Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

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.^[2]

History

The Hall was created in 1978 within the Women's Programs at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.^[1] 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."^[1]

The Hall inducted women in the following categories:^[2]

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.^[2]

Inductees

Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

Name	Image	Birth–death	County	Year	Area of achievement
Florence Allen		(1884–1966)	Cuyahoga	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]
Helen Chatfield Black			Hamilton	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]
Frances Bolton		(1885–1977)	Cuyahoga	1978	Politician from Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives. Bolton was the first woman elected to Congress from Ohio.[5]
Elizabeth Boyer		(1913–2002)	Geauga	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]
Harriet Bracken			Franklin	1978	First woman vice president of the Huntington National Bank of Columbus[8]
Martha Kinney Cooper			Hamilton	1978	First Lady of Ohio from 1929 to 1931 as the wife of Governor Myers Y. Cooper[9]
Gertrude Donahey		(1908–2004)	Franklin	1978	American politician of the Democratic party who served as Ohio State Treasurer from 1971 to 1983[10]
Jane Edna Hunter		(1881–1971)	Cuyahoga	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]
Consolata Kline		(1916–2016)	Mahoning	1978	Executive director of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center[14]
Virginia Kunkle		(1915–2005)	Franklin	1978	First woman to become assistant superintendent of public instruction in Ohio[15]
Margaret A. Mahoney			Cuyahoga	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]
Helen Grace McClelland			Columbiana	1978	Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for her service as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War I[17]
Agnes Merritt			Franklin	1978	Former state president of the American Legion Auxiliary and advocate for women[18]
Rose Papier			Franklin	1978	Pioneer gerontologist and Ohio's first Director of the Ohio Administration on Aging[19]
Lottie Randolph		(?– 1968)	Perry	1978	Farmer and homemaker. Randolph was assistant director of Farm Labor at OSU.[20]
Ella P. Stewart		(1893–1987)	Lucas	1978	One of the first African-American female pharmacists in the United States.[21]
Marigene Valiquette		(1924–)	Lucas	1978	Former member of the Ohio General Assembly[22]
Ann B. Walker			Franklin	1978	First woman broadcaster to report on the Ohio legislature[23]
Stella Walsh		(1911–1980)	Cuyahoga	1978	Polish athlete who became a women's Olympic champion[24]
Marion Wells			Licking	1978	Promoter of better treatment and education for disabled citizens[25]
Mary Jobe Akeley		(1886–1966)	Harrison	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]
Mary Ann Bickerdyke		(1817–1901)	Knox	1979	Hospital administrator for Union soldiers during the American Civil War[27]
Beatrice Cleveland			Franklin	1979	Associate State Leader for 4-H in the Extension Service, College of Agriculture, The Ohio State University[28]
Charity Edna Earley		(1918–2002)	Montgomery	1979	First black commissioned officer in the Women's Army Corps[29]
Eleanor Jammal			Ashtabula	1979	Businesswoman, member of Zonta International and numerous boards[30]
Bernice Kochan			Cuyahoga	1979	Artist and designer of postage stamps[31]
Emily Leedy			Franklin	1979	Chair of the Women's Advisory Council of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services[32]
Ruth Lyons		(1905–1988)	Hamilton	1979	Pioneer radio and television broadcaster in Cincinnati[33]
Jerrie Mock		(1925–2014)	Franklin	1979	First woman to fly solo around the world.[34][35]
Emma Phaler			Franklin	1979	Bowler and contributor to the Women"s International Bowling Congress[36]
Rachel Redinger			Tuscarawas	1979	Founder of the Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Association and vice chair of the Ohio Arts Council[37]
Bobbie Sterne		(1919–2017)	Hamilton	1979	Member of the Charter Party and Cincinnati's first female mayor[38]
Ethel Swanbeck		(1893–1989)	Huron	1979	Former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, served eleven consecutive terms in the Ohio House from 1955 to 1976.[39][40]
Clara Weisenborn		(1907–1985)	Montgomery	1979	Republican Ohio politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly[41]
