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1980s Hall of Fame Honorees

Word cloud highlighting 1980s honorees with keywords such as writer, feminist, abolitionist, nurse, and researcher.

1980s Honorees Directory

Please note that the table below includes year inducted, fields, locality, and ethnicity. Click on any header to sort by that column.
Adkins,
Bertha
Sheppard 		Education Government
& Public
Service 		Talbot
County 		European
American
Barton,
Clara 		Community
Service
& Volunteers		 Civil
Rights
& Social
Equality 		Montgomery
County 		European
American
Brent,
Margaret 		Women's
Rights
& Feminism 		Business,
Industry,
& Finance 		St. Mary's
County 		European
American
Carson,
Rachel 		Science,
Technology,
Engineering,
& Mathematics 		Montgomery
County 		European
American
Clark,
Ph.D.,
Eugenie
 		Science,
Technology,
Engineering,
& Mathematics 		Prince
George's
County 		European
American
Davidson,
Rita C. 		Law
& the
Courts 		Montgomery
County 		European
American
Engle,
Lavinia
Margaret
 		Women's
Rights
& Feminism 		Government
& Public
Service 		Montgomery
County 		European
American
Harper,
Frances
Ellen
Watkins
 		Liberal
Arts,
History,
& Social
Sciences 		Civil
Rights
& Social
Equality 		Baltimore
City 		African
American
Jackson,
Lillie
Carroll
 		Education Civil
Rights
& Social
Equality 		Baltimore
City 		African
American
Lee,
Lena
King
Government
& Public
Service 		Education Baltimore
City		 African
American
Mikulski,
Barbara
Ann
 		Government
& Public
Service 		Education Baltimore
City		 European
American
Miller,
Sadie
Kneller
 		Communication
& Journalism 		Carroll
County,
Baltimore
County 		European
American
Mitchell,
Juanita
Jackson
 		Law
& the
Courts 		Civil
Rights
& Social
Equality 		Baltimore
City 		African
American
Ramey,
Ph.D.,
Estelle R.
Medicine
& Health 		Education Montgomery
County 		European
American
Risteau,
Mary
Eliza
 		Government
& Public
Service 		Education Harford
County,
Baltimore
County 		European
American
Spellman,
Gladys
Noon
 		Government
& Public
Service 		Prince
George's
County 		European
American
Seton,
St. Elizabeth
Ann
Religion Community
Service
& Volunteers 		Baltimore
City 		European
American
Shorb,
Ph.D.,
Mary
Shaw
 		Science,
Technology,
Engineering,
& Mathematics 		Baltimore
City,
Prince
George's
County 		European
American
Szold,
Henrietta
 		Education Religion Baltimore
City 		European
American
Taussig, M.D.,
Helen
Brooke
Medicine
& Health 		Baltimore
City 		European
American
Thomas,
Martha
Carey
 		Education Women's
Rights
& Feminism 		Baltimore
City 		European
American
Tubman,
Harriet
Ross
Civil
Rights
& Social
Equality 		Human
Rights		 Dorchester
County 		African
American
Welcome,
Verda
Freeman
 		Government
& Public
Service 		Baltimore
City		 African
American
Wolman,
Jeannette
Rosner
 		Law
& the
Courts 		Government
& Public
Service 		Baltimore
City 		European
American
Zassenhaus,
M.D.,
Hiltgunt
Margret
 		Human
Rights		 Medicine
& Health 		Baltimore
City 		European
American