Maine Women's Hall of Fame

Maine Women's Hall of Fame

Eleanor Roosevelt and Margaret Chase Smith
Established 1990
Location Bernard D. Katz Library
University of Maine
46 University Drive
Augusta, Maine 04330
Coordinates 44°20′34″N 69°47′44″W / 44.342902°N 69.795604°WCoordinates: 44°20′34″N 69°47′44″W / 44.342902°N 69.795604°W
Website Maine Women's Hall of Fame

The Maine Women's Hall of Fame was created in 1990 to honor the achievements of women associated with the U.S. state of Maine. The induction ceremonies are held each year during March, designated as Women's History Month. Nominees are chosen by the public via an online nomination form. The University of Maine at Augusta displays the hall of fame in its Bennett D. Katz Library, and also hosts the hall of fame online at the university's website. The nomination form lists three criteria for eligibility:[1]

1) Woman's achievements must have had a significant statewide impact
2) Woman's achievements significantly improved the lives of women in Maine
3) Woman's contribution has enduring value for women.

Nominations have a December deadline of any given year.

The first two inductees in 1990 were Mable Sine Wadsworth and Margaret Chase Smith. Wadsworth had devoted her life to multiple issues, including maternal health and family planning, founding the Wadsworth Women's Health Center. She was member of the board of Board of Directorsof Legal Services for the Elderly, and helped raise funds for noteworthy organizations.[2]

Margaret Chase Smith holds the distinction of being the first woman elected to serve in the United States Senate. She ran for President of the United States in the 1964 Republican Party primariy, but lost out to Barry Goldwater.[3] Smith also holds the distinction of being the first Republican to speak out against the tactics of fellow Senator Joseph McCarthy, in her June 1, 1950 address on the floor of the Senate.[4]

Two decades after its inception, the list of Inductees contains an Olympic gold medalist, Joan Benoit,[5] two more United States Senators, Olympia Snowe[6] and Susan Collins,[7] and the mother of a Senator, Patricia M. Collins[8] who herself had been mayor of a Maine city. Geneticist Elizabeth S. Russell joined the list,[9] as did the President University of Maine at Presque Isle Nancy H Hensel.[10] Author and Holocaust survivor Judith Magyar Isaacson has been honored by an induction into the hall of fame.[11] With the 2011 inductees, the hall of fame had honored 35 women for their contributions to Maine and to the female population.

