Ohio Women's Hall of Fame facts for kids
The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978 through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members. In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
History
The Hall was created in 1978 within the Women's Programs at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The Hall "provided public recognition of the contributions Ohio women have made to the growth and progress of Ohio, the United States, and the world."
The Hall inducted women in the following categories:
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Arts, Music and Journalism | 64 |
| Business and Labor | 46 |
| Education | 39 |
| Government and Military Service | 49 |
| Law | 14 |
| Math, Science and Health Services | 62 |
| Religion and Community Services | 75 |
| Sports and Athletics | 16 |
| Women's Suffrage and Cultural Activism | 37 |
After the program ended, its physical archives were transferred to the Ohioana Library, where they were held until they were transferred in 2019 to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
Inductees
| Name | Image | Birth–death | County | Year | Area of achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Allen |  |
(1884–1966) | Cuyahoga | 1978 | American judge. Allen was the first woman to serve on a state Supreme Court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge. |
| Helen Chatfield Black | Hamilton | 1978 | Co-founded the Cincinnati Nature Center and Little Miami, Inc. Black was president of the Ohio chapter of The Nature Conservancy and board member of the Ohio Environmental Council. | ||
| Frances Bolton |  |
(1885–1977) | Cuyahoga | 1978 | Politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives. Bolton was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio. |
| Elizabeth Boyer | (1913–2002) | Geauga | 1978 | American lawyer, feminist and writer. In 1968, Boyer founded the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) as a moderate feminist movement for professional women. | |
| Harriet Bracken | Franklin | 1978 | First woman vice president of the Huntington National Bank of Columbus | ||
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Hamilton | 1978 | First Lady of Ohio from 1929 to 1931 as the wife of Governor Myers Y. Cooper | |
| Gertrude Donahey | (1908–2004) | Franklin | 1978 | American politician of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983 | |
| Jane Edna Hunter | (1881–1971) | Cuyahoga | 1978 | African-American social worker who established the Working Girls Association in Cleveland, Ohio in 1911, which later became the Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland. | |
| Consolata Kline | (1916–2016) | Mahoning | 1978 | Executive director of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center | |
| Virginia Kunkle | (1915–2005) | Franklin | 1978 | First woman to become assistant superintendent of public instruction in Ohio | |
| Margaret A. Mahoney | Cuyahoga | 1978 | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. Mahoney was both Senate President Pro Tem and Majority Leader as well as Chief of the Ohio Division of Securities. | ||
| Helen Grace McClelland | Columbiana | 1978 | Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for her service as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War I | ||
| Agnes Merritt | Franklin | 1978 | Former state president of the American Legion Auxiliary and advocate for women | ||
| Rose Papier | Franklin | 1978 | Pioneer gerontologist and Ohio's first Director of the Ohio Administration on Aging | ||
| Lottie Randolph | (?– 1968) | Perry | 1978 | Farmer and homemaker. Randolph was assistant director of Farm Labor at OSU. | |
| Ella P. Stewart |  |
(1893–1987) | Lucas | 1978 | One of the first African-American female pharmacists in the United States. |
| Marigene Valiquette | (1924–) | Lucas | 1978 | Former member of the Ohio General Assembly | |
| Ann B. Walker | Franklin | 1978 | First woman broadcaster to report on the Ohio legislature | ||
| Stella Walsh | (1911–1980) | Cuyahoga | 1978 | Polish athlete who became a women's Olympic champion | |
| Marion Wells | Licking | 1978 | Promoter of better treatment and education for disabled citizens | ||
| Mary Jobe Akeley | (1886–1966) | Harrison | 1979 | Explorer and naturalist. Akeley was one of the earliest women explorers in Africa where she and her husband Carl E. Akeley hunted and photographed animals during their natural history studies. | |
| Mary Ann Bickerdyke |  |
(1817–1901) | Knox | 1979 | Hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War |
| Beatrice Cleveland | Franklin | 1979 | Associate State Leader for 4-H in the Extension Service, College of Agriculture, The Ohio State University | ||
| Charity Edna Earley |  |
(1918–2002) | Montgomery | 1979 | First black commissioned officer in the Women's Army Corps |
| Eleanor Jammal | Ashtabula | 1979 | Businesswoman, member of Zonta International and numerous boards | ||
| Bernice Kochan | Cuyahoga | 1979 | Artist and designer of postage stamps | ||
| Emily Leedy | Franklin | 1979 | Chair of the Women's Advisory Council of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services | ||
| Ruth Lyons |  |
(1905–1988) | Hamilton | 1979 | Pioneer radio and television broadcaster in Cincinnati |
| Jerrie Mock | (1925–2014) | Franklin | 1979 | First woman to fly solo around the world. | |