Marjorie M. Whiteman			Henry	1979	Legal advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt and author of the fifteen volume Digest of International Law[42]
Grace Berlin		(1897–1982)	Lucas	1980	One of the first Ohio women to earn a degree in ecology; officer of the National Audubon Society[43]
Erma Bombeck		(1927–1996)	Montgomery	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]
Patricia M. Byrne			Cuyahoga	1980	Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma[45]
Ruth Crawford		(1901–1953)	Columbiana	1980	Modernist composer and American folk music specialist[46]
Louisa Fast			Seneca	1980	National and international women's rights activist[47]
Dorothy Fuldheim		(1893–1989)	Cuyahoga	1980	Journalist and anchor who spent the majority of her career at The Cleveland Press and WEWS-TV[48]
Lillian Gish		(1893–1993)	Hamilton	1980	Stage, screen and television actress; called "The First Lady of American Cinema"[49]
Esther Greisheimer		(1891–1982)	Ross	1980	Medical educator specializing in the fields of anesthesiology and cardiac research[50]
Edith Keller			Morrow	1980	Supervisor of music for the Ohio Department of Education[51]
Tella Kitchen			Ross	1980	Folk art painter[52]
Blanche Krupansky		(1925–2008)	Cuyahoga	1980	Cleveland judge who became the second woman to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1981.[53]
Hattie Larlham			Auglaize	1980	Founder of Hattie Larlham, a non-profit organization that provides services to more than 1,500 children and adults with developmental disabilities[54]
Mary Louise Nemeth			Cuyahoga	1980	Business publisher and industrial advertiser[55]
Annie Oakley		(1860–1926)	Darke	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]
Doris Weber			Cuyahoga	1980	Artist and industrial photographer[57]
Mildred Bayer			Franklin	1981	Founder and president of Health Clinics International[58]
Tina Bischoff Lovin			Franklin	1981	World champion long-distance swimmer[59]
Dorothy Cornelius			Franklin	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]
Doris Day		(1924–2019)	Hamilton	1981	American actress, singer, and animal rights activist[61]
Phyllis Diller		(1917–2012)	Allen	1981	American actress and comedian[62]
Eusebia Hunkins			Athens	1981	Musician and composer[63]
Andre Norton		(1912–2005)	Cuyahoga	1981	American science fiction and fantasy author[64]
Jean Starr Untermeyer			Muskingum	1981	Poet and translator[65]
Harriet Taylor Upton		(1853–1945)	Portage	1981	Suffragette, author, and the first woman to be vice chairman of the Republican National Committee[66]
Nancy Wilson		(1937–)	Ross	1981	American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards[67]
A. Margaret Boyd			Jefferson	1982	Education[68]
Ann Eriksson			Franklin	1982	Director of Ohio's Constitutional Revision Commission[69]
Bernice Foley			Hamilton	1982	Writer, lecturer and fashion commentator[70]
Zelma Watson George		(1903–1994)	Cuyahoga	1982	African American philanthropist, alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium[71]
Grace Goulder Izant		(1893–1984)	Cuyahoga	1982	Writer, historian and preservationist[72]
Toni Morrison		(1931–2019)	Lorain	1982	American novelist, editor, and professor. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1993 and in 1987 the Pulitzer Prize[73]
Phyllis Sewell			Hamilton	1982	Executive at Federated Department Stores[74]
Jayne Spain			Hamilton	1982	Corporate executive[75]
Helen Zelkowitz			Knox	1982	Radio broadcaster and founder of WMVO[76]
Harriet J. Anderson		(1913–1980)	Athens	1983	Painter and textile artist[77]
Ione Biggs			Cuyahoga	1983	Political and social activist who has worked to address crime prevention, women's rights, voter registration, hunger, poverty and unemployment[78]
Eula Bingham		(1929–2020)	Hamilton	1983	Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health during the Carter Administration.[79][80]
Mary O. Boyle			Cuyahoga	1983	Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district[81]
Mariwyn Heath			Montgomery	1983	Chair of the Political Action Committee for Business and Professional Women and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment[82]
Josephine Irwin			Cuyahoga	1983	Suffragist and advocate for women's rights[83]
Barbara Janis			Cuyahoga	1983	Union organizer and advocate for women[84]
Lillian Janis			Cuyahoga	1983	Cleveland political figure[85]
Minnie Player			Cuyahoga	1983	Leader of Cleveland's Welfare Rights Organization[86]
Gloria Steinem		(1934–)	Lucas	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]
