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 (1934–2023)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 (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 Zulfat Suara (1).jpg 2015 [13] Chair and founder of the American Muslim Council of Tennessee [14]
Carol Gardner Transou (1936–2021) [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 Martha Craig Daughtrey.jpg (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]

References

  1. "Former nuclear physics teacher in OR to be inducted into TN Women's Hall of Fame". Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Oak Ridge Today. October 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. "About". Nashville, Tennessee: Women's Economic Council Foundation. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  3. "Nominations Open June 5th for the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Cycle" (PDF). Newsletter of the Tennessee Economic Council on Women. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Economic Council on Women: 3. May 2015. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  4. "Nominations open for Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame 2015". Nashville, Tennessee: The Daily Times. June 14, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  5. "Joy Bishop". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  6. "Federally Employed Women Hear Reports". Del Rio, Texas: Del Rio News Herald. March 1, 1977. p. 5. Retrieved January 1, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. "Lizzie Crozier French". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  8. "Elizabeth Rona". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  9. "Janice M. Holder". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  10. "Rosetta Miller-Perry". Chicago, Illinois: The History Makers. 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  11. "Rosetta Miller Perry". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  12. "Rhea Seddon". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  13. "Zulfat Suara". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  14. "American Muslim Advisory Council". San Jose, California: Islamic Networks Group. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  15. "Retired Johnson City teacher, community activist dies". Johnson City Press. November 19, 2021.
  16. "Carol Gardner Transou". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  17. "Margaret L. Behm". Nashville, Tennessee: Dodson Parker Behm and Capparella PC. 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  18. "Margaret Behm". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  19. Laube, Leigh Ann (February 3, 2014). "Willing to say 'YES": Women's hall of fame honors ETSU Vice President". Kingsport, Tennessee: Times News. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  20. "Wilsie S. Bishop". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  21. Clay, Wanda (November 1, 2013). "Inez Crutchfield inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame". Nashville, Tennessee: Nashville Pride. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  22. "Inez Crutchfield". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  23. "Shirley C. Raines". New York City, New York: Bloomberg Business Profiles. 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  24. "Shirley Raines". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  25. "Becca Stevens". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  26. Freeman, Sarah Wilkerson; Bond, Beverly (October 1, 2010). Tennessee Women: Their Lives and Times. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. p. 395. ISBN   978-0-8203-3901-6.
  27. "Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  28. "Pat Summitt". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  29. "Martha Craig Daughtrey". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  30. "Jane G. Eskind". Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame. 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  31. Boucher, Dave; Tamburin, Adam (August 6, 2016). "Jane Eskind, Tennessee trailblazer and Louisville native, dead at 83". Louisville Courier-Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2019.

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