Alabama Women's Hall of Fame

The Alabama Women's Hall of Fame honors the achievements of women associated with the U.S. state of Alabama. Established in 1970, the first women were inducted the following year. The museum is located in Bean Hall on the campus of Judson College in Marion, Alabama.^[1] It became a state agency in 1975 by an act of the Alabama Legislature. The organization is governed by an eleven-member board. They are elected to three-year terms with a minimum of one board member from the fields of art, business, community service, education, law, medicine, politics, religion, and science. In addition to the board, the President of Judson College and Governor of Alabama both serve as voting members.^[2]

Inductees

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Year	Area of achievement[3]	Ref(s)
Farmer, HallieHallie Farmer		(1881–1960)	1971	Political scientist, educator, author, prison reformer	[4]
Keller, Helen AdamsHelen Adams Keller		(1880–1968)	1971	Deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar	[5]
Tutwiler, Julia StrudwickJulia Strudwick Tutwiler		(1841–1916)	1971	Author, Alabama Normal College President, prison reformer, author of official state song, Alabama	[6]
Harris, Agnes EllenAgnes Ellen Harris		(1883–1952)	1972	Educator, Dean of Women at Auburn University and University of Alabama	[7]
Washington, Margaret MurrayMargaret Murray Washington		(1856–1925)	1972	Founder of county and industrial schools, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Principal, wife of Booker T. Washington	[8]
Mitchell, Edwina DonnellyEdwina Donnelly Mitchell		(1894–1968)	1973	Humanitarian, social services, prison reformer	[9]
Wallace, Lurleen BurnsLurleen Burns Wallace		(1926–1968)	1973	First female Governor of Alabama	[10]
Gibbs, HenriettaHenrietta Gibbs		(1879–1960)	1974	Social services, youth counselor, leader of American women's causes	[11]
Tunstall, Loraine BedsoleLoraine Bedsole Tunstall		(1879–1953)	1974	Social services, creator of child welfare services, first woman to head a department in the state government of Alabama	[12]
Graves, Dixie BibbDixie Bibb Graves		(1883–1965)	1975	Social and political services, first Alabama woman elected to the United States Senate	[13]
Owen, Marie BankheadMarie Bankhead Owen		(1869–1958)	1975	Author, historian, director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History	[14]
Berrey, Ruth RobertsonRuth Robertson Berrey		(1906–1973)	1976	Physician, missionary	[15]
Price, Annie LolaAnnie Lola Price		(1903–1972)	1976	Attorney, first woman to serve on high court of Alabama, Chief of Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals	[16]
Gorgas, Amelia GayleAmelia Gayle Gorgas		(1826–1913)	1977	Librarian, nurse, teacher, university counselor	[17]
Wilson, Augusta Jane EvansAugusta Jane Evans Wilson		(1835–1909)	1977	Author, Civil War nurse	[18]
Daugette, Annie Rowan ForneyAnnie Rowan Forney Daugette		(1876–1974)	1978	Author, historian, designed the Seal of Alabama	[19]
Jacobs, Patti RuffnerPatti Ruffner Jacobs		(1875–1939)	1978	Political scientist, promoter of women's suffrage	[20]
Brooke, MyrtleMyrtle Brooke		(1872–1948)	1979	Educator, social services, mental health pioneer	[21]
Tuggle, Carrie A.Carrie A. Tuggle		(1858–1924)	1979	Educator, social services, instigator of Juvenile and Domestic Courts, founder of orphanage for African Americans	[22]
Mallory, Kathleen MooreKathleen Moore Mallory		(1879–1954)	1980	Social services, magazine editor, Woman's Missionary Union executive	[23]
Tartt, Ruby PickensRuby Pickens Tartt		(1880–1974)	1980	Author, folklorist, artist, librarian	[24]
Bankhead, TallulahTallulah Bankhead		(1903–1968)	1981	Actress	[25]
Johnston, ElizabethElizabeth Johnston		(1851–1934)	1981	Founder of Alabama Boys' Industrial School, social service worker; also known as Mrs. R. D. Johnston	[26]
Moynahan, ChrysostomChrysostom Moynahan		(1863–1941)	1982	Nun, first Registered Nurse licensed in Alabama, hospital administrator, founded St. Vincent's School of Nursing	[27]
Dunn, Loula FriendLoula Friend Dunn		(1896–1977)	1982	Alabama's Commissioner of Public Welfare, first female executive director of the American Public Welfare Association	[28]
Bilbro, Anne MathildeAnne Mathilde Bilbro		(1870–1958)	1983	Composer, music teacher, author	[29]
Parrish, Clara WeaverClara Weaver Parrish		(1861–1925)	1983	Artist, author, designer for Tiffany Studios	[30]
Warner, Mildred WesterveltMildred Westervelt Warner		(1893–1974)	1984	President of Gulf States Paper Corporation, conservationist, philanthropist	[31]
