The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978[1] through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members.[2] In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
The Hall was created in 1978 within the Women's Programs at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The Hall "provided public recognition of the contributions Ohio women have made to the growth and progress of Ohio, the United States, and the world."
The Hall inducted women in the following categories:
Category | ||
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Arts, Music and Journalism | 64 | |
Business and Labor | 46 | |
Education | 39 | |
Government and Military Service | 49 | |
Law | 14 | |
Math, Science and Health Services | 62 | |
Religion and Community Services | 75 | |
Sports and Athletics | 16 | |
Women's Suffrage and Cultural Activism | 37 |
After the program ended, its physical archives were transferred to the Ohioana Library, where they were held until they were transferred in 2019 to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
Name | Image | Birth–death | County | Year | Area of achievement | |
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(1884–1966) | 1978 | American judge. Allen was the first woman to serve on a state Supreme Court and one of the first two women to serve as a federal judge.[3] | ||||
(1924–2018) | 1978 | Co-founded the Cincinnati Nature Center and Little Miami, Inc. Black was president of the Ohio chapter of The Nature Conservancy and board member of the Ohio Environmental Council.[4] | ||||
(1885–1977) | 1978 | Politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives. Bolton was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio.[5] | ||||
(1913–2002) | 1978 | American lawyer, feminist and writer. In 1968, Boyer founded the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) as a moderate feminist movement for professional women.[6] [7] | ||||
(1919–2010) | 1978 | First woman vice president of the Huntington National Bank of Columbus[8] | ||||
(1874–1964) | 1978 | First Lady of Ohio from 1929 to 1931 as the wife of Governor Myers Y. Cooper[9] | ||||
(1908–2004) | 1978 | American politician of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983[10] | ||||
(1882–1971) | 1978 | African-American social worker who established the Working Girls Association in Cleveland, Ohio in 1911, which later became the Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland.[11] [12] [13] | ||||
(1916–2016) | 1978 | Executive director of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center[14] | ||||
(1915–2005) | 1978 | First woman to become assistant superintendent of public instruction in Ohio[15] | ||||
(1893–1981) | 1978 | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. Mahoney was both Senate President Pro Tem and Majority Leader as well as Chief of the Ohio Division of Securities.[16] | ||||
(1887–1984) | 1978 | Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for her service as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War I[17] | ||||
(1899–1992) | 1978 | Former state president of the American Legion Auxiliary and advocate for women[18] | ||||
(1912–2000) | 1978 | Pioneer gerontologist and Ohio's first Director of the Ohio Administration on Aging[19] | ||||
(1887–1968) | 1978 | Farmer and homemaker. Randolph was assistant director of Farm Labor at OSU.[20] | ||||
(1893–1987) | 1978 | One of the first African-American female pharmacists in the United States.[21] | ||||
(1924–) | 1978 | Former member of the Ohio General Assembly[22] | ||||
(1923–) | 1978 | First woman broadcaster to report on the Ohio legislature[23] | ||||
(1911–1980) | 1978 | Polish athlete who became a women's Olympic champion[24] | ||||
(1902–1983) | 1978 | Promoter of better treatment and education for disabled citizens[25] | ||||
(1886–1966) | 1979 | Explorer and naturalist. Akeley was one of the earliest women explorers in Africa where she and her husband Carl E. Akeley hunted and photographed animals during their natural history studies.[26] | ||||
(1817–1901) | 1979 | Hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War[27] | ||||
(1920–2012) | 1979 | Associate State Leader for 4-H in the Extension Service, College of Agriculture, The Ohio State University[28] | ||||
(1918–2002) | 1979 | First black commissioned officer in the Women's Army Corps[29] | ||||
(1925–2019) | 1979 | Businesswoman, member of Zonta International and numerous boards[30] | ||||
(1926–) | 1979 | Artist and designer of postage stamps[31] | ||||
(1921–2011) | 1979 | Chair of the Women's Advisory Council of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services[32] | ||||
(1905–1988) | 1979 | Pioneer radio and television broadcaster in Cincinnati[33] | ||||
(1925–2014) | 1979 | First woman to fly solo around the world.[34] [35] | ||||
(1882–1982) | 1979 | Bowler and contributor to the Women"s International Bowling Congress[36] | ||||
(1920–2001) | 1979 | Founder of the Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Association and vice chair of the Ohio Arts Council[37] | ||||
