The El Paso Women's Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments of El Paso women. It is sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women[1] and was established in 1985.[2] The first inductees were honored in 1990.[3]
Inductees are women who live in El Paso and who have made a significant contribution and impact on the community.[4][5] The Commission accepts nominations from the public.[6] There are four honorary members, including Herlinda Chew, Polly Harris, Drusilla Nixon and Hedwig Schwartz.[7] Streets in El Paso have been named after hall of fame inductees.[8]
Name | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement |
---|---|---|---|
Christina Acosta | 2015 | Civic leadership.[9] | |
Lucy G. Acosta | (1926–2008) | 1990 | Civic leadership.[10] |
Keitha Adams | (1967- | 2010 | Sports and athletics.[11] |
Clara Duncan Adams[12] | |||
Sylvia Aguilar | 2002 | Public service.[13] | |
Magdalena Morales- Aina[12] | 2016 | Public service.[14] | |
Kristi Albers[12] | |||
Armida Alvarez[12] | |||
Claudia Andrade | 2009 | Professional.[15] | |
Suzie Azar | (1946– | 2005 | Public service.[16] |
Rita E. Baca[12] | 2016 | Sports, athletics.[14] | |
Kathleen Barber | 1993 | Professional.[17] | |
Janet Bartlett | 2002 | Science, health care.[13] | |
Margaret R. Bartoletti | 2006 | Science, health care.[18] | |
Jimmy Fay Beall | 1995 | Education.[19] | |
Yvonne Bela | 1993[20] | ||
Margaret Belding de Wetter | 2002 | Arts.[13] | |
Cleola L. Berry[7] | 1996 | Civic leadership.[21] | |
Nancy Booth | 2015 | Professional.[9] | |
Dana Boyd | 2017[22] | ||
R. Katherine Brennand | 1997[23] | Civic leadership.[24] | |
Heidi V. Brown[12] | |||
Florence Buchmueller | 2008[25] | Volunteerism.[26] | |
Iris Burnham | 1993 | Education.[17] | |
Sharon Butterworth | 2007 | Public service.[27] | |
Dorothy "Sissy" Byrd | 2019 | Community activist.[28] | |
Malena Cano | 2017 | Arts.[29] | |
Kathleen Cardone | (1953– | 2004 | Public service.[5] |
Luz M. Carpio | 1994 | Civic leadership.[30] | |
Mary Lou Carillo[7] | |||
Yvonne Carillo[7] | |||
Patricia Carter | 2019 | Science, health care.[28] | |
Estela Casas[31] | (1961– | 2011 | |
Patricia Castiglia[7] | 1997 | Science, health care.[24] | |
Rosemary Castillo | 2001 | Science, health care.[8] | |
Alicia R. Chacón[12] | |||
Corinne Chacón[12] | |||
Irene Chavez | 2010 | Science, health care.[32] | |
Barbara Forester Coleman | 1999 | Public service.[33] | |
Lurline Coltharp | 1992 | Education.[34] | |
Vivienne Corn | 1995 | Civic leadership.[19] | |
Marilyn Cromeans[12] | |||
Lillian Williams Crouch | 2005 | Education.[35] | |
Iola Crumady | 1993[20] | ||
Beatriz Reyna Curry | 1995 | Education.[19] | |
Marcia Hatfield Daudistel | 2013[36] | ||
Barbara Jean Daughtry[7] | 1998 | Professional.[37] | |
Stacy Davis | 1993[20] | ||
Myrna Deckert[38] | 1990 | Professional.[10] | |
Martini DeGroat | 2000[39] | ||
Alzina Orndorff DeGroff[7] | (-1926)[40] | ||
Barbara Diaz-Walker | 2008[25] | Professional.[26] | |
Betty J. Dodson | 1998 | Education.[37] | |
Mary Ann Dodson | 1998 | Civic leadership.[37] | |
Stephanie Karr Dodson | 1998 | Science, health care.[37] | |
Alejandrina Drew | 2004 | Arts.[5] | |
Rufina Eva Ducre | 1997 | Volunteerism.[2] | |
Eleanor Duke[41] | 1996 | Education.[21] | |
Ann M. Enriquez | 2003 | Civic leadership.[42] | |
Blanca Enriquez | 1999[43] | ||
