The D.C. Women's Hall of Fame (also District of Columbia Women's Hall of Fame) was a project supported by the D.C. Commission for Women and meant to honor the achievements of women from the District of Columbia.[1] Eight women were inducted into the hall of fame in its first year, 1988.[2] Women were chosen for making "significant contributions in the fields of community and public service, education, health or labor."[3] The hall of fame can be seen in the Dr. Mildred E. Gibbs lecture hall at the Charles Sumner School.[4][5]
Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year |
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Lillian Evanti | (1890-1967) | 1990[6] | |
Bernice Fonteneau | 1993[3] | ||
Mary Ann Gaskins | 1993[3] | ||
A. Janelle Goetcheus | 1989[7] | ||
Lillian Greene | 1988[2] | ||
Patricia Roberts Harris | (1924-1985) | 1988[2] | |
Ethel G. Harvey | 1989[8] | ||
Leonade Jones[9] | |||
Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt | 1990[10] | ||
Marjorie H. Parker | 1994[11] | ||
Ethel Payne | (1911-1991) | 1988[2] | |
Flaxie Madison Pinkett | |||
Sharon Pratt | (1944- | 1988[2] | |
Carol Schwartz | (1944- | 1998[12] | |
Polly Shackleton | (1910-1997) | 1988[2] | |
Betty Shapiro | 1988[2] | ||
Joy Simonson | (1919-2007) | 1992[13] | |
Brenda V. Smith | 1998[14] | ||
Mary Church Terrell | (1863-1954) | 1988[2] | |
Mary Ann Gooden Terrell | 1998[15] | ||
Rosina Tucker | 1993[3] | ||
Ethel Weisser | 1993[3] | ||
Princess Whitfield | 1993[3] |
Joy Simonson hall of fame.
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