| Emma Phaler | Franklin | 1979 | Bowler and contributor to the Women"s International Bowling Congress | ||
| Rachel Redinger | Tuscarawas | 1979 | Founder of the Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Association and vice chair of the Ohio Arts Council | ||
| Bobbie Sterne | (1919–2017) | Hamilton | 1979 | Member of the Charter Party and Cincinnati's first female mayor | |
| Ethel Swanbeck | (1893–1989) | Huron | 1979 | Former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, served eleven consecutive terms in the Ohio House from 1955 to 1976. | |
| Clara Weisenborn | (1907–1985) | Montgomery | 1979 | Republican Ohio politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly | |
| Marjorie M. Whiteman | Henry | 1979 | Legal advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt and author of the fifteen volume Digest of International Law | ||
| Grace Berlin | (1897–1982) | Lucas | 1980 | One of the first Ohio women to earn a degree in ecology; officer of the National Audubon Society | |
| Erma Bombeck | (1927–1996) | Montgomery | 1980 | American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s | |
| Patricia M. Byrne | Cuyahoga | 1980 | Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma | ||
| Ruth Crawford | (1901–1953) | Columbiana | 1980 | Modernist composer and American folk music specialist | |
| Louisa Fast | Seneca | 1980 | National and international women's rights activist | ||
| Dorothy Fuldheim | (1893–1989) | Cuyahoga | 1980 | Journalist and anchor who spent the majority of her career at The Cleveland Press and WEWS-TV | |
| Lillian Gish |  |
(1893–1993) | Hamilton | 1980 | Stage, screen and television actress; called "The First Lady of American Cinema" |
| Esther Greisheimer | (1891–1982) | Ross | 1980 | Medical educator specializing in the fields of anesthesiology and cardiac research | |
| Edith Keller | Morrow | 1980 | Supervisor of music for the Ohio Department of Education | ||
| Tella Kitchen | Ross | 1980 | Folk art painter | ||
| Blanche Krupansky | (1925–2008) | Cuyahoga | 1980 | Cleveland judge who became the second woman to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1981. | |
| Hattie Larlham | Auglaize | 1980 | Founder of Hattie Larlham, a non-profit organization that provides services to more than 1,500 children and adults with developmental disabilities | ||
| Mary Louise Nemeth | Cuyahoga | 1980 | Business publisher and industrial advertiser | ||
| Annie Oakley |  |
(1860–1926) | Darke | 1980 | American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar. |
| Doris Weber | Cuyahoga | 1980 | Artist and industrial photographer | ||
| Mildred Bayer | Franklin | 1981 | Founder and president of Health Clinics International | ||
| Tina Bischoff Lovin | Franklin | 1981 | World champion long-distance swimmer | ||
| Dorothy Cornelius | Franklin | 1981 | Executive director of the Ohio Nurses Association, president of the International Counsel of Nurses, president of the American Nurses Association, and president of the American Journal of Nursing Company | ||
| Doris Day |  |
(1924–2019) | Hamilton | 1981 | American actress, singer, and animal rights activist |
| Phyllis Diller |  |
(1917–2012) | Allen | 1981 | American actress and comedian |
| Eusebia Hunkins | Athens | 1981 | Musician and composer | ||
| Andre Norton | (1912–2005) | Cuyahoga | 1981 | American science fiction and fantasy author | |
| Jean Starr Untermeyer | Muskingum | 1981 | Poet and translator | ||
| Harriet Taylor Upton |  |
(1853–1945) | Portage | 1981 | Suffragette, author, and the first woman to be vice chairman of the Republican National Committee |
| Nancy Wilson |  |
(1937–) | Ross | 1981 | American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards |
| A. Margaret Boyd | Jefferson | 1982 | Education | ||
| Ann Eriksson | Franklin | 1982 | Director of Ohio's Constitutional Revision Commission | ||
| Bernice Foley | Hamilton | 1982 | Writer, lecturer and fashion commentator | ||
| Zelma Watson George | (1903–1994) | Cuyahoga | 1982 | African American philanthropist, alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium | |
| Grace Goulder Izant | (1893–1984) | Cuyahoga | 1982 | Writer, historian and preservationist | |
| Toni Morrison |  |
(1931–2019) | Lorain | 1982 | American novelist, editor, and professor. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1993 and in 1987 the Pulitzer Prize |
| Phyllis Sewell | Hamilton | 1982 | Executive at Federated Department Stores | ||
| Jayne Spain | Hamilton | 1982 | Corporate executive | ||
| Helen Zelkowitz | Knox | 1982 | Radio broadcaster and founder of WMVO | ||
| Harriet J. Anderson | (1913–1980) | Athens | 1983 | Painter and textile artist | |
| Ione Biggs | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Political and social activist who has worked to address crime prevention, women's rights, voter registration, hunger, poverty and unemployment | ||
| Eula Bingham | (1929–2020) | Hamilton | 1983 | Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health during the Carter Administration. | |
| Mary O. Boyle | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district | ||
| Mariwyn Heath | Montgomery | 1983 | Chair of the Political Action Committee for Business and Professional Women and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment | ||
| Josephine Irwin | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Suffragist and advocate for women's rights | ||
