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]
List of inductees
edit| Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Evanti | 
|
(1890–1967) | 1990[6] |
| Bernice Fonteneau | (1915–2006) | 1993[3] | |
| Mary Ann Gaskins | (1940–2015) | 1993[3] | |
| A. Janelle Goetcheus | 1989[7] | ||
| Lillian Greene | 1988[2] | ||
| Patricia Roberts Harris | 
|
(1924–1985) | 1988[2] |
| Ethel G. Harvey | (c. 1910–2004) | 1989[8] | |
| Leonade Jones | [9] | ||
| Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt | (1919–2007) | 1990[10] | |
| Marjorie H. Parker | (1916–2006) | 1994[11] | |
| Ethel Payne | (1911–1991) | 1988[2] | |
| Flaxie Madison Pinkett | 
|
(1917–1995) | |
| Sharon Pratt | 
|
(1944–) | 1988[2] |
| Carol Schwartz | 
|
(1944–) | 1998[12] |
| Polly Shackleton | (1910–1997) | 1988[2] | |
| Betty Shapiro | (1907–1989) | 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 | (1881–1987) | 1993[3] | |
| Ethel Weisser | 1993[3] | ||
| Princess Whitfield | (1937–2018) | 1993[3] |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Inducts Eight". The Washington Post. 17 March 1988. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Commission Honors Five District Women". The Washington Post. 26 March 1993. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives" (PDF). Charles Sumner School. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Curtis, Nancy C. (1996). Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press. p. 72. ISBN 9781565844339.
- ^ "D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Award". Smithsonian Learning Lab. Smithsonian. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "A. Janelle Goetcheus". Indiana University. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Harvey Inducted to Hall of Fame". The Baltimore Afro-American. 3 June 1989. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Leonade Jones". World Learning. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (11 May 2007). "Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt; Lawyer Served on Many Boards". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (18 January 2006). "UDC Trustee, Educator Marjorie H. Parker". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Carol Schwartz - Biographical Data". DC Watch. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Weisberg, Stuart E. (2009). Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 284. ISBN 9781558497214.
Joy Simonson hall of fame.
- ^ "Member Profiles - Brenda V. Smith". Gender and Law Association. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ "Mary Ann Gooden Terrell". Center for International Private Enterprise. Retrieved 18 July 2016.