Freda Winning			Sandusky	1983	Educator, Marine officer, government official and international diplomat[88]
Mary E. Miller Young			Franklin	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]
Sally Cooper			Franklin	1984	Activist opposing violence against women and children[90]
Sarah E. Harris			Montgomery	1984	Former President of the Dayton Urban League and community board member[91]
Cindy Noble Hauserman			Ross	1984	U.S. Olympic Basketball Team gold medalist[92]
Marcy Kaptur		(1946–)	Lucas	1984	U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district[93]
Karen Nussbaum		(1950–)	Cuyahoga	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]
Mary Rose Oakar		(1940–)	Cuyahoga	1984	Democratic politician and first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from Ohio[95]
Catherine Pinkerton			Cuyahoga	1984	Lobbyist with NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby[96]
Willa Player			Summit	1984	First Black woman president of a four-year women's college[97]
Judith Resnik		(1949–1986)	Summit	1984	Engineer and NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L[98]
Helen Hooven Santmyer		(1895–1986)	Greene	1984	Writer[99]
Marian Spencer		(1920–)	Hamilton	1984	Former Vice Mayor of the Cincinnati City Council and the first African American woman to be elected to the Council[100]
Marian Trimble			Franklin	1984	President of Nationwide Investment Services[101]
Joyce Wollenberg			Perry	1984	Union organizer and advocate for women[102]
Lois Anna Barr Cook			Montgomery	1985	Pioneering science educator[103]
Mercedes Cotner			Cuyahoga	1985	Cleveland City Council member[104]
Zell Draz			Mahoning	1985	Associate publisher of the Warren Tribune-Chronicle[105]
Barbara Easterling		(1933–)	Summit	1985	First woman elected to executive committee positions at Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the AFL–CIO[106]
Nikki Giovanni		(1943–)	Hamilton	1985	Poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator[107]
Aurora Gonzalez			Lucas	1985	Organizer, educator and activist in Toledo's Hispanic community[108]
Mary Lazarus			Franklin	1985	Advocate for consumer rights, child safety, education, services to women and ethics in government[109]
Barbara Mandel			Cuyahoga	1985	President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)[110]
Norma Marcere			Stark	1985	Pioneer feminist and educator[111]
Lucille Middleton			Champaign	1985	Established the first classes for developmentally disabled children in Champaign County[112]
Helen Mulholland			Franklin	1985	Founding member of the Ohio Commission on the Status of Women and Ohio Women, Inc.[113]
Lauretta Schimmoler		(1900–1981)	Crawford	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]
Marge Schott		(1928–2004)	Hamilton	1985	Managing general partner, president and CEO of the National League's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999[115]
Mary Jen Steinbrenner			Cuyahoga	1985	Developed programs to benefit women and children[116]
Margaret Andrew			Montgomery	1986	Pioneer for women in science and technology[117]
Kathleen Barber			Cuyahoga	1986	Educator and political activist[118]
Fay Biles			Portage	1986	First woman vice president of an Ohio university[119]
Elizabeth Blackwell		(1821–1910)	Hamilton	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]
Marie Clarke			Franklin	1986	Black female labor leader[121]
Eva Mae Crosby			Franklin	1986	Educator, lawyer and race relations pioneer[122]
Ruby Dee		(1922–2014)	Cuyahoga	1986	Actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist[123]
Cynthia Drennan		(1948–)	Cuyahoga	1986	Missionary to El Salvador[124]
Hooker Glendinning			Cuyahoga	1986	Advocate for social justice, racial and cultural equality[125]
Louise Herring		(1909–1987)	Hamilton	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]
Katherine LeVeque			Franklin	1986	Columbus businesswoman[127]
Ruth Ratner Miller			Cuyahoga	1986	First woman health director for the city of Cleveland[128]
Amelia Nava		(1933–)	Seneca	1986	Advocate for migrant farmworkers[129]
Arline Webb Pratt			Stark	1986	Advocate for illumination of the Statue of Liberty[130]
Anastasia Ann Przelomski			Mahoning	1986	Journalist and editor[131]
Virginia Purdy			Adams	1986	Radio entrepreneur and founder of WRAC[132]
Selma Walker			Franklin	1986	Founder and director of the Native American Indian Center of Columbus[133]
Julia Walsh			Summit	1986	First woman Governor of the American Stock Exchange[134]