(1919–2017) | 1979 | Member of the Charter Party and Cincinnati's first female mayor[38] | ||||
(1893–1989) | 1979 | Former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, served eleven consecutive terms in the Ohio House from 1955 to 1976.[39] [40] | ||||
(1907–1985) | 1979 | Republican Ohio politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly[41] | ||||
(1898—1986) | 1979 | Legal advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt and author of the fifteen volume Digest of International Law[42] | ||||
(1897–1982) | 1980 | One of the first Ohio women to earn a degree in ecology; officer of the National Audubon Society[43] | ||||
(1927–1996) | 1980 | American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s[44] | ||||
(1925–2007) | 1980 | Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma[45] | ||||
(1901–1953) | 1980 | Modernist composer and American folk music specialist[46] | ||||
(1878–1979) | 1980 | National and international women's rights activist[47] | ||||
(1893–1989) | 1980 | Journalist and anchor who spent the majority of her career at The Cleveland Press and WEWS-TV[48] | ||||
(1893–1993) | 1980 | Stage, screen and television actress; called "The First Lady of American Cinema"[49] | ||||
(1891–1982) | 1980 | Medical educator specializing in the fields of anesthesiology and cardiac research[50] | ||||
(1880–1978) | 1980 | Supervisor of music for the Ohio Department of Education[51] | ||||
(1902–1988) | 1980 | Folk art painter[52] | ||||
(1925–2008) | 1980 | Cleveland judge who became the second woman to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1981.[53] | ||||
(1914–1996) | 1980 | Founder of Hattie Larlham, a non-profit organization that provides services to more than 1,500 children and adults with developmental disabilities[54] | ||||
(1932–2012) | 1980 | Business publisher and industrial advertiser[55] | ||||
(1860–1926) | 1980 | American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.[56] | ||||
(1898–1984) | 1980 | Artist and industrial photographer[57] | ||||
(1908–1990) | 1981 | Founder and president of Health Clinics International[58] | ||||
(1958–) | 1981 | World champion long-distance swimmer[59] | ||||
(1918–1992) | 1981 | Executive director of the Ohio Nurses Association, president of the International Counsel of Nurses, president of the American Nurses Association, and president of the American Journal of Nursing Company[60] | ||||
(1924–2019) | 1981 | American actress, singer, and animal rights activist[61] | ||||
(1917–2012) | 1981 | American actress and comedian[62] | ||||
(1902–1980) | 1981 | Musician and composer[63] | ||||
(1912–2005) | 1981 | American science fiction and fantasy author[64] | ||||
(1886–1970) | 1981 | Poet and translator[65] | ||||
(1853–1945) | 1981 | Suffragette, author, and the first woman to be vice chairman of the Republican National Committee[66] | ||||
(1937–2018) | 1981 | American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards[67] | ||||
(1898–1978) | 1982 | Education[68] | ||||
(1927–1982) | 1982 | Director of Ohio's Constitutional Revision Commission[69] | ||||
(1902–1987) | 1982 | Writer, lecturer and fashion commentator[70] | ||||
(1903–1994) | 1982 | African American philanthropist, alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium[71] | ||||
(1893–1984) | 1982 | Writer, historian and preservationist[72] | ||||
(1931–2019) | 1982 | American novelist, editor, and professor. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1993 and in 1987 the Pulitzer Prize[73] | ||||
(1930–2016) | 1982 | Executive at Federated Department Stores[74] | ||||
(1927–2003) | 1982 | Corporate executive[75] | ||||
(1911–2006) | 1982 | Radio broadcaster and founder of WMVO[76] | ||||
(1913–1980) | 1983 | Painter and textile artist[77] | ||||
(1916–2005) | 1983 | Political and social activist who has worked to address crime prevention, women's rights, voter registration, hunger, poverty and unemployment[78] | ||||
(1929–2020) | 1983 | Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health during the Carter Administration.[79] [80] | ||||
(1941–) | 1983 | Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district[81] | ||||
(1935–2010) | 1983 | Chair of the Political Action Committee for Business and Professional Women and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment[82] | ||||
(1890–1984) | 1983 | Suffragist and advocate for women's rights[83] | ||||
1983 | Union organizer and advocate for women[84] | |||||
(1912–1981) | 1983 | Cleveland political figure[85] | ||||
(–1983) | 1983 | Leader of Cleveland's Welfare Rights Organization[86] | ||||
(1934–) | 1983 | American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s[87] | ||||
(1901–1978) | 1983 | Educator, Marine officer, government official and international diplomat[88] | ||||
1983 | Co-founder of the Ohio Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and leader in the struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment[89] | |||||