Inductees

Maine Women's Hall of Fame
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Abrams, Sharon H.Sharon H. Abrams 2004 Executive Director of the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers in Waterville[12]
Barker, SharonSharon Barker 2009 Director University of Maine Women's Resource Center[13][14]
Brown, Lyn MikelLyn Mikel Brown 2013 Co-founder of Hardy Girls Healthy Women, activist, author, researcher and professor at Colby College
Cathcart, MaryMary Cathcart 2013 Former Maine State Representative and State Senator
Collins, Patricia M.Patricia M. Collins 2005 Mayor of Caribou, chairman of the board Catholic Charities of Maine, mother of Senator Susan Collins[8]
Collins, SusanSusan Collins (1952–) 2011 United States Senate[7][15]
Crandall, Elizabeth W.Elizabeth W. Crandall 1996 Woman's issues advocate[16]
Dyer, Linda SmithLinda Smith Dyer 2001 co-founder of Maine Women's Lobby[17]
Farrar, MaryMary Farrar 2012 Victim advocate
Fortman, LauraLaura Fortman 2007 Executive director Maine Women's Lobby[18]
Gammon, Ethel WilsonEthel Wilson Gammon 1997 Founder Washburn-Norlands Living History Center[19]
Gentile, CarolineCaroline Gentile 2000 Physical education instructor[20]
Golden, Ellen F.Ellen F. Golden 2015
Healy, Dorothy MurphyDorothy Murphy Healy 1993 Curator Main Women's Writers Collection[21]
Heck, KarenKaren Heck 2008 Advocate for women's issues [22]
Hensel, Nancy H.Nancy H. Hensel 2003 President University of Maine at Presque Isle[10]
Isaacson, Judith MagyarJudith Magyar Isaacson (1925–) 2004 Holocaust survivor, human rights activist, author of Seed of Sarah : memoirs of a survivor[11]
Kalikow, Theodora JuneTheodora June Kalikow 2002 President University of Maine at Farmington[23]
Knudsen, Chilton R.Chilton R. Knudsen 2006 Bishop of Maine, Episcopal Church[24]
Lachance, Laurie G.Laurie G. Lachance 2014 First woman president of Thomas College[25]
Laughlin, Gail H.Gail H. Laughlin (1868–1952) 1991 First practicing female attorney from Maine, first president of Business and Professional Women's Foundation, served in both the Maine House of Representatives and Maine State Senate[26]
Lockhart, Ruth L.Ruth L. Lockhart 2012 Advocate for women's health
McCormick, DaleDale McCormick (1947–) 2007 Maine State Treasurer, served in Maine State Senate[27]
Mitchell, Elizabeth H.Elizabeth H. Mitchell (1940–) 1999 Maine State Senate[28]
Musgrave, Katherine OgilvieKatherine Ogilvie Musgrave 2011 Professor Emerita of Food and Nutrition at the University of Maine[29]
Nardone, Gilda E.Gilda E. Nardone 1993 President of Maine Displaced Homemakers Program[30]
Paradis, Judy AyotteJudy Ayotte Paradis (1944–) 2005 Maine House of Representatives[31]
Pingree, ChellieChellie Pingree (1955–) 2001 United States House of Representatives[32]
Reckitt, Lois GalgayLois Galgay Reckitt 1998 Executive Director Family Crises Services in Portland, Maine[33]
RunnalsNinetta May Runnals 1992 Dean of Women at Colby College[34]
Russell, Elizabeth S.Elizabeth S. Russell (1913–2001) 1991 Geneticist[9][35]
Ryan, Patricia E.Patricia E. Ryan 2014 Executive director of the Maine Human Rights Commission and a founding member of the Maine Women's Lobby[25]
Samuelson, Joan BenoitJoan Benoit Samuelson (1957–) 2000 American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics[5]
Schrumpf, Mildred BrownMildred Brown Schrumpf (1903–2001) 1997 Home economist, nutrionist[36]
Smith, Margaret ChaseMargaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) 1990 United States Senate, United States House of Representatives[37]
Snowe, Olympia J.Olympia J. Snowe (1947–) 1999 United States Senate[6]
Stevens, MartiMarti Stevens (?–1993) 1996 Journalist, actress, director of Somerset County Basic Skills[38]
Swain, ThelmaThelma Swain (1908–2008) 2010 Volunteerism[39]
Vitelli, Eloise A.Eloise A. Vitelli 1995 Founded Women's Business Development Corporation, advocate for entrepreneurship for women[40]
Wadsworth, Mable SineMable Sine Wadsworth (1910–2006) 1990 Family planning[2]
Whitehouse, Florence BrooksFlorence Brooks Whitehouse (1869–1945) 2008 Women's suffrage[41]
Wood, Elizabeth EstherElizabeth Esther Wood 1994 Writer, teacher, historian[42]
Woodlee, BarbaraBarbara Woodlee 2015

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Maine Women's Hall of Fame". Maine University at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mable Sine Wadsworth". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ferraro, Geraldine; Gutgold, Nichola D (2006). Paving the Way for Madam President. Lexington Books. pp. 20–49. ISBN 978-0-7391-1594-7.
  4. ↑ Sigerman, Harriet (2003). The Columbia Documentary History of American Women, 1941–2000. Columbia University Press. pp. 122–125. ISBN 978-0-231-11698-5.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Joan Samuelson". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Olympia Snowe". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Senator Susan Collins". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Patricia M. Collins". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Elizabeth S. Russell". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Nancy H Hensel". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Judith Magyar Isaacson". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Sharon H. Abrams". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Sharon Barker". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  14. ↑ Bloch, Jessica (March 19, 2009). "Founder of UM center to join Maine Women's Hall of Fame". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Twenty-Second Annual Maine Women's Hall of Fame". Bangor Daily News. February 16, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Elizabeth W. Crandall". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Linda Smith Dye". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Laura Fortman". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Ethel Wilson Gammon". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Caroline Gentile". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Dorothy Murphy Healy". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ↑ "Karen Heck". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  23. ↑ "Theodora June Kalikow". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Chilton R. Knudsen". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Swinconeck, John (March 3, 2014). "Patricia Ryan being inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame". The Times Record.
  26. ↑ "Gail H. Laughlin". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Dale McCormick". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  28. ↑ "Libby Mitchell". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  29. ↑ "Katherine Ogilvie Musgrave". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  30. ↑ "Gilda E. Nardone". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  31. ↑ "Judy Ayotte Paradis". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  32. ↑ "Chellie Pingree". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  33. ↑ "Lois Galgay Reckitt". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  34. ↑ "Ninetta May Runnels". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  35. ↑ Wayne, PhD, Tiffany K (2010). American Women of Science since 1900. ABC-CLIO. pp. 827, 828. ISBN 978-1-59884-158-9.
  36. ↑ "Mildred Brown Schrumpf". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  37. ↑ "Margaret Chase Smith". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  38. ↑ "Marti Stevens". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  39. ↑ "Thelma Swain". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  40. ↑ "Eloise Vitelli". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  41. ↑ "Florence Brooks Whitehouse". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  42. ↑ "Esther Elizabeth Wood". University of Maine at Augusta. Retrieved July 2, 2012.

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