Faye Wattleton		(1943–)	Montgomery	1986	First African-American and youngest President ever elected to Planned Parenthood; President of the Center for the Advancement of Women[135]
Mary Ellen Withrow		(1930–)	Marion	1986	40th Treasurer of the United States from March 1, 1994, to January 20, 2001, under President Bill Clinton[136]
Anna Biggins			Trumbull	1988	Union organizer[137]
Patricia Clonch			Lawrence	1988	Executive Director of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation[138]
Norma Craden		(1919–1992)	Lucas	1988	Union organizer with the Coalition of Labor Union Women[139]
Jewel Freeman Graham			Greene	1988	Attorney, professor and President of the World YWCA[140]
Cathy Guisewite		(1950–)	Montgomery	1988	Cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy[141]
Rebecca D. Jackson			Franklin	1988	Medical researcher specializing in endocrinology, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease[142]
Carol Heiss Jenkins		(1940–)	Summit	1988	Figure skater. 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion (1956–1960)[143]
Carol Kane		(1953–)	Cuyahoga	1988	American actress who appeared in Hester Street and Annie Hall. Received two Emmy Awards for her work in the television series Taxi[144]
Bea Larsen			Hamilton	1988	First woman president of the Cincinnati Bar Association[145]
Alice Raful Lev			Mahoning	1988	Community organizer and advocate for social justice[146]
Linda Rocker Sogg			Cuyahoga	1988	Advocate for social justice who led the Ohio Coalition for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment[147]
Eleanor Smeal		(1939–)	Ashtabula	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]
Carolyn Utz		(1913–2005)	Franklin	1988	Music educator and youth advocate[149]
Anita Smith Ward			Franklin	1988	First woman to be elected Chair of a state university board of trustees in Ohio[150]
Jeanette Grasselli Brown			Cuyahoga	1989	Industrial researcher for BP America[151]
Maxine Carnahan			Coshocton	1989	First woman president of the United Paperworkers International Union[152]
Tracy Chapman		(1964–)	Cuyahoga	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]
Betsy Mix Cowles		(1810–1876)	Ashtabula	1989	Early leader in the United States abolitionist movement[155]
Ann Gazelle			Franklin	1989	Social worker and artist[156]
Michelle Graves			Hamilton	1989	Banker and financial planner[157]
Florence Harshman			Mahoning	1989	Social worker[158]
June Hutt			Cuyahoga	1989	Publisher and advocate of working women[159]
Geraldine Jensen			Lucas	1989	Founder of the Association for Children for the Enforcement of Support[160]
Carolyn Mahoney		(1946–)	Franklin	1989	Mathematics educator[161]
Linda Myers		(1947–)	Franklin	1989	Researcher and psychotherapist[162]
Jennie Porter			Hamilton	1989	First black female public school principal in Cincinnati[163]
Diane Poulton			Franklin	1989	Advocate for the rights of women[164]
Renee Powell		(1946–)	Stark	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]
Charlene Spretnak		(1946–)	Franklin	1989	Author, activist, academic, and feminist[166]
Charlene Ventura			Hamilton	1989	President and CEO of the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati[167]
Marilyn Gaston		(1939–)	Hamilton	1990	Pediatrician who helped to establish the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the University of Cincinnati[168]
Dorothy Jackson			Summit	1990	Akron's Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Relations[169]
Luella Talmadge Jackson			Seneca	1990	Community activist[170]
Janet Kalven		(1913–2014)	Hamilton	1990	Feminist educator, author and activist[171]
Rosabeth Kanter		(1943–)	Cuyahoga	1990	Tenured professor in business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest C. Arbuckle Professorship.[172][173]
Maggie Kuhn		(1905–1995)	Cuyahoga	1990	Activist known for founding the Gray Panthers[174]
Joan Lamson			Cuyahoga	1990	Small business owner[175]
Maya Ying Lin		(1959–)	Athens	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]
Anne Variano Macko			Cuyahoga	1990	Union organizer with the Communications Workers of America[178]
Alicia Mott			Wood	1990	Advocate for the educational and economic advancement of Ohio's Hispanic community[179]
Ludel Sauvageot			Summit	1990	Pioneer in the field of hospital public relations[180]
Fanchon bat-Lillian Shur			Hamilton	1990	Choreographer and educator[181]
Phebe Temperance Sutliff		(1859–1955)	Trumbull	1990	President of Rockford College[182]