(1952–) | 1984 | Activist opposing violence against women and children[90] | ||||
1984 | Former President of the Dayton Urban League and community board member[91] | |||||
(1958–) | 1984 | U.S. Olympic Basketball Team gold medalist[92] | ||||
(1946–) | 1984 | U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district[93] | ||||
(1950–) | 1984 | Executive director of Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL–CIO; former director of the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau[94] | ||||
(1940–) | 1984 | Democratic politician and first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from Ohio[95] | ||||
(1921–2017) | 1984 | Lobbyist with NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby[96] | ||||
(1909–2003) | 1984 | First Black woman president of a four-year women's college[97] | ||||
(1949–1986) | 1984 | Engineer and NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L[98] | ||||
(1895–1986) | 1984 | Writer[99] | ||||
(1920–2019) | 1984 | Former Vice Mayor of the Cincinnati City Council and the first African American woman to be elected to the Council[100] | ||||
(1933–2021) | 1984 | President of Nationwide Investment Services[101] | ||||
(1933–2020) | 1984 | Union organizer and advocate for women[102] | ||||
(1924–2018) | 1985 | Pioneering science educator[103] | ||||
(1905–1998) | 1985 | Cleveland City Council member[104] | ||||
(1923–2001) | 1985 | Associate publisher of the Warren Tribune-Chronicle[105] | ||||
(1933–) | 1985 | First woman elected to executive committee positions at Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the AFL–CIO[106] | ||||
(1943–) | 1985 | Poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator[107] | ||||
(1924–1991) | 1985 | Organizer, educator and activist in Toledo's Hispanic community[108] | ||||
(1929–) | 1985 | Advocate for consumer rights, child safety, education, services to women and ethics in government[109] | ||||
(1925–2019) | 1985 | President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)[110] | ||||
(1908–2004) | 1985 | Pioneer feminist and educator[111] | ||||
(1919–2009) | 1985 | Established the first classes for developmentally disabled children in Champaign County[112] | ||||
(1902–1995) | 1985 | Founding member of the Ohio Commission on the Status of Women and Ohio Women, Inc.[113] | ||||
(1900–1981) | 1985 | Aviator who was the first woman in the United States to establish an airport in the United States, the first woman to command an American Legion post and was the founder of the Aerial Nurse Corps of America, the predecessor of the flight nurses of the United States Air Force.[114] | ||||
(1928–2004) | 1985 | Managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999[115] | ||||
(–1996) | 1985 | Developed programs to benefit women and children[116] | ||||
(1908–2000) | 1986 | Pioneer for women in science and technology[117] | ||||
(1924–2014) | 1986 | Educator and political activist[118] | ||||
(1927–2020) | 1986 | First woman vice president of an Ohio university[119] | ||||
(1821–1910) | 1986 | First woman to receive a medical degree in the United States and a pioneer in promoting the education of women as well as social and moral reform[120] | ||||
(1915–2020) | 1986 | Black female labor leader[121] | ||||
(1911–2002) | 1986 | Educator, lawyer and race relations pioneer[122] | ||||
(1922–2014) | 1986 | Actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist[123] | ||||
(1948–) | 1986 | Missionary to El Salvador[124] | ||||
(1920–1985) | 1986 | Advocate for social justice, racial and cultural equality[125] | ||||
(1909–1987) | 1986 | One of the pioneer leaders of the not-for-profit cooperative credit union movement in the United States; known as the "Mother of Credit Unions"[126] | ||||
(1926–2014) | 1986 | Columbus businesswoman[127] | ||||
(1925–1996) | 1986 | First woman health director for the city of Cleveland[128] | ||||
(1933–) | 1986 | Advocate for migrant farmworkers[129] | ||||
(1872–1966) | 1986 | Advocate for illumination of the Statue of Liberty[130] | ||||
(1918–2001) | 1986 | Journalist and editor[131] | ||||
1986 | Radio entrepreneur and founder of WRAC[132] | |||||
(1925–1997) | 1986 | Founder and director of the Native American Indian Center of Columbus[133] | ||||
(1923–2003) | 1986 | First woman Governor of the American Stock Exchange[134] | ||||
(1943–) | 1986 | First African-American and youngest President ever elected to Planned Parenthood; President of the Center for the Advancement of Women[135] | ||||
(1930–) | 1986 | 40th Treasurer of the United States from March 1, 1994, to January 20, 2001, under President Bill Clinton[136] | ||||
(1933–) | 1988 | Union organizer[137] | ||||
(1933–2024) | 1988 | Executive Director of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation[138] | ||||
(1919–1992) | 1988 | Union organizer with the Coalition of Labor Union Women[139] | ||||
(1925–2015) | 1988 | Attorney, professor and President of the World YWCA[140] | ||||