| Barbara Janis | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Union organizer and advocate for women | ||
| Lillian Janis | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Cleveland political figure | ||
| Minnie Player | Cuyahoga | 1983 | Leader of Cleveland's Welfare Rights Organization | ||
| Gloria Steinem |  |
(1934–) | Lucas | 1983 | American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s |
| Freda Winning | Sandusky | 1983 | Educator, Marine officer, government official and international diplomat | ||
| Mary E. Miller Young | Franklin | 1983 | Co-founder of the Ohio Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and leader in the struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment | ||
| Sally Cooper | Franklin | 1984 | Activist opposing violence against women and children | ||
| Sarah E. Harris | Montgomery | 1984 | Former President of the Dayton Urban League and community board member | ||
| Cindy Noble Hauserman | Ross | 1984 | U.S. Olympic Basketball Team gold medalist | ||
| Marcy Kaptur |  |
(1946–) | Lucas | 1984 | U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district |
| Karen Nussbaum |  |
(1950–) | Cuyahoga | 1984 | Executive director of Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL–CIO; former director of the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau |
| Mary Rose Oakar |  |
(1940–) | Cuyahoga | 1984 | Democratic politician and first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from Ohio |
| Catherine Pinkerton | Cuyahoga | 1984 | Lobbyist with NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby | ||
| Willa Player | Summit | 1984 | First Black woman president of a four-year women's college | ||
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(1949–1986) | Summit | 1984 | Engineer and NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L |
| Helen Hooven Santmyer | (1895–1986) | Greene | 1984 | Writer | |
| Marian Spencer | (1920–) | Hamilton | 1984 | Former Vice Mayor of the Cincinnati City Council and the first African American woman to be elected to the Council | |
| Marian Trimble | Franklin | 1984 | President of Nationwide Investment Services | ||
| Joyce Wollenberg | Perry | 1984 | Union organizer and advocate for women | ||
| Lois Anna Barr Cook | Montgomery | 1985 | Pioneering science educator | ||
| Mercedes Cotner | Cuyahoga | 1985 | Cleveland City Council member | ||
| Zell Draz | Mahoning | 1985 | Associate publisher of the Warren Tribune-Chronicle | ||
| Barbara Easterling | (1933–) | Summit | 1985 | First woman elected to executive committee positions at Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the AFL–CIO | |
| Nikki Giovanni |  |
(1943–) | Hamilton | 1985 | Poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator |
| Aurora Gonzalez | Lucas | 1985 | Organizer, educator and activist in Toledo's Hispanic community | ||
| Mary Lazarus | Franklin | 1985 | Advocate for consumer rights, child safety, education, services to women and ethics in government | ||
| Barbara Mandel | Cuyahoga | 1985 | President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) | ||
| Norma Marcere | Stark | 1985 | Pioneer feminist and educator | ||
| Lucille Middleton | Champaign | 1985 | Established the first classes for developmentally disabled children in Champaign County | ||
| Helen Mulholland | Franklin | 1985 | Founding member of the Ohio Commission on the Status of Women and Ohio Women, Inc. | ||
| Lauretta Schimmoler | (1900–1981) | Crawford | 1985 | Aviator who was the first woman in the United States to establish an airport in the United States, the first woman to command an American Legion post and was the founder of the Aerial Nurse Corps of America, the predecessor of the flight nurses of the United States Air Force. | |
| Marge Schott | (1928–2004) | Hamilton | 1985 | Managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999 | |
| Mary Jen Steinbrenner | Cuyahoga | 1985 | Developed programs to benefit women and children | ||
| Margaret Andrew | Montgomery | 1986 | Pioneer for women in science and technology | ||
| Kathleen Barber | Cuyahoga | 1986 | Educator and political activist | ||
| Fay Biles | Portage | 1986 | First woman vice president of an Ohio university | ||
| Elizabeth Blackwell |  |
(1821–1910) | Hamilton | 1986 | First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the education of women as well as social and moral reform |
| Marie Clarke | Franklin | 1986 | Black female labor leader | ||
| Eva Mae Crosby | Franklin | 1986 | Educator, lawyer and race relations pioneer | ||
| Ruby Dee |  |
(1922–2014) | Cuyahoga | 1986 | Actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist |
| Cynthia Drennan | (1948–) | Cuyahoga | 1986 | Missionary to El Salvador | |
| Hooker Glendinning | Cuyahoga | 1986 | Advocate for social justice, racial and cultural equality | ||
| Louise Herring | (1909–1987) | Hamilton | 1986 | One of the pioneer leaders of the not-for-profit cooperative credit union movement in the United States; known as the "Mother of Credit Unions" | |
| Katherine LeVeque | Franklin | 1986 | Columbus businesswoman | ||
| Ruth Ratner Miller | Cuyahoga | 1986 | First woman health director for the city of Cleveland | ||
| Amelia Nava | (1933–) | Seneca | 1986 | Advocate for migrant farmworkers | |
| Arline Webb Pratt | Stark | 1986 | Advocate for illumination of the Statue of Liberty | ||