Grayce Williams			Franklin	1990	First Black woman to serve as President of the Columbus YWCA[183]
Berenice Abbott		(1898–1991)	Clark	1991	Photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s[184]
Earladeen Badger			Hamilton	1991	Founder and president of United Services for Effective Parenting[185]
Hallie Brown		(1849–1949)	Greene	1991	African American educator, writer and activist[186]
JoAnn Davidson			Franklin	1991	Speaker and Minority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives[187]
Raquel Diaz-Sprague			Franklin	1991	Chemist and advocate for women and ethical workplaces[188]
Rita Dove		(1952–)	Summit	1991	United States Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress[189]
Mary Ignatia Gavin		(1889–1966)	Summit	1991	Founded the first alcohol addiction treatment center; Sister Ignatia was known as the "Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous"[190]
Sara Harper			Cuyahoga	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]
Donna Hawk			Cuyahoga	1991	Developed transitional housing for the homeless[192]
June Holley			Athens	1991	Co-founder of Worker Owned Network. Holley pioneered developing worker-owned cooperatives to alleviate poverty in Appalachia.[193]
Martha C. Moore			Guernsey	1991	Active volunteer with the Ohio Republican Party[194]
Darlene Owens			Cuyahoga	1991	First woman pipefitter in Ohio[195]
Helen H. Peterson			Franklin	1991	Board member of the national YWCA and advocate for minimum wage in Ohio[196]
Martha Pituch			Lucas	1991	Health care educator and advocate for children, families and those without housing[197]
Yvonne Pointer			Cuyahoga	1991	Founder of the Positive Plus Support Group. Pointer spearheaded an effort to bring midnight basketball to Cleveland.[198]
Virginia Ruehlmann			Hamilton	1991	Former first lady of Cincinnati; administrator and director with the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation[199]
Josephine Schwarz		(1908–2004)	Montgomery	1991	Dance instructor and co-founder of the Schwarz School of Dance[200]
Suzanne Timken			Stark	1991	Youth fitness advocate and vice chair of the President"s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Advisory Board[201]
Nancy Vertrone Bieniek			Cuyahoga	1991	Businesswoman and founder of Original Copy Centers[202]
Stella Marie Zannoni			Cuyahoga	1991	Preserver of Italian American cultural heritage[203]
Mary of the Annunciation Beaumont			Cuyahoga	1992	Religion and community services
Antoinette Eaton			Mahoning	1992	Math, science and health services
Rubie McCullough			Cuyahoga	1992	Religion and community services
Nancy Oakley			Cuyahoga	1992	Religion and community services
Harriet Parker			Franklin	1992	Math, science and health services
Susan Porter			Allen	1992	Arts, music and journalism
Helen Steiner Rice		(1900–1981)	Lorain	1992	Writer of religious and inspirational poetry
Alice Schille		(1869–1955)	Franklin	1992	Watercolorist and painter
Louella Thompson			Butler	1992	Religion and community services
Mildred Benson		(1905–2002)	Lucas	1993	Journalist and author of children's books, including the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries
Amelia Bingham		(1869–1927)	Defiance	1993	Stage actress
Virginia Coffey			Hamilton	1993	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Viola Famiano Colombi			Cuyahoga	1993	Religion and community services
Ivy Gunter		(1950–)	Sandusky	1993	Amputee, fashion model, osteosarcoma survivor, inspirational speaker, and fitness enthusiast
Virginia Hamilton		(1934–2002)	Greene	1993	Author of children's books and winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Newbery Medal
Lucy Webb Hayes		(1831–1889)	Ross	1993	First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes
Joy Alice Hintz			Muskingum	1993	Religion and community services
Geraldine Macelwane		(1909–1974)	Lucas	1993	First woman judge on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court.[204]
Anne O'Hare McCormick		(1880–1954)	Franklin	1993	Foreign news correspondent for The New York Times
Rena Olshansky			Cuyahoga	1993	Arts, music and journalism
Edna Pincham			Mahoning	1993	Religion and community services
Maxine Plummer			Jackson	1993	Religion and community services
Jean Reilly			Franklin	1993	Religion and community services
Pauline Riel			Morrow	1993	Education
Christine M. Cook		(1956–)	Franklin	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
Claudia Coulton			Cuyahoga	1994	Education
Ellen Walker Craig-Jones			Franklin	1994	Government and military service
