The Women of the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame

Welcome to the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame Online.
Established in 1985 by the Maryland Commission for Women and the Women Legislators of Maryland, the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame seeks to honor Maryland women who have made unique and lasting contributions to the economic, political, cultural, and social life of the state and to provide visible models of achievement for tomorrow's female leaders. Each year, an independent committee reviews nominations and selects women for induction into the Hall of Fame. These women are honored in an induction ceremony held during March, Women's History Month. Please select any inductee from the list below to view a biography and image as supplied by the Maryland Commission for Women. For further information, where available, please follow the links to the Maryland State Archives biographical files. These pages will be periodically updated as time and resources allow.

Click for Alphabetical List of Honorees

1985 Margaret Brent Rachel Carson Rita C. Davidson Gladys Noon Spellman Harriet Ross Tubman	1986 Lillie Carroll Jackson St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Henrietta Szold Jeannette Rosner Wolman Hiltgunt Margret Zassenhaus, M.D.
1987 Clara Barton Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Juanita Jackson Mitchell Mary Shaw Shorb, Ph.D. Helen Brooke Taussig, M.D.	1988 Barbara Ann Mikulski Sadie Kneller Miller Mary Eliza Risteau Martha Carey Thomas Verda Freeman Welcome
1989 Bertha Sheppard Adkins Eugenie Clark, Ph.D. Lavinia Margaret Engle Lena King Lee Estelle R. Ramey, Ph.D.	1990 Lucille Maurer Enolia Pettigen McMillan Pauli Murray Adele Hagner Stamp Mary Lemist Titcomb
1991 Rita R. Colwell, Ph.D. Mary Elizabeth Lange Claire McCardell Bessie Moses, M.D. Alta Schrock, Ph.D.	1992 Annie Armstrong Anna Ella Carroll Rose Kushner Margaret Collins Schweinhaut Carmen Delgado Votaw
1993 Rosalyn Blake Bell Lucille Clifton Elizabeth King Ellicott Jean Spencer Martha Ellicott Tyson	1994 Rosalie Silber Abrams Mary Elizabeth Banning Harriet Elizabeth Brown Constance A. Morella Mary Adelaide Nutting
1995 Jill Moss Greenberg Mary L. Nock Amanda Taylor Norris, M.D. Nettie Barcroft Taylor Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson	1996 Madeleine L. Ellicott Ethel Llewellyn Ennis Mary Digges Lee Brigid G. Leventhal, M.D. Barbara Robinson
1997 Diane L. Adams, M.D. Sol del Ande Mendez Eaton Catherine R. Gira, Ph.D. Helen L. Koss Rosa Ponselle	1998 Constance Ross Beims Mary Katherine Goddard Elaine Ryan Hedges Mary Carter Smith
1999 Florence Riefle Bahr Lillian C. Compton Edith Houghton Hooker Elizabeth Fran Johnson Bernice Smith White	2000 Constance Urciolo Battle, M.D. Lois Green Carr Sonia Pressman Fuentes Josephine Jacobsen Rosetta Stith, Ph.D.
2001 Kathleen Feeley, S.S.N.D., Ph.D. Misbah Khan, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. Charmaine Krohe, S.S.N.D. Eunice Kennedy Shriver Sandra W. Tomlinson, Ph.D.	2002 Mabel Houze Hubbard Florence P. Kendall Mary Young Pickersgill Lorraine Sheehan
2003 Viriginia Walcott Beauchamp Edith Clarke Kathryn J. DuFour Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D. Etta H. Maddox Deborah A. Yow	2004 Emily Edmonson Nancy Grasmick, Ph.D. Esther McCready Margaret Byrd Rawson Vivian V. Simpson
2005 Shoshana Shoubin Cardin B. Olive Cole Susan R. Panny, M.D. Edyth H. Schoenrich, M.D., M.P.H.	2006 Susan P. Baker Liebe Sokol Diamond, M.D. Bea Gaddy Marilyn Hughes Gaston, M.D. Rebecca Alban Hoffberger Grace Snively
2007 Annette M. Deener Sally T. Grant Prasanna Nair, M.D., M.P.H. Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A. Audrey E. Scott	2008 Eleanora Fagan, "Billie Holiday" Ramona McCarthy Hawkins, R.Ph. Ellen Moses Heller Pauline Menes Toby Barbara Orenstein Emily Wilson Walker, M.D.
2009 Ilia Fehrer Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D. Harriet Legum Allyson R. Solomon Anne St. Clair Wright	2010 Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D. Anne Catharine Hoof Green Irene Morgan Kirkaldy Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps Bernice Sandler, Ed.D. Lillie D. Shockney
2011 Lucy Diggs Slowe Carol W. Greider, Ph.D. Barbara Holdridge Ligia Peralta, M.D. Gertrude L. Poe June A. Willenz	2012 Maureen Black, Ph.D. Margaret Dunkle Diana Gribbon Motz Nancy Kopp Alice Manicur, Ed.D. Gwendolyn Rooks
2013 Helen Delich Bentley Jean B. Cryor Charlene Mickens Dukes, Ed.D. Ellen R. Sauerbrey Linda A. Shevitz Beatrice P. Tignor, Ed.D.	2014 Dorothy F. Bailey Agnes Kane Callum Renee E. Fox, M.D. Susan K. Goering Henrietta Lacks Ann Cipriano Rees
2015 Beverly B. Byron E. Gail de Planque, Ph.D. Mary S. Feik Katherine O'Brien, M.D. Linda L. Singh Sue Fryer Ward	2016 Sophia Arabatzis Balis, D.D.S. Oretha Bridgwaters-Simms Mary C. Goodwillie Elaine Danforth Harmon Joanne Katz, Sc.D. Lizette Woodworth Reese
2017 Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Ph.D. Carolyn W. Colvin Donna F. Edwards Mary Elizabeth Garrett Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, Ph.D. Kathleen Ledecky Helen Maroulis Lilian Welsh, M.D.	2018 Sandra I. Barnes Sandra Williams Ortega, Ph.D. Emily Saunders Plummer Rita L. Robinson, Ph.D. Hattie N. Washington, Ph.D.
2019 Marielsa A. Bernard Augusta T. Chissell Dominique Dawes Virginia Hall Rosa Gumataotao Rios Evelyn Williams Townsend Phyllis B. Trickett Pauline Woo Tsui	2020 Victorine Quille Adams Evelyn O. A. Darden Claire L. Parkinson, Ph.D. Nancy Grace Roman, Ph.D. Leslie R. Wolfe, Ph.D.
2021 Elizabeth Bobo Margaret Briggs Gregory Hawkins Rev. Dr. Ruby Reese Moone Nancy K. Welker, Ph.D. Celeste Revillon Winans

HALL OF FAME HOME

MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES HOME | MARYLAND COMMISSION FOR WOMEN HOME

This exhibit was designed and developed in conjuction with the Maryland State Archives Internship Program and was prepared with the assistance of
Jennifer Hafner Abbott, Rachel Alexander, Joanna Berger, Stephanie Berger, Alicia Brooks, Megan Craynon,
Karen Hare, Amy Hobbs, Amy Huggins, Kristin Masser, Lisa McTaggart, Amelia Meman, Sharon Miyagawa,
Lauren Morton, Jenette Parish, Anne Powell, Rob Schoeberlein, Shannon Shird, Emily Oland Squires and Emily Steedman.
Please address any comments to: emily.squires@maryland.gov.