| Anastasia Ann Przelomski | Mahoning | 1986 | Journalist and editor | ||
| Virginia Purdy | Adams | 1986 | Radio entrepreneur and founder of WRAC | ||
| Selma Walker | Franklin | 1986 | Founder and director of the Native American Indian Center of Columbus | ||
| Julia Walsh | Summit | 1986 | First woman Governor of the American Stock Exchange | ||
| Faye Wattleton |  |
(1943–) | Montgomery | 1986 | First African-American and youngest President ever elected to ... Parenthood; President of the Center for the Advancement of Women |
| Mary Ellen Withrow |  |
(1930–) | Marion | 1986 | 40th Treasurer of the United States from March 1, 1994, to January 20, 2001, under President Bill Clinton |
| Anna Biggins | Trumbull | 1988 | Union organizer | ||
| Patricia Clonch | Lawrence | 1988 | Executive Director of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation | ||
| Norma Craden | (1919–1992) | Lucas | 1988 | Union organizer with the Coalition of Labor Union Women | |
| Jewel Freeman Graham | Greene | 1988 | Attorney, professor and President of the World YWCA | ||
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(1950–) | Montgomery | 1988 | Cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy |
| Rebecca D. Jackson | Franklin | 1988 | Medical researcher specializing in endocrinology, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease | ||
| Carol Heiss Jenkins | (1940–) | Summit | 1988 | Figure skater. 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion (1956–1960) | |
| Carol Kane | (1953–) | Cuyahoga | 1988 | American actress who appeared in Hester Street and Annie Hall. Received two Emmy Awards for her work in the television series Taxi | |
| Bea Larsen | Hamilton | 1988 | First woman president of the Cincinnati Bar Association | ||
| Alice Raful Lev | Mahoning | 1988 | Community organizer and advocate for social justice | ||
| Linda Rocker Sogg | Cuyahoga | 1988 | Advocate for social justice who led the Ohio Coalition for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment | ||
| Eleanor Smeal |  |
(1939–) | Ashtabula | 1988 | Feminist activist, political analyst, lobbyist, and grassroots organizer. President and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation, serving twice as president of the National Organization for Women |
| Carolyn Utz | (1913–2005) | Franklin | 1988 | Music educator and youth advocate | |
| Anita Smith Ward | Franklin | 1988 | First woman to be elected Chair of a state university board of trustees in Ohio | ||
| Jeanette Grasselli Brown | Cuyahoga | 1989 | Industrial researcher for BP America | ||
| Maxine Carnahan | Coshocton | 1989 | First woman president of the United Paperworkers International Union | ||
| Tracy Chapman |  |
(1964–) | Cuyahoga | 1989 | Singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist. |
| Betsy Mix Cowles |  |
(1810–1876) | Ashtabula | 1989 | Early leader in the United States abolitionist movement |
| Ann Gazelle | Franklin | 1989 | Social worker and artist | ||
| Michelle Graves | Hamilton | 1989 | Banker and financial planner | ||
| Florence Harshman | Mahoning | 1989 | Social worker | ||
| June Hutt | Cuyahoga | 1989 | Publisher and advocate of working women | ||
| Geraldine Jensen | Lucas | 1989 | Founder of the Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support | ||
| Carolyn Mahoney | (1946–) | Franklin | 1989 | Mathematics educator | |
| Linda Myers | (1947–) | Franklin | 1989 | Researcher and psychotherapist | |
| Jennie Porter | Hamilton | 1989 | First black female public school principal in Cincinnati | ||
| Diane Poulton | Franklin | 1989 | Advocate for the rights of women | ||
| Renee Powell | (1946–) | Stark | 1989 | Professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour and is currently head professional at her family's Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio | |
| Charlene Spretnak | (1946–) | Franklin | 1989 | Author, activist, academic, and feminist | |
| Charlene Ventura | Hamilton | 1989 | President and CEO of the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati | ||
| Marilyn Gaston | (1939–) | Hamilton | 1990 | Pediatrician who helped to establish the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the University of Cincinnati | |
| Dorothy Jackson | Summit | 1990 | Akron's Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Relations | ||
| Luella Talmadge Jackson | Seneca | 1990 | Community activist | ||
| Janet Kalven | (1913–2014) | Hamilton | 1990 | Feminist educator, author and activist | |
| Rosabeth Kanter | (1943–) | Cuyahoga | 1990 | Tenured professor in business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest C. Arbuckle Professorship. | |
| Maggie Kuhn | (1905–1995) | Cuyahoga | 1990 | Activist known for founding the Gray Panthers | |
| Joan Lamson | Cuyahoga | 1990 | Small business owner | ||
| Maya Ying Lin |  |
(1959–) | Athens | 1990 | Architect and artist working in sculpture and landscape art; best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
| Anne Variano Macko | Cuyahoga | 1990 | Union organizer with the Communications Workers of America | ||
| Alicia Mott | Wood | 1990 | Advocate for the educational and economic advancement of Ohio's Hispanic community | ||
| Ludel Sauvageot | Summit | 1990 | Pioneer in the field of hospital public relations | ||
| Fanchon bat-Lillian Shur | Hamilton | 1990 | Choreographer and educator | ||
