D.C. Women's Hall of Fame explained

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

D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Inductees
NameImageBirth–DeathYear
(1890–1967)1990[6]
(1915–2006)1993
(1940–2015)1993
1989[7]
1988
(1924–1985)1988
(c. 1910–2004)1989[8]
[9]
(1919–2007)1990[10]
(1916–2006)1994[11]
(1911–1991)1988
(1917–1995)
(1944–)1988
(1944–)1998[12]
(1910–1997)1988
(1907–1989)1988
(1919–2007)1992[13]
1998[14]
(1863–1954)1988
1998[15]
(1881–1987)1993
1993
(1937–2018)1993

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Hall of Fame Recognizes Five Women Who Made a Difference in D.C.. Yodaiken. Ruth. 1 April 1993. The Washington Post. 14 July 2016.
  2. News: D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Inducts Eight. 17 March 1988. The Washington Post. 18 July 2016.
  3. News: Commission Honors Five District Women. 26 March 1993. The Washington Post. 18 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives. Charles Sumner School. 18 July 2016.
  5. Book: Curtis, Nancy C.. Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press. 1996. 9781565844339. 72.
  6. Web site: D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Award. Smithsonian Learning Lab. Smithsonian. 19 July 2016.
  7. Web site: A. Janelle Goetcheus. Indiana University. 18 July 2016.
  8. News: Harvey Inducted to Hall of Fame. 3 June 1989. The Baltimore Afro-American. 18 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Leonade Jones. World Learning. 19 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170114214925/http://www.worldlearning.org/who-we-are/bios/leonade-jones/. 14 January 2017. dead.
  10. News: Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt; Lawyer Served on Many Boards. Schudel. Matt. 11 May 2007. The Washington Post. 18 July 2016.
  11. News: UDC Trustee, Educator Marjorie H. Parker. Sullivan. Patricia. 18 January 2006. The Washington Post. 18 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Carol Schwartz - Biographical Data. DC Watch. 19 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170114214509/http://www.dcwatch.com/archives/election98/schwartz-1.htm. 14 January 2017.
  13. Book: Weisberg, Stuart E.. Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. registration. Joy Simonson hall of fame.. University of Massachusetts Press. 2009. 9781558497214. 284.
  14. Web site: Member Profiles - Brenda V. Smith. Gender and Law Association. 18 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170114214417/https://www.wcl.american.edu/gender/wilp/gala/website/members_bsmith.cfm. 14 January 2017. dead.
  15. Web site: Mary Ann Gooden Terrell. Center for International Private Enterprise. 18 July 2016.

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