Nanette Ferrall			Auglaize	1994	Math, science and health services
Jill Harms Griesse			Licking	1994	Sports and athletics
Georgia Griffith			Franklin	1994	Arts, music and journalism
Florence Melton		(1911–2007)	Franklin	1994	Inventor known for innovating the foam-soled and washable slipper.[205]
Lucille Nussdorfer			Tuscarawas	1994	Religion and community services
Jane Reece		(1868–1961)	Montgomery	1994	Pictorial photographer of the early 20th century
Emma Ann Reynolds			Ross	1994	Math, science and health services
Carol Scott			Clark	1994	Religion and community services
Paula Spence			Franklin	1994	Business and labor
Deanna Tribe			Vinton	1994	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Lillian Wald		(1867–1940)	Hamilton	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
Sandra Beckwith		(1943–)	Hamilton	1995	Judge; first woman to sit on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge			Defiance	1995	Business and labor
Patricia Ann Blackmon			Cuyahoga	1995	Law
Mary Bowermaster		(1917–2011)	Butler	1995	Nurse's aide for schools in Butler County and masters athlete
Christine Brennan		(1958–)	Lucas	1995	Sports columnist, TV and radio commentator, bestselling author and nationally known speaker
Joy Garrison Cauffman		(1927–2020)	Clinton	1995	Math, science and health services
Bunny Clark			Franklin	1995	Math, science and health services
Grace Drake			Cuyahoga	1995	Government and military service
Naomi Evans			Franklin	1995	Math, science and health services
Frances Dana Gage			Hamilton	1995	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Jane Kirkham			Cuyahoga	1995	Arts, music and journalism
Sylvia Lewis			Summit	1995	Women's Suffrage and Cultural Activism[206]
Tami Longaberger			Licking	1995	Business and labor
Donna Moon			Montgomery	1995	Business and labor
Gratia Murphy			Mahoning	1995	Education
Alice Robie Resnick		(1939–)	Lucas	1995	Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Muriel Siebert		(1932–)	Cuyahoga	1995	First woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and the first woman to head one of its member firms
Carol Cartwright			Portage	1996	Academic administrator and former president of Bowling Green State University
Elizabeth Evans			Franklin	1996	Radio broadcaster
Rae Natalie Goodall			Morrow	1996	Math, science and health services
Elizabeth Hauser			Trumbull	1996	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Bernadine Healy		(1944–2011)	Franklin	1996	Physician, cardiologist, academic and a former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Carol Kelly			Union	1996	Education
Fannie Lewis			Cuyahoga	1996	Religion and community services
Betty Montgomery		(1948–)	Wood	1996	Republican politician who served as Ohio State Auditor
Hope Taft			Hamilton	1996	First Lady of Ohio and wife to Governor Bob Taft
Carol Ball			Darke	1997	Arts, music and journalism
Marilyn Byers			Ashland	1997	Government and military service
Jean Murrell Capers			Cuyahoga	1997	Law
Martha Dorsey			Clermont	1997	Government and military service
Joan Heidelberg			Miami	1997	Math, science and health services
Clarice Herbert			Allen	1997	Religion and community services
Beatrice Lampkin			Hamilton	1997	Math, science and health services
Jacquelyn MayerTownsend			Erie	1997	Math, science and health services
Ann O'Rourke			Franklin	1997	Religion and community services
Beryl Rothschild			Cuyahoga	1997	Government and military service
Thekla Shackelford			Franklin	1997	Education
Marianne Boggs Campbell			Gallia	1998	Business and labor
Carole Garrison			Summit	1998	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Nancy Hollister		(1949–)	Muskingum	1998	66th Governor of Ohio
Stephanie J. Jones			Cuyahoga	1998	Lawyer and educator, president of Stephanie Jones Strategies and former executive director of the National Urban League Policy Institute
Bettye Ruth Kay			Lucas	1998	Religion and community services
Barbara Ross-Lee			Athens	1998	Dean of the Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine
Audrey Mackiewicz			Erie	1998	Arts, music and journalism
Kathy Palasics			Cuyahoga	1998	Arts, music and journalism
Margaret Diane Quinn			Muskingum	1998	Government and military service
Henrietta Seiberling			Summit	1998	Religion and community services
Mary Emily Taylor			Logan	1998	Education
Virginia Varga			Montgomery	1998	Education
Jacqueline Woods			Cuyahoga	1998	Business and labor
Nancy Lusk Zimpher			Franklin	1998	Education
MaryJo Behrensmeyer			Knox	1999	Education