| Phebe Temperance Sutliff | (1859–1955) | Trumbull | 1990 | President of Rockford College | |
| Grayce Williams | Franklin | 1990 | First Black woman to serve as President of the Columbus YWCA | ||
| Berenice Abbott |  |
(1898–1991) | Clark | 1991 | Photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s |
| Earladeen Badger | Hamilton | 1991 | Founder and president of United Services for Effective Parenting | ||
| Hallie Brown |  |
(1849–1949) | Greene | 1991 | African American educator, writer and activist |
| JoAnn Davidson | Franklin | 1991 | Speaker and Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives | ||
| Raquel Diaz-Sprague | Franklin | 1991 | Chemist and advocate for women and ethical workplaces | ||
| Rita Dove |  |
(1952–) | Summit | 1991 | United States Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress |
| Mary Ignatia Gavin | (1889–1966) | Summit | 1991 | Founded the first alcohol addiction treatment center; Sister Ignatia was known as the "Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous" | |
| Sara Harper | Cuyahoga | 1991 | First African American woman to graduate from Case Western Reserve University Law School and the first woman to serve on the judiciary of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Harper co-founded the first victims' rights program in the United States. | ||
| Donna Hawk | Cuyahoga | 1991 | Developed transitional housing for the homeless | ||
| June Holley | Athens | 1991 | Co-founder of Worker Owned Network. Holley pioneered developing worker-owned cooperatives to alleviate poverty in Appalachia. | ||
| Martha C. Moore | Guernsey | 1991 | Active volunteer with the Ohio Republican Party | ||
| Darlene Owens | Cuyahoga | 1991 | First woman pipefitter in Ohio | ||
| Helen H. Peterson | Franklin | 1991 | Board member of the national YWCA and advocate for minimum wage in Ohio | ||
| Martha Pituch | Lucas | 1991 | Health care educator and advocate for children, families and those without housing | ||
| Yvonne Pointer |  |
Cuyahoga | 1991 | Founder of the Positive Plus Support Group. Pointer spearheaded an effort to bring midnight basketball to Cleveland. | |
| Virginia Ruehlmann | Hamilton | 1991 | Former first lady of Cincinnati; administrator and director with the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation | ||
| Josephine Schwarz | (1908–2004) | Montgomery | 1991 | Dance instructor and co-founder of the Schwarz School of Dance | |
| Suzanne Timken | Stark | 1991 | Youth fitness advocate and vice chair of the President"s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Advisory Board | ||
| Nancy Vertrone Bieniek | Cuyahoga | 1991 | Businesswoman and founder of Original Copy Centers | ||
| Stella Marie Zannoni | Cuyahoga | 1991 | Preserver of Italian American cultural heritage | ||
| Mary of the Annunciation Beaumont | Cuyahoga | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||
| Antoinette Eaton | Mahoning | 1992 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Rubie McCullough | Cuyahoga | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||
| Nancy Oakley | Cuyahoga | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||
| Harriet Parker | Franklin | 1992 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Susan Porter | Allen | 1992 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Helen Steiner Rice | (1900–1981) | Lorain | 1992 | Writer of religious and inspirational poetry | |
| Alice Schille | (1869–1955) | Franklin | 1992 | Watercolorist and painter | |
| Louella Thompson | Butler | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||
| Mildred Benson | (1905–2002) | Lucas | 1993 | Journalist and author of children's books, including the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries | |
| Amelia Bingham |  |
(1869–1927) | Defiance | 1993 | Stage actress |
| Virginia Coffey | Hamilton | 1993 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Viola Famiano Colombi | Cuyahoga | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||
| Ivy Gunter | (1950–) | Sandusky | 1993 | Amputee, fashion model, osteosarcoma survivor, inspirational speaker, and fitness enthusiast | |
| Virginia Hamilton | (1934–2002) | Greene | 1993 | Author of children's books and winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Newbery Medal | |
| Lucy Webb Hayes |  |
(1831–1889) | Ross | 1993 | First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Joy Alice Hintz | Muskingum | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||
| Geraldine Macelwane | (1909–1974) | Lucas | 1993 | First woman judge on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court. | |
| Anne O'Hare McCormick | (1880–1954) | Franklin | 1993 | Foreign news correspondent for The New York Times | |
| Rena Olshansky | Cuyahoga | 1993 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Edna Pincham | Mahoning | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||
| Maxine Plummer | Jackson | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||
| Jean Reilly | Franklin | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||
| Pauline Riel | Morrow | 1993 | Education | ||
| Christine M. Cook | (1956–) | Franklin | 1994 | First woman of the Ohio National Guard to assume command of two separate battalions and then a regiment; Director of the Ohio Veteran's Home | |
| Claudia Coulton | Cuyahoga | 1994 | Education | ||
| Ellen Walker Craig-Jones | Franklin | 1994 | Government and military service | ||