Gloria Estrada | 2018 | Sports, athletics.[44] | |
Irma Estrada[12] | |||
Veronica Escobar | 2019 | Public service.[28] | |
Cynthia Farah | (1949- | 1992 | Arts.[34] |
Joyce Edwards Feinberg[7] | |||
Enriqueta Fierro[7] | |||
Diane Flanagan | 2013 | Civic leadership.[45] | |
Maria Elena Flood | 2004 | Science, health care.[5] | |
Cristina Ford | 2018 | Professional.[44] | |
Jeanne Foskett | 2009 | Education.[15] | |
Ginger G. Francis[7] | |||
Gabriela A. Gallegos[12] | |||
Anna Gill | 1994 | Professional.[30] | |
Mimi Reisel Gladstein | 2011[46] | ||
Beatrice Gladstone | 2003 | Civic leadership.[47] | |
Delia Gomez | 1996 | Humanitarian.[21] | |
Mónica Gómez | 1995 | Professional.[48][19] | |
Mary Gonzalez | (1983- | 2015 | Public service.[9] |
Mary Carmen Gonzalez | 2009 | Science, health care.[15] | |
Sandra Gonzalez | 2018 | Science, health care.[49] | |
Susie Gorman | 2012 | Science, health care.[50] | |
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero[51] | (1934 – ) | 1991 | Arts.[52] |
Maria de Jesus Guevara | 2007 | Public service.[53] | |
Nancy Hamilton | 2008[25] | Arts.[26] | |
Anna M. Harris-Howell[12] | 2016 | Military.[14] | |
Juliet M. Hart[12] | |||
Romy Saenz Hawkins | 2019 | Arts[28] | |
Mary R. Haynes | 2008[25] | Public service.[26] | |
Elvia Hernandez | 2001 | Civic leadership.[54] | |
Marta Duron Hernandez | 1990 | Public service.[10] | |
Jan Herring | (1923-2000)[55] | 1990 | Arts.[10] |
Ingeborg Heuser | 2009 | Arts.[56] | |
Frances G. Hills | 2006 | Civic leadership.[18] | |
Iliana Holguin[12] | 2016 | Professional.[14] | |
Betty Hoover | 1996 | Health care.[21] | |
Felicia P. Hopkins | 2005 | Professional.[57] | |
Cynthia D. Horton | 2015[58] | ||
Andrea Gates Ingle[12] | 2016 | Arts.[14] | |
Patricia Islas[12] | |||
Hope M. Jackson[12] | |||
Davie Johnson | 1993 | Science, health care.[17] | |
Louise E. Johnson | 1998 | Professional.[37] | |
Julia E. Kallman | 2019 | Sports and athletics.[28] | |
Elizabeth H. Kelly | 1992 | Professional.[34] | |
Catherine Kennedy | 2019 | Education.[28] | |
Ruth Kern | (1914-2002) | 1993 | Civic leadership.[17] |
Ginger Kerrick | 1997 | Science, health care.[59] | |
Diana M. Kirk | 2006 | Public service.[18] | |
Catherine B. Kistenmacher | (1927-2008) | 2007 | Arts.[60] |
Mary A. Lacy[7] | 1997 | Education.[24] | |
Grace Lake | 1996 | Civic leadership.[21] | |
Karen Larose | 2018 | Public service.[44] | |
Linda B. Lawson[12] | |||
Sarah Dighton Lea | 2002 | Civic leadership.[13] | |
Romy Ledesma | (1935 – | 1992 | Science, health care.[61][34] |
Betty J. Ligon[7] | (1921–2015)[62] | ||
Maureen Lofberg | 2015 | Science, health care.[9] | |
Lupe Casillas Lowenberg[63] | 1995 | Arts.[19] | |
Betty Lee Moor MacGuire | 2007 | Civic leadership.[64] | |
Patricia A. Macias | 2003[65] | Public service.[66] | |
Transito Alarcon Macias | 2006 | Education.[18] | |
Mary Mack | 2015 | Sports and athletics.[9] | |
Olga M. Mapula | 1993 | Public service.[17] | |
Adair Wakefield Margo[67] | 1998 | Arts.[37] | |
Harriet May | 2002[4] | Professional.[13] | |
Ann M. Rodriguez-McConnell[12] | 2016 | Science, health care.[14] | |
Mary Jo Ponsford Melby[12] | |||
Jean H. Miculka | 2008[25] | ||
Paula Rae Mitchell | 1999[43] | ||
Buena T. Milson | 1995[68] | Science, health care.[19] | |
Marina Monsisvais | 2018 | Social media, public relations.[44] | |
Irma Montoya[7] | |||
Esperanza Acosta Moreno | 2001 | Science, health care.[8] | |