(1950–) | 1988 | Cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy[141] | ||||
(1955–2022) | 1988 | Medical researcher specializing in endocrinology, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease[142] | ||||
(1940–) | 1988 | Figure skater. 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion (1956–1960)[143] | ||||
(1953–) | 1988 | American actress who appeared in Hester Street and Annie Hall. Received two Emmy Awards for her work in the television series Taxi[144] | ||||
(1929–) | 1988 | First woman president of the Cincinnati Bar Association[145] | ||||
(1925–2016) | 1988 | Community organizer and advocate for social justice[146] | ||||
(1940–) | 1988 | Advocate for social justice who led the Ohio Coalition for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment[147] | ||||
(1939–) | 1988 | Feminist activist, political analyst, lobbyist, and grassroots organizer. President and founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation, serving twice as president of the National Organization for Women[148] | ||||
(1913–2005) | 1988 | Music educator and youth advocate[149] | ||||
1988 | First woman to be elected Chair of a state university board of trustees in Ohio[150] | |||||
(1928–) | 1989 | Industrial researcher for BP America[151] | ||||
(1922–2019) | 1989 | First woman president of the United Paperworkers International Union[152] | ||||
(1964–) | 1989 | Singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.[153] [154] | ||||
(1810–1876) | 1989 | Early leader in the United States abolitionist movement[155] | ||||
(1947–) | 1989 | Social worker and artist[156] | ||||
(1951–) | 1989 | Banker and financial planner[157] | ||||
(1930–) | 1989 | Social worker[158] | ||||
1989 | Publisher and advocate of working women[159] | |||||
1989 | Founder of the Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support[160] | |||||
(1946–) | 1989 | Mathematics educator[161] | ||||
(1947–) | 1989 | Researcher and psychotherapist[162] | ||||
(1879–1936) | 1989 | First black female public school principal in Cincinnati[163] | ||||
1989 | Advocate for the rights of women[164] | |||||
(1946–) | 1989 | Professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour and is currently head professional at her family's Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio[165] | ||||
(1946–) | 1989 | Author, activist, academic, and feminist[166] | ||||
1989 | President and CEO of the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati[167] | |||||
(1939–) | 1990 | Pediatrician who helped to establish the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the University of Cincinnati[168] | ||||
(1933–2021) | 1990 | Akron's Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Relations[169] | ||||
(1907–2003) | 1990 | Community activist[170] | ||||
(1913–2014) | 1990 | Feminist educator, author and activist[171] | ||||
(1943–) | 1990 | Tenured professor in business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest C. Arbuckle Professorship.[172] [173] | ||||
(1905–1995) | 1990 | Activist known for founding the Gray Panthers[174] | ||||
1990 | Small business owner[175] | |||||
(1959–) | 1990 | Architect and artist working in sculpture and landscape art; best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.[176] [177] | ||||
1990 | Union organizer with the Communications Workers of America[178] | |||||
(1944–) | 1990 | Advocate for the educational and economic advancement of Ohio's Hispanic community[179] | ||||
(1906–1996) | 1990 | Pioneer in the field of hospital public relations[180] | ||||
1990 | Choreographer and educator[181] | |||||
(1859–1955) | 1990 | President of Rockford College[182] | ||||
(1919–2002) | 1990 | First Black woman to serve as President of the Columbus YWCA[183] | ||||
(1898–1991) | 1991 | Photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s[184] | ||||
(1930–2015) | 1991 | Founder and president of United Services for Effective Parenting[185] | ||||
(1849–1949) | 1991 | African American educator, writer and activist[186] | ||||
(1927–) | 1991 | Speaker and Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives[187] | ||||
1991 | Chemist and advocate for women and ethical workplaces[188] | |||||
(1952–) | 1991 | United States Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress[189] | ||||
(1889–1966) | 1991 | Founded the first alcohol addiction treatment center; Sister Ignatia was known as the "Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous"[190] | ||||
(1926–) | 1991 | First African American woman to graduate from Case Western Reserve University Law School and the first woman to serve on the judiciary of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Harper co-founded the first victims' rights program in the United States.[191] | ||||
(1943–2015) | 1991 | Developed transitional housing for the homeless[192] | ||||
1991 | Co-founder of Worker Owned Network. Holley pioneered developing worker-owned cooperatives to alleviate poverty in Appalachia.[193] | |||||
(1918–2009) | 1991 | Active volunteer with the Ohio Republican Party[194] | ||||