| Nanette Ferrall | Auglaize | 1994 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Jill Harms Griesse | Licking | 1994 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Georgia Griffith | Franklin | 1994 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Florence Melton |  |
(1911–2007) | Franklin | 1994 | Inventor known for innovating the foam-soled and washable slipper. |
| Lucille Nussdorfer | Tuscarawas | 1994 | Religion and community services | ||
| Jane Reece | (1868–1961) | Montgomery | 1994 | Pictorial photographer of the early 20th century | |
| Emma Ann Reynolds | Ross | 1994 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Carol Scott | Clark | 1994 | Religion and community services | ||
| Paula Spence | Franklin | 1994 | Business and labor | ||
| Deanna Tribe | Vinton | 1994 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Lillian Wald |  |
(1867–1940) | Hamilton | 1994 | Nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights, and the founder of American community nursing |
| Sandra Beckwith |  |
(1943–) | Hamilton | 1995 | Judge; first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge | Defiance | 1995 | Business and labor | ||
| Patricia Ann Blackmon | Cuyahoga | 1995 | Law | ||
| Mary Bowermaster | (1917–2011) | Butler | 1995 | Nurse's aide for schools in Butler County and masters athlete | |
| Christine Brennan | (1958–) | Lucas | 1995 | Sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, bestselling author and nationally known speaker | |
| Joy Garrison Cauffman | (1927–2020) | Clinton | 1995 | Math, science and health services | |
| Bunny Clark | Franklin | 1995 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Grace Drake | Cuyahoga | 1995 | Government and military service | ||
| Naomi Evans | Franklin | 1995 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Frances Dana Gage | Hamilton | 1995 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Jane Kirkham | Cuyahoga | 1995 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Sylvia Lewis | Summit | 1995 | Women's Suffrage and Cultural Activism | ||
| Tami Longaberger | Licking | 1995 | Business and labor | ||
| Donna Moon | Montgomery | 1995 | Business and labor | ||
| Gratia Murphy | Mahoning | 1995 | Education | ||
| Alice Robie Resnick | (1939–) | Lucas | 1995 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio | |
| Muriel Siebert | (1932–) | Cuyahoga | 1995 | First woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to head one of its member firms | |
| Carol Cartwright | Portage | 1996 | Academic administrator and former president of Bowling Green State University | ||
| Elizabeth Evans | Franklin | 1996 | Radio broadcaster | ||
| Rae Natalie Goodall | Morrow | 1996 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Elizabeth Hauser | Trumbull | 1996 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Bernadine Healy | (1944–2011) | Franklin | 1996 | Physician, cardiologist, academic and a former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| Carol Kelly | Union | 1996 | Education | ||
| Fannie Lewis | Cuyahoga | 1996 | Religion and community services | ||
| Betty Montgomery | (1948–) | Wood | 1996 | Republican politician who served as Ohio State Auditor | |
| Hope Taft | Hamilton | 1996 | First Lady of Ohio and wife to Governor Bob Taft | ||
| Carol Ball | Darke | 1997 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Marilyn Byers | Ashland | 1997 | Government and military service | ||
| Jean Murrell Capers | Cuyahoga | 1997 | Law | ||
| Martha Dorsey | Clermont | 1997 | Government and military service | ||
| Joan Heidelberg | Miami | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Clarice Herbert | Allen | 1997 | Religion and community services | ||
| Beatrice Lampkin | Hamilton | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Jacquelyn MayerTownsend | Erie | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Ann O'Rourke | Franklin | 1997 | Religion and community services | ||
| Beryl Rothschild | Cuyahoga | 1997 | Government and military service | ||
| Thekla Shackelford | Franklin | 1997 | Education | ||
| Marianne Boggs Campbell | Gallia | 1998 | Business and labor | ||
| Carole Garrison | Summit | 1998 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Nancy Hollister | (1949–) | Muskingum | 1998 | 66th Governor of Ohio | |
| Stephanie J. Jones |  |
Cuyahoga | 1998 | Lawyer and educator, president of Stephanie Jones Strategies and former executive director of the National Urban League Policy Institute | |
| Bettye Ruth Kay | Lucas | 1998 | Religion and community services | ||
| Barbara Ross-Lee | Athens | 1998 | Dean of the Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine | ||
| Audrey Mackiewicz | Erie | 1998 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Kathy Palasics | Cuyahoga | 1998 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Margaret Diane Quinn | Muskingum | 1998 | Government and military service | ||
| Henrietta Seiberling |  |
Summit | 1998 | Religion and community services | |
| Mary Emily Taylor | Logan | 1998 | Education | ||
| Virginia Varga | Montgomery | 1998 | Education | ||
| Jacqueline Woods | Cuyahoga | 1998 | Business and labor | ||
| Nancy Lusk Zimpher | Franklin | 1998 | Education | ||
| MaryJo Behrensmeyer | Knox | 1999 | Education | ||
| Alvina Costilla | Lucas | 1999 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Sarah Deal |  |