White-Spunner, KatherineKatherine White-Spunner		(1892–1978)	1984	Nurse, hospital administrator	[32]
Dean, Blanche EvansBlanche Evans Dean		(1892–1974)	1985	Conservationist, naturalist, author	[33]
Vickery, KatherineKatherine Vickery		(1898–1978)	1985	President of the Alabama Psychological Association; fellow of the Alabama Academy of Science and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science	[34]
Thomas, Chamintney StovallChamintney Stovall Thomas		(1899–1979)	1986	Musician, teacher, author	[35]
Young, Martha StrudwickMartha Strudwick Young		(1862–1941)	1986	Folklorist, author, poet	[36]
Crosby, Elizabeth CarolineElizabeth Caroline Crosby		(1888–1983)	1987	Scientist, teacher, author	[37]
Warren, LellaLella Warren		(1899–1982)	1987	Author	[38]
Cater, Katharine CooperKatharine Cooper Cater		(1914–1980)	1988	Dean of Women and Dean of Student Life at Auburn University	[39]
Thompson, Mary Elizabeth PhillipsMary Elizabeth Phillips Thompson		(1855–1927)	1988	First woman principal Lincoln Normal School	[40]
Bristow, GwenGwen Bristow		(1903–1980)	1989	Author, journalist	[41]
Mercer, GenevaGeneva Mercer		(1889–1984)	1989	Artist, sculptor	[42]
Kelly, Maud McLureMaud McLure Kelly		(1887–1973)	1990	Suffragist, genealogist, historian, first woman to practice law in Alabama (admitted to the Bar in 1908), first woman to be admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court as a practicing lawyer in the South in 1914, inducted into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2014	[43]
Le Vert, Octavia WaltonOctavia Walton Le Vert		(1811–1877)	1990	Socialite, Civil War nurse, author	[44]
Praytor, Frances VirginiaFrances Virginia Praytor		(1899–1974)	1991	Teacher, co-owner of Birmingham's Smith and Hardwick Bookstore	[45]
Praytor, Anna LintonAnna Linton Praytor		(1914–1989)	1991	Teacher, co-owner of Birmingham's Smith and Hardwick Bookstore	[45]
Barron, Julia TarrantJulia Tarrant Barron		(1805–1890)	1991	Helped establish Judson College and Howard College, co-founder of The Alabama Baptist	[46]
Fitzgerald, Zelda SayreZelda Sayre Fitzgerald		(1900–1948)	1992	Author, ballerina, painter, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald	[47]
Smith, Frances Scott FitzgeraldFrances Scott Fitzgerald Smith		(1921–1986)	1992	Writer, political activist, arts patron, daughter of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald	[48]
Bellingrath, Bessie MorseBessie Morse Bellingrath		(1878–1943)	1992	Developer of Bellingrath Gardens	[49]
Mathis, Ida Elizabeth BrandonIda Elizabeth Brandon Mathis		(1857–1925)	1993	Agricultural practices reformer	[50]
Waite, Mary George JordanMary George Jordan Waite		(1917–1990)	1993	First woman elected president of a state banking association, extensively involved with Alabama Girls State	[51]
Bender, Doris MarieDoris Marie Bender		(1911–1991)	1994	Social worker	[52]
Howell, LotticeLottice Howell		(1897–1982)	1994	Singer	[53]
Bashinsky, Elizabeth BurfordElizabeth Burford Bashinsky		(1867–1968)	1995–96	Civic leader	[54]
Lindsay, Maude McKnightMaude McKnight Lindsay		(1874–1941)	1995–96	Author, established the state's first free kindergarten in 1898	[55]
Wilkins, Hattie HookerHattie Hooker Wilkins		(1875–1949)	1997	Promoter of woman's suffrage, first woman elected to the Alabama Legislature	[56]
Spidle, Marion WalkerMarion Walker Spidle		(1887–1983)	1997	Educator, university administrator, community leader	[57]
Crawford, Martha FosterMartha Foster Crawford		(1830–1909)	1998	First foreign missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention, she and her spouse spent over fifty years in China as missionaries	[58]
Weeden, Maria HowardMaria Howard Weeden		(1846–1905)	1998	Artist, author	[59]
Booth, Margaret H.Margaret H. Booth		(1880–1953)	1999	Educator, became principal of Demopolis High School in 1900, founded Demopolis Public Library, lecturer	[60]
Hopkins, Juliet OpieJuliet Opie Hopkins		(1818–1890)	1999	Civil War nurse	[61]
Bateman, Florence GolsonFlorence Golson Bateman		(1891–1987)	2000	Songwriter, singer	[62]
Fearing, MariaMaria Fearing		(1838–1937)	2000	Educator, missionary, established the Pantops Home for Girls in Luebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo	[63]
Moffett, Ida VinesIda Vines Moffett		(1905–1996)	2001	Nurse for more than 70 years	[64]
Pool, Sibyl MurphreeSibyl Murphree Pool		(1901–1973)	2001	First woman elected to a statewide office, second woman elected to the Alabama Legislature	[65]