(1947–2000) | 1991 | First woman pipefitter in Ohio[195] | ||||
(1902–1998) | 1991 | Board member of the national YWCA and advocate for minimum wage in Ohio[196] | ||||
(1932–) | 1991 | Health care educator and advocate for children, families and those without housing[197] | ||||
(1952–) | 1991 | Founder of the Positive Plus Support Group. Pointer spearheaded an effort to bring midnight basketball to Cleveland.[198] | ||||
(1924–2008) | 1991 | Former first lady of Cincinnati; administrator and director with the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation[199] | ||||
(1908–2004) | 1991 | Dance instructor and co-founder of the Schwarz School of Dance[200] | ||||
(1939–) | 1991 | Youth fitness advocate and vice chair of the President"s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Advisory Board[201] | ||||
(1941–2014) | 1991 | Businesswoman and founder of Original Copy Centers[202] | ||||
(1918–1999) | 1991 | Preserver of Italian American cultural heritage[203] | ||||
(1818–1881) | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1931–2023) | 1992 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1918–1995) | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1933–) | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||||
1992 | Math, science and health services | |||||
1992 | Arts, music and journalism | |||||
(1900–1981) | 1992 | Writer of religious and inspirational poetry | ||||
(1869–1955) | 1992 | Watercolorist and painter | ||||
(1925–2005) | 1992 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1905–2002) | 1993 | Journalist and author of children's books, including the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries | ||||
(1869–1927) | 1993 | Stage actress | ||||
(1904–2003) | 1993 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
1993 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1950–) | 1993 | Amputee, fashion model, osteosarcoma survivor, inspirational speaker, and fitness enthusiast | ||||
(1934–2002) | 1993 | Author of children's books and winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Newbery Medal | ||||
(1831–1889) | 1993 | First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes | ||||
(1926–2009) | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1909–1974) | 1993 | First woman judge on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court.[204] | ||||
(1880–1954) | 1993 | Foreign news correspondent for The New York Times | ||||
(1934–2023) | 1993 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1936–2009) | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1926–2024) | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1918–2013) | 1993 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1923–2004) | 1993 | Education | ||||
(1956–) | 1994 | First woman of the Ohio National Guard to assume command of two separate battalions and then a regiment; Director of the Ohio Veteran's Home | ||||
(1947–) | 1994 | Education | ||||
(1906–2000) | 1994 | Government and military service | ||||
(1960–) | 1994 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1939–2014) | 1994 | Sports and athletics | ||||
(1931–2005) | 1994 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1911–2007) | 1994 | Inventor known for innovating the foam-soled and washable slipper.[205] | ||||
(1910–2002) | 1994 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1868–1961) | 1994 | Pictorial photographer of the early 20th century | ||||
(1862–1917) | 1994 | Math, science and health services | ||||
1994 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1932–2020) | 1994 | Business and labor | ||||
(1947–) | 1994 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1867–1940) | 1994 | Nurse, social worker, public health official, teacher, author, editor, publisher, activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights, and the founder of American community nursing | ||||
(1943–) | 1995 | Judge; first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | ||||
(1861–1914) | 1995 | Business and labor | ||||
(1950–) | 1995 | Law | ||||
(1917–2011) | 1995 | Nurse's aide for schools in Butler County and masters athlete | ||||
(1958–) | 1995 | Sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, bestselling author and nationally known speaker | ||||
(1927–2020) | 1995 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1935–2015) | 1995 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1926–2020) | 1995 | Government and military service | ||||
1995 | Math, science and health services | |||||
(1808–1884) | 1995 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
1995 | Arts, music and journalism | |||||
(1927–2022) | 1995 | Women's Suffrage and Cultural Activism[206] | ||||
(1964–) | 1995 | Business and labor | ||||
1995 | Business and labor | |||||
(–1994) | 1995 | Education | ||||
(1939–) | 1995 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio | ||||
(1928–2013) | 1995 | First woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to head one of its member firms | ||||