Wood | 1999 | First female Marine selected for Naval aviation training, and subsequently the Marine Corps' first female aviator in 1993 | |
| Electra Doren | (1861–1927) | Montgomery | 1999 | Education | |
| Daisy Flowers | Franklin | 1999 | Religion and community services | ||
| Annie Glenn | (1920–2020) | Muskingum | 1999 | Wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn | |
| Ann Hamilton | (1956–) | Franklin | 1999 | Artist known for her installations, textile art and sculptures | |
| Carole Hoover | Cuyahoga | 1999 | Business and labor | ||
| Cheryl Han Horn | Franklin | 1999 | Business and labor | ||
| Carol Latham | Cuyahoga | 1999 | Business and labor | ||
| Nancy Linenkugel | Erie | 1999 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Marie Barrett Marsh | Trumbull | 1999 | Government and military service | ||
| Marjorie Parham | Hamilton | 1999 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Mary Regula | Stark | 1999 | Religion and community services | ||
| Lee Lenore Rubin | Athens | 1999 | Religion and community services | ||
| Harriet Beecher Stowe |  |
(1811–1896) | Hamilton | 1999 | abolitionist and author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) |
| Jerry Sue Thornton | Cuyahoga | 1999 | Education | ||
| Janet Voinovich | Cuyahoga | 1999 | Government and military service | ||
| Paige Ashbaugh | Summit | 2000 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Maude Charles Collins | Vinton | 2000 | Government and military service | ||
| Faye Dambrot | Summit | 2000 | Education | ||
| Margarita de Leon | Lucas | 2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Patricia Louise Fletcher | Jefferson | 2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Jean Patrice Harrington | Hamilton | 2000 | Education | ||
| Shirley Hoffman | Cuyahoga | 2000 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Dorothy Kazel | (1939–1980) | Cuyahoga | 2000 | Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador | |
| Farah Majidzadeh | Franklin | 2000 | Business and labor | ||
| Ada Martin | Franklin | 2000 | Religion and community services | ||
| Lorle Porter | Knox | 2000 | Education | ||
| Lanna Samaniego | Mercer | 2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Yvonne Taylor | Greene | 2000 | Education | ||
| Margaret Wong | Cuyahoga | 2000 | Law | ||
| Betty Zane |  |
(1759–1823) | Belmont | 2000 | Alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War |
| Rebecca Boreczky | Delaware | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||
| Frances Jennings Casement |  |
(1840–1928) | Lake | 2001 | Suffragette |
| Ruth L. Davis | (1910–2005) | Lucas | 2001 | First woman President of Davis College | |
| Lucille Ford | Ashland | 2001 | Education | ||
| Susan F. Gray | Darke | 2001 | Educator, advocate for historical preservation and Darke County Park Commissioner | ||
| Kathleen Harrison | Franklin | 2001 | Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps | ||
| Adella Prentiss Hughes | (1869–1950) | Cuyahoga | 2001 | Pianist and impresario; main organizer of the Cleveland Orchestra | |
| Janet E. Jackson | Franklin | 2001 | Assistant Attorney General for Ohio and the first African-American woman to serve as judge in Franklin County | ||
| Dottie Kammie Kamenshek | Hamilton | 2001 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Maxine Levin | Cuyahoga | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||
| Irene Long |  |
(1950–) | Cuyahoga | 2001 | Physician and NASA official. Long was the first female Chief Medical Officer at the Kennedy Space Center. |
| Martha MacDonell | Allen | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||
| Mary Andrew Matesich | Franklin | 2001 | Education | ||
| Elizabeth Powell | Mahoning | 2001 | Reverend Mother and founder of the World Fellowship Interdenominational Church | ||
| Deborah Pryce |  |
(1951–) | Franklin | 2001 | Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district |
| Maria Sexton | Wayne | 2001 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Farah Walters | Cuyahoga | 2001 | Business and labor | ||
| Georgeta Blebea Washington | Cuyahoga | 2001 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Judy Barker | Franklin | 2002 | Business and labor | ||
| Frances Seiberling Buchholzer | Summit | 2002 | Government and military service | ||
| Joan Brown Campbell | Cuyahoga | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||
| Nancy Frankenberg | Delaware | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||
| Zell Hart-Deming | Trumbull | 2002 | Business and labor | ||
| Elsie Helsel | Athens | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||
| Katie T. Horstman | Auglaize | 2002 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Jennie Hwang | Cuyahoga | 2002 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Cathy Monroe Lewis | Cuyahoga | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||
| Viola Startzman Robertson | Wayne | 2002 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Stefanie Spielman | Franklin | 2002 | Sports reporter and breast cancer survivor | ||
| Kathryn Sullivan |  |
(1951–) | Franklin | 2002 | Geologist and former NASA astronaut. Sullivan is the first American woman to walk in space. |
| Sheila Bailey | Cuyahoga | 2003 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Jeraldyne Kilborn Blunden | Montgomery | 2003 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Shannon Carter | Hamilton | 2003 | Religion and community services | ||