Eva Moya | 2019 | Civic leadership.[28] | |
Marilyn Mundun[12] | |||
Phoebe H. Mutnick | 1994 | Arts.[30] | |
Surella C. Nasser[7] | |||
Diana Natalicio | (1939– | 1990 | Education.[10] |
María Almeida Natividad | 2015 | Arts.[9] | |
Jean Offutt | 2001 | Professional.[8] | |
Triana Olivas[12] | |||
Gloria Osuna Perez | (1947-1999) | 2001 | Arts.[8] |
Leticia Paez | 1997 | Science, health care.[69] | |
Carolyn P. Parker[7] | 1997 | Business.[24] | |
Divenus E. Parker | 2019 | Volunteerism.[28] | |
Elsie Partridge | 2008[25] | Sports and athletics.[26] | |
Anna Valdez Perez | 2015 | Education.[9] | |
Nita B. Phillips | 2009 | Volunteerism.[15] | |
Irene Pistella | 2019 | Business[28] | |
Mary Ponce | 2008[25] | Civic leadership.[26] | |
Evelyn Posey | 2001[39] | Education.[8] | |
Len Golden Price | 2003 | Professional.[70] | |
Joan H. Quarm | (1920–2010) | 2003 | Arts.[71] |
Patricia D. Quinn | 2005 | Civic leadership.[72] | |
Carolyne Redic[12] | 2016 | Education.[14] | |
Becky Duval Reese | 2005 | Arts.[73] | |
Barbara M. Reeves[12] | |||
Marty Reyes | 2018 | Education.[44] | |
Patricia Reyes | 2007 | Professional.[74] | |
Cynthia D. Rivera | 1999 | Science, health care.[75] | |
Guadalupe Rivera | 1991[76] | Public service.[52] | |
Belen B. Robles[77] | 2004 | Civic leadership.[5] | |
Carmen E. Rodriguez | 2009 | Civic leadership.[15] | |
Jody Rogers[12] | |||
Peggy Rosson | 1992 | Public service.[34] | |
Sandra Rushing | 1999 | Sports and athletics.[78] | |
Mary Lorraine Russell | 1996 | Humanitarian.[21] | |
Josefina A. Salas-Porras | 2003 | Education.[79] | |
Margarita Sanchez[12] | |||
Helen Santamaria | 2016 | Civic leadership.[80] | |
Rosa V. Santana | 2004 | Professional.[5] | |
Rita Sarinana | 1995 | Civic leadership.[19] | |
Mary Carmen V. Saucedo | 2004 | Education.[5] | |
Sonya A. Saunders[12] | 2016 | Volunteerism.[14] | |
Lucy Scarbrough[81] | (1927-2020) | 1996 | Arts.[21] |
Ann Goodman Schaechner[7] | |||
Kitty Schild | (1948– | 1998[82] | Public service.[37] |
Bonny Schulenburg | 2017[22] | ||
Jody Polk Schwartz | 2000 | Arts.[83] | |
Tania L. Schwartz | 2006 | Arts.[18] | |
Mayola Senior | 1993 | Civic leadership.[17] | |
Josette Shaughnessy | 2018 | Business.[44] | |
Gladys R. Shaw | (1931–2011) | 2011[84] | |
Sue Shook | 2003 | Education.[85] | |
Maxine L. Silva | (1915–2013)[86] | 1995 | Public service.[19] |
Selena N. Solis | 2019 | Professional.[28] | |
Gemtria St Clair[7] | |||
Sally A. Hurt Steffen[12] | |||
Mary B. Stevens | 1995 | Education.[19] | |
Josie Tinajero | 1994 | Education.[30] | |
Mary Newell Tippin | 1998 | Education.[37] | |
Patty Tiscareño | 2018 | Volunteerism.[44] | |
Rita Triana[12] | |||
Diane Troyer | 1991 | Education.[52] | |
Sue Cardwell Turner | 1997 | Volunteerism.[87] | |
Jennifer L. VandeBosch[12] | |||
Cora Viescas | 1991 | Professional.[52] | |
Robbie F. Villalobos | 2001 | Arts.[8] | |
Johnnie Washington | 1992 | Civic leadership.[34] | |
Leona Ford Washington | (1928–2007) | 1991[88] | Civic leadership.[52] |
Denese Watkins | 2006[89] | Professional.[18] | |
Eileen Williams | 2015 | Military.[9] | |
Buena T. Wilson[12] | |||
Janice Woods Windle | (1938– | 1996 | Professional.[21] |
Jan Wolfe | 1993 | Arts.[17] | |
Terry W. Wyatt[12] | |||
Mary A. Yañez | 2019 | Public relations.[28] | |
Tracy Yellen | 2018 | Civic leadership.[44] | |
Mary S. Young | 2007 | Education.[90] |