(1941–) | 1996 | Academic administrator and former president of Bowling Green State University | ||||
1996 | Radio broadcaster | |||||
(1935–2015) | 1996 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1873–1958) | 1996 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1944–2011) | 1996 | Physician, cardiologist, academic and a former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | ||||
(1939–2017) | 1996 | Education | ||||
(1926–2008) | 1996 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1948–) | 1996 | Republican politician who served as Ohio State Auditor | ||||
1996 | First Lady of Ohio and wife to Governor Bob Taft | |||||
(1941—2023) | 1997 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1931–) | 1997 | Government and military service | ||||
(1913–2017) | 1997 | Law | ||||
(1930–2018) | 1997 | Government and military service | ||||
(1932–2020) | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1916–2006) | 1997 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1934–2022) | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1942–) | 1997 | Math, science and health services | ||||
1997 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1928–2016) | 1997 | Government and military service | ||||
(1932–) | 1997 | Education | ||||
(1926–2024) | 1998 | Business and labor | ||||
(1942–) | 1998 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1949–) | 1998 | 66th Governor of Ohio | ||||
1998 | Lawyer and educator, president of Stephanie Jones Strategies and former executive director of the National Urban League Policy Institute | |||||
(1929–1996) | 1998 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1942–) | 1998 | Dean of the Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine | ||||
(1924–2009) | 1998 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1924–2004) | 1998 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1951–) | 1998 | Government and military service | ||||
(1888–1979) | 1998 | Religion and community services | ||||
1998 | Education | |||||
(1929–) | 1998 | Education | ||||
1998 | Business and labor | |||||
(1946–) | 1998 | Education | ||||
1999 | Education | |||||
(1926–) | 1999 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1969–) | 1999 | First female Marine selected for Naval aviation training, and subsequently the Marine Corps' first female aviator in 1993 | ||||
(1861–1927) | 1999 | Education | ||||
1999 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1920–2020) | 1999 | Wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn | ||||
(1956–) | 1999 | Artist known for her installations, textile art and sculptures | ||||
(1943–) | 1999 | Business and labor | ||||
(1952–) | 1999 | Business and labor | ||||
(1939–) | 1999 | Business and labor | ||||
(1950–) | 1999 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1919–1997) | 1999 | Government and military service | ||||
(1918–2021) | 1999 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
(1926–2018) | 1999 | Religion and community services | ||||
1999 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1811–1896) | 1999 | abolitionist and author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) | ||||
(1949–) | 1999 | Education | ||||
1999 | Government and military service | |||||
(1916–2009) | 2000 | Sports and athletics | ||||
(1893–1972) | 2000 | Government and military service | ||||
(1935–2000) | 2000 | Education | ||||
(1957–) | 2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | |||||
(1922–2017) | 2000 | Education | ||||
(1920–2014) | 2000 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1939–1980) | 2000 | Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador | ||||
(1938–) | 2000 | Business and labor | ||||
(1949–2000) | 2000 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1938–) | 2000 | Education | ||||
(1943–) | 2000 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1931–2006) | 2000 | Education | ||||
(1950–) | 2000 | Law | ||||
(1759–1823) | 2000 | Alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War | ||||
(1952–) | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1840–1928) | 2001 | Suffragette | ||||
(1910–2005) | 2001 | First woman President of Davis College | ||||
(1921–) | 2001 | Education | ||||
(1934–) | 2001 | Educator, advocate for historical preservation and Darke County Park Commissioner | ||||
(1959–) | 2001 | Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps | ||||
(1869–1950) | 2001 | Pianist and impresario; main organizer of the Cleveland Orchestra | ||||
2001 | Assistant Attorney General for Ohio and the first African-American woman to serve as judge in Franklin County | |||||
(1925–2010) | 2001 | Sports and athletics | ||||
(1916–2002) | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1950–2020) | 2001 | Physician and NASA official. Long was the first female Chief Medical Officer at the Kennedy Space Center. | ||||
(1930–2020) | 2001 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1939–2005) | 2001 | Education | ||||