| Luceille Fleming | Franklin | 2003 | Government and military service | ||
| Olga D. González-Sanabria |  |
Cuyahoga | 2003 | Math, science and health services | |
| Elsie Janis |  |
(1889–1956) | Franklin | 2003 | Singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter |
| Lois Lenski | (1893–1974) | Shelby | 2003 | Writer of children's and young adult fiction | |
| Ellen Mosley-Thompson | Franklin | 2003 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Cathy Nelson | Franklin | 2003 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Evlyn Gray Scott | Cuyahoga | 2003 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Yvonne C. Williams | Wayne | 2003 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Rogers Margaret Brugler | Franklin | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||
| Julia Chatfield | Brown | 2007 | Education | ||
| Lucille Hastings | Holmes | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||
| Lillie Howard | Montgomery | 2007 | Education | ||
| Mary Ann Jorgenson | Cuyahoga | 2007 | Law | ||
| Joyce Mahaney | Lucas | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||
| Rozella Schlotfeldt | Cuyahoga | 2007 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Katherine May Smith | (1974–) | Hocking | 2007 | Basketball player; Ohio State Female Athlete of the Century | |
| Florence Wang | Mahoning | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||
| Dorothy Baunach | Cuyahoga | 2008 | Business and labor | ||
| Carrie Nelson Black | (1859–1936) | Franklin | 2008 | Math, science and health services, founded the Columbus Society for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis (now known as The Breathing Association) in 1906. | |
| Caro Bosca | Clark | 2008 | Government and military service | ||
| Yvette McGee Brown |  |
(1960–) | Franklin | 2008 | President of the Center for Children and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital |
| Loann Crane | Franklin | 2008 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Joan Durgin | Lucas | 2008 | Education | ||
| Carol Gibbs | Hamilton | 2008 | Religion and community services | ||
| Billie Johnson | Lucas | 2008 | Religion and community services | ||
| Jih Lei | Cuyahoga | 2008 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Elizabeth Magee | Cuyahoga | 2008 | Business and labor | ||
| Kasturi Rajadhyaksha | Franklin | 2008 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Julie Salamon | (1953–) | Adams | 2008 | Journalist, critic and author | |
| Michele Wheatly | Greene | 2008 | Education | ||
| Gail Collins | (1945–) | Hamilton | 2009 | Journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with The New York Times | |
| Pamela B. Davis | Cuyahoga | 2009 | Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | ||
| Kim de Groh | Cuyahoga | 2009 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Beverly J. Gray | Ross | 2009 | Educator | ||
| Sharon Howard | Montgomery | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||
| Carol Kuhre | Athens | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||
| Virginia Manning | Erie | 2009 | Business and labor | ||
| Helen Moss | Cuyahoga | 2009 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Judith Rycus | Franklin | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||
| Mary Adelaide Sandusky | Lucas | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||
| Glenna Watson | Franklin | 2009 | Government and military service | ||
| Bernett Williams | Summit | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||
| Celia Williamson | Lucas | 2009 | University of Toledo Professor and community advocate. | ||
| Owens Alvarene | Montgomery | 2010 | Law | ||
| Tenenbaum Gayle Channing | Franklin | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Dorothy Maguire | Lorain | 2010 | Sports and athletics | ||
| Barbara Fergus | Franklin | 2010 | Arts, music and journalism | ||
| Merle Grace Kearns | Ottawa | 2010 | Government and military service | ||
| Rebecca J. Lee | Pickaway | 2010 | Executive Director of the Pickaway County Veteran Service Commission | ||
| Nina McClelland | Lucas | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Lana Moresky | Cuyahoga | 2010 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||
| Martha Potter Otto | Knox | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Elizabeth Ruppert | Lucas | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||
| Rita Singh | Cuyahoga | 2010 | Business and labor | ||
| Cheryl A. Boyce | Franklin | 2011 | Health services | ||
| Elizabeth H. Flick | Franklin | 2011 | Community and military service | ||
| Frances Ellen Watkins Harper |  |
(1825–1911) | 2011 | African-American abolitionist, poet and author. Harper published her first book of poetry at age 20 and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67. | |
| Brenda J. Hollis | Henry | 2011 | Military service and law | ||
| Mary C. Juhas | Franklin | 2011 | Science and education | ||
| Kleia R. Luckner | Lucas | 2011 | Health service and law | ||
| Valerie J. Lyons | Lorain | 2011 | Science | ||
| Linda S. Noelker | Cuyahoga | 2011 | Community service and health service | ||
| Carrie Vonderhaar | Hamilton | 2011 | Arts and conservation |
See also
In Spanish: Salón de la Fama de las mujeres de Ohio para niños
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