Childs, Idella JonesIdella Jones Childs		(1903–1998)	2002	Civil rights advocate	[66]
Katz, Jane LobmanJane Lobman Katz		(1931–1986)	2002	Advocate for state government reform, equal rights advocate	[67]
Branscomb, LouiseLouise Branscomb		(1901–1999)	2003	Pioneer female physician, human rights advocate	[68]
Walcott, Bess BoldenBess Bolden Walcott		(1886–1988)	2003	Librarian, teacher, author, first African American woman to serve as a Red Cross Acting Field Director	[69]
Crews, Nancy BatsonNancy Batson Crews		(1920–2001)	2004	Aviator, one of twenty-eight professional women pilots accepted for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron during World War II	[70]
Gerhardt, RosaRosa Gerhardt		(1898–1975)	2004	First woman president of a bar association in the state	[71]
Hall, VeraVera Hall		(1902–1964)	2005	Blues and folk music singer	[72]
Morgan, Juliette HamptonJuliette Hampton Morgan		(1914–1957)	2005	Librarian, author, civil rights activist	[73]
Durr, Virginia FosterVirginia Foster Durr		(1903–1999)	2006	Civil rights activist	[74]
Weatherly, Mary Celesta JohnsonMary Celesta Johnson Weatherly		(1890–1976)	2006	Mother of the Year in 1962 for the state and nation	[75]
McKee, FranFran McKee		(1926–2002)	2007	First woman line officer to hold the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy	[76]
Myers, Martha CrystalMartha Crystal Myers		(1945–2002)	2007	Physician, missionary	[77]
Parks, Rosa McCauleyRosa McCauley Parks		(1913–2005)	2008	Civil rights activist	[78]
King, Coretta ScottCoretta Scott King		(1927–2006)	2009	Author, human rights activist, civil rights activist	[79]
Burks, Mary IvyMary Ivy Burks		(1920–2007)	2010	Environmental activist, conservationist, co-founder of the Alabama Conservancy	[80]
Smith, Margaret CharlesMargaret Charles Smith		(1906–2004)	2010	Noted African American midwife	[81]
Anderson, Evelyn DanielEvelyn Daniel Anderson		(1926–1998)	2011	Educator, community volunteer, advocate for the disabled	[82]
Stovall, Ada RuthAda Ruth Stovall		(1913–2008)	2011	First woman appointed Assistant State Director of Vocational Education for the Alabama Department of Education	[83]
Miglionico, NinaNina Miglionico		(1913–2009)	2012	First female member of the Birmingham City Council	[84]
Roberts, Frances C.Frances C. Roberts			2013	Chaired the History Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and directed their Academic Advisement and Information Center	[85]
Gore, Hazel MansellHazel Mansell Gore		(−2001)	2014	Australian physician who taught at the University of Alabama in Birmingham	[86]
Windham, Kathryn TuckerKathryn Tucker Windham		(1918–2011)	2015	American storyteller, author, photographer, and journalist who was born in Selma and grew up in Thomasville	[87]
Beddow, Anne MaeAnne Mae Beddow		(1893–1974)	2016	Nurse anesthetist and lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps as a lieutenant; developed a technique to administer pentothal sodium intravenously	[88]
Gayle, Sarah HaynsworthSarah Haynsworth Gayle		(1804–1835)	2016	Diarist who kept a journal from 1827 to 1835	[89]

Footnotes

References

• Armor, Jerry C. (2014). A Home for Wayward Boys: The Early History of the Alabama Boys’ Industrial School. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books. ISBN 978-1-60306-345-6. 
• Flynt, Wayne (2005). Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5282-0. 
• Oakes, Elizabeth H. (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists. New York, NY: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-6158-7. 
• Tinling, Marion (1986). Women Remembered: A Guide to Landmarks of Women's History in the United States. New York, NY: Greenwood Press  – via Questia (subscription required) . ISBN 0-313-23984-3. 
• Webb, Jr., Samuel L.; Armbrester, Margaret E. (2014). Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State. Tuscaloosa, AL: Alabama University Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-1843-7. 

Further reading

• Bankhead, Tallulah (1952). Tallulah: My Autobiography. New York, NY: Harper  – via Questia (subscription required) . OCLC 330911. 
• Fidler, William (2002). Augusta Evans Wilson, 1835-1909. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5026-0. 
• Pannell, Anne; Wyatt, Dorothea E. (2004). Julia S. Tutwiler and Social Progress In Alabama. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5031-4. 

External links

• Encyclopedia of Alabama
• University of Alabama Press

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