criteria includes women who,: [3]

Inductees

The hall inducts new members annually or bi-annually and includes both contemporary and historical women or organizations which benefit women. [4]

Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
NameImageBirth–DeathYearArea of achievement
Joy Bishop (1934-)2015First career Air Force woman appointed to the Senior Executive Service [5] and served as the Women's Program Coordinator. [6]
Lizzie Crozier French Lizzie-crozier-french-1890s.jpg (1851-1926)2015Founder of the Knoxville Female Institute and the Tennessee Suffrage Association [7]
Elizabeth Rona (de) (1890-1981)2015First woman to teach chemistry in any university in Hungary, in the United States, she served on the Manhattan Project [8]
Janice M. Holder (1949-)2015First woman Chief Justice of Tennessee [9]
Rosetta Miller-Perry (1934-) [10] 2015Founder of the Greater Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce, and co-founder, publisher and journalist of Perry & Perry Publishing Company [11]
Margaret Rhea Seddon Margaret Rhea Seddon.jpg (1947-)2015One of the inaugural group of women astronauts of NASA [12]
Zulfat Suara 2015 [13] Chair and founder of the American Muslim Council of Tennessee [14]
Carol Gardner Transou (d. 2021) [15] 20151987 Tennessee Teacher of the Year and first Tennessee Teacher-Scholar of the National Endowment for the Humanities [16]
Margaret L. Behm (c. 1951) [17] 2013Co-founded Shipley & Behm, the first all-woman law firm in Nashville [18]
Wilsie S. Bishop (1949) [19] 2013First woman Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of East Tennessee State University [20]
M. Inez Crutchfield (c. 1925-) [21] 2013First African American to hold an appointed and elected statewide position in the Tennessee State Federation of Democratic Women [22]
Shirley C. Raines (1945-) [23] 2013President of the University of Memphis [24]
Becca Stevens (1963-)2013Founder of Magdalene House [25]
Jocelyn Wurzburg (1940-) [26] 2013Orchestrated an interfaith and inter-racial group response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. [27]
Pat Summitt Pat-Summitt-Walter-Reed-Center-06-24-08-2.jpg (1952-2016)2011Most all-time wins for a coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division [28]
Martha Craig Daughtrey (1942-)2010First Tennessee woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [29]
Jane G. Eskind (1933-2016)2010First woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee [30] [31]

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