Alvina Costilla			Lucas	1999	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Sarah Deal			Wood	1999	First female Marine selected for Naval aviation training, and subsequently the Marine Corps' first female aviator in 1993
Electra Doren		(1861–1927)	Montgomery	1999	Education
Daisy Flowers			Franklin	1999	Religion and community services
Annie Glenn		(1920–2020)	Muskingum	1999	Wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn
Ann Hamilton		(1956–)	Franklin	1999	Artist known for her installations, textile art and sculptures
Carole Hoover			Cuyahoga	1999	Business and labor
Cheryl Han Horn			Franklin	1999	Business and labor
Carol Latham			Cuyahoga	1999	Business and labor
Nancy Linenkugel			Erie	1999	Math, science and health services
Marie Barrett Marsh			Trumbull	1999	Government and military service
Marjorie Parham			Hamilton	1999	Arts, music and journalism
Mary Regula			Stark	1999	Religion and community services
Lee Lenore Rubin			Athens	1999	Religion and community services
Harriet Beecher Stowe		(1811–1896)	Hamilton	1999	abolitionist and author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)
Jerry Sue Thornton			Cuyahoga	1999	Education
Janet Voinovich			Cuyahoga	1999	Government and military service
Paige Ashbaugh			Summit	2000	Sports and athletics
Maude Charles Collins			Vinton	2000	Government and military service
Faye Dambrot			Summit	2000	Education
Margarita de Leon			Lucas	2000	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Patricia Louise Fletcher			Jefferson	2000	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Jean Patrice Harrington			Hamilton	2000	Education
Shirley Hoffman			Cuyahoga	2000	Math, science and health services
Dorothy Kazel		(1939–1980)	Cuyahoga	2000	Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador
Farah Majidzadeh			Franklin	2000	Business and labor
Ada Martin			Franklin	2000	Religion and community services
Lorle Porter			Knox	2000	Education
Lanna Samaniego			Mercer	2000	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Yvonne Taylor			Greene	2000	Education
Margaret Wong			Cuyahoga	2000	Law
Betty Zane		(1759–1823)	Belmont	2000	Alleged heroine of the American Revolutionary War
Rebecca Boreczky			Delaware	2001	Religion and community services
Frances Jennings Casement		(1840–1928)	Lake	2001	Suffragette
Ruth L. Davis		(1910–2005)	Lucas	2001	First woman President of Davis College
Lucille Ford			Ashland	2001	Education
Susan F. Gray			Darke	2001	Educator, advocate for historical preservation and Darke County Park Commissioner
Kathleen Harrison			Franklin	2001	Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps
Adella Prentiss Hughes		(1869–1950)	Cuyahoga	2001	Pianist and impresario; main organizer of the Cleveland Orchestra
Janet E. Jackson			Franklin	2001	Assistant Attorney General for Ohio and the first African-American woman to serve as judge in Franklin County
Dottie Kammie Kamenshek			Hamilton	2001	Sports and athletics
Maxine Levin			Cuyahoga	2001	Religion and community services
Irene Long		(1950–)	Cuyahoga	2001	Physician and NASA official. Long was the first female Chief Medical Officer at the Kennedy Space Center.
Martha MacDonell			Allen	2001	Religion and community services
Mary Andrew Matesich			Franklin	2001	Education
Elizabeth Powell			Mahoning	2001	Reverend Mother and founder of the World Fellowship Interdenominational Church
Deborah Pryce		(1951–)	Franklin	2001	Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district
Maria Sexton			Wayne	2001	Sports and athletics
Farah Walters			Cuyahoga	2001	Business and labor
Georgeta Blebea Washington			Cuyahoga	2001	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Judy Barker			Franklin	2002	Business and labor
Frances Seiberling Buchholzer			Summit	2002	Government and military service
Joan Brown Campbell			Cuyahoga	2002	Religion and community services
Nancy Frankenberg			Delaware	2002	Religion and community services
Zell Hart-Deming			Trumbull	2002	Business and labor
Elsie Helsel			Athens	2002	Religion and community services
Katie T. Horstman			Auglaize	2002	Sports and athletics
Jennie Hwang			Cuyahoga	2002	Math, science and health services
Cathy Monroe Lewis			Cuyahoga	2002	Religion and community services
Viola Startzman Robertson			Wayne	2002	Math, science and health services
Stefanie Spielman			Franklin	2002	Sports reporter and breast cancer survivor
Kathryn Sullivan		(1951–)	Franklin	2002	Geologist and former NASA astronaut. Sullivan is the first American woman to walk in space.