(1902–2007) | 2001 | Reverend Mother and founder of the World Fellowship Interdenominational Church | ||||
(1951–) | 2001 | Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district | ||||
(1918–2008) | 2001 | Sports and athletics | ||||
(1945–) | 2001 | Business and labor | ||||
(1953–) | 2001 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
2002 | Business and labor | |||||
(1934–) | 2002 | Government and military service | ||||
(1931–) | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1912–2002) | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1869–1936) | 2002 | Business and labor | ||||
(1915–2012) | 2002 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1935–) | 2002 | Sports and athletics | ||||
(1949–) | 2002 | Math, science and health services | ||||
2002 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1914–2013) | 2002 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1967–2009) | 2002 | Sports reporter and breast cancer survivor | ||||
(1951–) | 2002 | Geologist and former NASA astronaut. Sullivan is the first American woman to walk in space. | ||||
2003 | Math, science and health services | |||||
(1940–1999) | 2003 | Arts, music and journalism | ||||
2003 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1924–2015) | 2003 | Government and military service | ||||
2003 | Math, science and health services | |||||
(1889–1956) | 2003 | Singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter | ||||
(1893–1974) | 2003 | Writer of children's and young adult fiction | ||||
(1952–) | 2003 | Math, science and health services | ||||
2003 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | |||||
(1903–2000) | 2003 | Math, science and health services | ||||
2003 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism[207] | |||||
(1922–2005) | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1809–1878) | 2007 | Education | ||||
2007 | Religion and community services | |||||
2007 | Education | |||||
2007 | Law | |||||
(1947–2006) | 2007 | Religion and community services | ||||
(1914–2005) | 2007 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1974–) | 2007 | Basketball player; Ohio State Female Athlete of the Century | ||||
2007 | Religion and community services | |||||
2008 | Business and labor | |||||
(1859–1936) | 2008 | Math, science and health services, founded the Columbus Society for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis (now known as The Breathing Association) in 1906.[208] | ||||
(1922–2007) | 2008 | Government and military service | ||||
(1960–) | 2008 | President of the Center for Children and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital | ||||
(1925–2021) | 2008 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1942–2022) | 2008 | Education | ||||
2008 | Religion and community services | |||||
2008 | Religion and community services | |||||
2008 | Math, science and health services | |||||
(1889–1972) | 2008 | Business and labor | ||||
(1923/24–2010) | 2008 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
(1953–) | 2008 | Journalist, critic and author | ||||
2008 | Education | |||||
(1945–) | 2009 | Journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with The New York Times | ||||
2009 | Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | |||||
2009 | Math, science and health services | |||||
2009 | Educator | |||||
2009 | Religion and community services | |||||
2009 | Religion and community services | |||||
2009 | Business and labor | |||||
(1936–2013) | 2009 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | ||||
2009 | Religion and community services | |||||
(1874–1964) | 2009 | Religion and community services | ||||
2009 | Government and military service | |||||
2009 | Religion and community services | |||||
2009 | University of Toledo Professor and community advocate who seeks to combat domestic human trafficking and prostitution. | |||||
2010 | Law | |||||
(1944–2023) | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1918–1981) | 2010 | Sports and athletics | ||||
2010 | Arts, music and journalism | |||||
(1938–2014) | 2010 | Government and military service | ||||
2010 | Executive Director of the Pickaway County Veteran Service Commission | |||||
(1929–2020) | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||||
2010 | Women's suffrage and cultural activism | |||||
(1942–) | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||||
(1936–2023) | 2010 | Math, science and health services | ||||
2010 | Business and labor | |||||
(1949–2020) | 2011 | Health services | ||||
(1935–) | 2011 | Community and military service | ||||
(1825–1911) | 2011 | African-American abolitionist, poet and author. Harper published her first book of poetry at age 20 and her first novel, the widely praised Iola Leroy, at age 67. | ||||
2011 | Military service and law | |||||
(1955–) | 2011 | Science and education | ||||
(1945–) | 2011 | Health service and law | ||||
2011 | Science | |||||
2011 | Community service and health service | |||||
2011 | Arts and conservation |