Sheila Bailey			Cuyahoga	2003	Math, science and health services
Jeraldyne Kilborn Blunden			Montgomery	2003	Arts, music and journalism
Shannon Carter			Hamilton	2003	Religion and community services
Luceille Fleming			Franklin	2003	Government and military service
Olga D.  González-Sanabria			Cuyahoga	2003	Math, science and health services
Elsie Janis		(1889–1956)	Franklin	2003	Singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter
Lois Lenski		(1893–1974)	Shelby	2003	Writer of children's and young adult fiction
Ellen Mosley-Thompson			Franklin	2003	Math, science and health services
Cathy Nelson			Franklin	2003	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Evlyn Gray Scott			Cuyahoga	2003	Math, science and health services
Yvonne C. Williams			Wayne	2003	Women's suffrage and cultural activism[207]
Rogers Margaret Brugler			Franklin	2007	Religion and community services
Julia Chatfield			Brown	2007	Education
Lucille Hastings			Holmes	2007	Religion and community services
Lillie Howard			Montgomery	2007	Education
Mary Ann Jorgenson			Cuyahoga	2007	Law
Joyce Mahaney			Lucas	2007	Religion and community services
Rozella Schlotfeldt			Cuyahoga	2007	Math, science and health services
Katherine May Smith		(1974–)	Hocking	2007	Basketball player; Ohio State Female Athlete of the Century
Florence Wang			Mahoning	2007	Religion and community services
Dorothy Baunach			Cuyahoga	2008	Business and labor
Carrie Nelson Black		(1859–1936)	Franklin	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]
Caro Bosca			Clark	2008	Government and military service
Yvette McGee Brown		(1960–)	Franklin	2008	President of the Center for Children and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Loann Crane			Franklin	2008	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Joan Durgin			Lucas	2008	Education
Carol Gibbs			Hamilton	2008	Religion and community services
Billie Johnson			Lucas	2008	Religion and community services
Jih Lei			Cuyahoga	2008	Math, science and health services
Elizabeth Magee			Cuyahoga	2008	Business and labor
Kasturi Rajadhyaksha			Franklin	2008	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Julie Salamon		(1953–)	Adams	2008	Journalist, critic and author
Michele Wheatly			Greene	2008	Education
Gail Collins		(1945–)	Hamilton	2009	Journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with The New York Times
Pamela B. Davis			Cuyahoga	2009	Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kim de Groh			Cuyahoga	2009	Math, science and health services
Beverly J. Gray			Ross	2009	Educator
Sharon Howard			Montgomery	2009	Religion and community services
Carol Kuhre			Athens	2009	Religion and community services
Virginia Manning			Erie	2009	Business and labor
Helen Moss			Cuyahoga	2009	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Judith Rycus			Franklin	2009	Religion and community services
Mary Adelaide Sandusky			Lucas	2009	Religion and community services
Glenna Watson			Franklin	2009	Government and military service
Bernett Williams			Summit	2009	Religion and community services
Celia Williamson			Lucas	2009	University of Toledo Professor and community advocate who seeks to combat domestic human trafficking and prostitution.
Owens Alvarene			Montgomery	2010	Law
Tenenbaum Gayle Channing			Franklin	2010	Math, science and health services
Dorothy Maguire			Lorain	2010	Sports and athletics
Barbara Fergus			Franklin	2010	Arts, music and journalism
Merle Grace Kearns			Ottawa	2010	Government and military service
Rebecca J. Lee			Pickaway	2010	Executive Director of the Pickaway County Veteran Service Commission
Nina McClelland			Lucas	2010	Math, science and health services
Lana Moresky			Cuyahoga	2010	Women's suffrage and cultural activism
Martha Potter Otto			Knox	2010	Math, science and health services
Elizabeth Ruppert			Lucas	2010	Math, science and health services
Rita Singh			Cuyahoga	2010	Business and labor
Cheryl A. Boyce			Franklin	2011	Health services
Elizabeth H. Flick			Franklin	2011	Community and military service
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper		(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.
Brenda J. Hollis			Henry	2011	Military service and law
Mary C. Juhas			Franklin	2011	Science and education
Kleia R. Luckner			Lucas	2011	Health service and law
Valerie J. Lyons			Lorain	2011	Science
Linda S. Noelker			Cuyahoga	2011	Community service and health service
Carrie Vonderhaar			Hamilton	2011	Arts and conservation

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