El Paso Women's Hall of Fame

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2019 El Paso Women's Hall of Fame Inductees

The El Paso Women's Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments of El Paso women. It is sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women[1] and was established in 1985.[2] The first inductees were honored in 1990.[3]

Inductees are women who live in El Paso and who have made a significant contribution and impact on the community.[4][5] The Commission accepts nominations from the public.[6] There are four honorary members, including Herlinda Chew, Polly Harris, Drusilla Nixon and Hedwig Schwartz.[7] Streets in El Paso have been named after hall of fame inductees.[8]

Inductees[]

El Paso Women's Hall of Fame
Name Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
2015 Civic leadership.[9]
Lucy G. Acosta (1926–2008) 1990 Civic leadership.[10]
Keitha Adams (1967- 2010 Sports and athletics.[11]
[12]
2002 Public service.[13]
[12] 2016 Public service.[14]
Kristi Albers[12]
[12]
2009 Professional.[15]
Suzie Azar (1946– 2005 Public service.[16]
[12] 2016 Sports, athletics.[14]
1993 Professional.[17]
2002 Science, health care.[13]
2006 Science, health care.[18]
1995 Education.[19]
1993[20]
2002 Arts.[13]
[7] 1996 Civic leadership.[21]
2015 Professional.[9]
2017[22]
1997[23] Civic leadership.[24]
Heidi V. Brown[12]
2008[25] Volunteerism.[26]
Iris Burnham 1993 Education.[17]
2007 Public service.[27]
2019 Community activist.[28]
Malena Cano 2017 Arts.[29]
Kathleen Cardone (1953– 2004 Public service.[5]
1994 Civic leadership.[30]
[7]
[7]
2019 Science, health care.[28]
Estela Casas[31] (1961– 2011
[7] 1997 Science, health care.[24]
2001 Science, health care.[8]
Alicia R. Chacón[12]
[12]
2010 Science, health care.[32]
1999 Public service.[33]
1992 Education.[34]
1995 Civic leadership.[19]
[12]
2005 Education.[35]
1993[20]
1995 Education.[19]
Marcia Hatfield Daudistel 2013[36]
[7] 1998 Professional.[37]
1993[20]
[38] 1990 Professional.[10]
2000[39]
[7]
2008[25] Professional.[26]
1998 Education.[37]
1998 Civic leadership.[37]
1998 Science, health care.[37]
2004 Arts.[5]
1997 Volunteerism.[2]
[40] 1996 Education.[21]
2003 Civic leadership.[41]
Blanca Enriquez 1999[42]
2018 Sports, athletics.[43]
[12]
Veronica Escobar 2019 Public service.[28]
Cynthia Farah (1949- 1992 Arts.[34]
[7]
[7]
2013 Civic leadership.[44]
2004 Science, health care.[5]
2018 Professional.[43]
2009 Education.[15]
[7]
[12]
1994 Professional.[30]
2011[45]
2003 Civic leadership.[46]
1996 Humanitarian.[21]
1995 Professional.[47][19]
Mary Gonzalez (1983- 2015 Public service.[9]
2009 Science, health care.[15]
2018 Science, health care.[48]
2012 Science, health care.[49]
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero[50] (1934 – ) 1991 Arts.[51]
2007 Public service.[52]
2008[25] Arts.[26]
[12] 2016 Military.[14]
[12]
2019 Arts[28]
2008[25] Public service.[26]
2001 Civic leadership.[53]
1990 Public service.[10]
Jan Herring (1923-2000)[54] 1990 Arts.[10]
Ingeborg Heuser 2009 Arts.[55]
2006 Civic leadership.[18]
[12] 2016 Professional.[14]
1996 Health care.[21]
2005 Professional.[56]
2015[57]
[12] 2016 Arts.[14]
[12]
[12]
1993 Science, health care.[17]
1998 Professional.[37]
2019 Sports and athletics.[28]
1992 Professional.[34]
2019 Education.[28]
Ruth Kern (1914-2002) 1993 Civic leadership.[17]
Ginger Kerrick 1997 Science, health care.[58]
2006 Public service.[18]
Catherine B. Kistenmacher (1927-2008) 2007 Arts.[59]
[7] 1997 Education.[24]
1996 Civic leadership.[21]
2018 Public service.[43]
[12]
2002 Civic leadership.[13]
(1935 – 1992 Science, health care.[60][34]
Betty J. Ligon[7] (1921–2015)[61]
2015 Science, health care.[9]
[62] 1995 Arts.[19]
2007 Civic leadership.[63]
2003[64] Public service.[65]
2006 Education.[18]
2015 Sports and athletics.[9]
1993 Public service.[17]
Adair Wakefield Margo[66] 1998 Arts.[37]
2002[4] Professional.[13]
[12] 2016 Science, health care.[14]
[12]
2008[25]
1999[42]
1995[67] Science, health care.[19]
2018 Social media, public relations.[43]
[7]
2001 Science, health care.[8]
2019 Civic leadership.[28]
[12]
1994 Arts.[30]
[7]
Diana Natalicio (1939– 1990 Education.[10]
2015 Arts.[9]
2001 Professional.[8]
[12]
Gloria Osuna Perez (1947-1999) 2001 Arts.[8]
1997 Science, health care.[68]
[7] 1997 Business.[24]
2019 Volunteerism.[28]
2008[25] Sports and athletics.[26]
2015 Education.[9]
2009 Volunteerism.[15]
2019 Business[28]
2008[25] Civic leadership.[26]
2001[39] Education.[8]
2003 Professional.[69]
Joan H. Quarm (1920–2010) 2003 Arts.[70]
2005 Civic leadership.[71]
[12] 2016 Education.[14]
Becky Duval Reese 2005 Arts.[72]
[12]
2018 Education.[43]
2007 Professional.[73]
1999 Science, health care.[74]
1991[75] Public service.[51]
Belen B. Robles[76] 2004 Civic leadership.[5]
2009 Civic leadership.[15]
[12]
1992 Public service.[34]
Sandra Rushing 1999 Sports and athletics.[77]
1996 Humanitarian.[21]
2003 Education.[78]
[12]
2016 Civic leadership.[79]
2004 Professional.[5]
1995 Civic leadership.[19]
2004 Education.[5]
[12] 2016 Volunteerism.[14]
Lucy Scarbrough[80] (1927-2020) 1996 Arts.[21]
[7]
(1948– 1998[81] Public service.[37]
2017[22]
2000 Arts.[82]
2006 Arts.[18]
1993 Civic leadership.[17]
2018 Business.[43]
(1931–2011) 2011[83]
2003 Education.[84]
(1915–2013)[85] 1995 Public service.[19]
2019 Professional.[28]
[7]
[12]
1995 Education.[19]
Josie Tinajero 1994 Education.[30]
1998 Education.[37]
2018 Volunteerism.[43]
[12]
1991 Education.[51]
1997 Volunteerism.[86]
[12]
1991 Professional.[51]
2001 Arts.[8]
1992 Civic leadership.[34]
Leona Ford Washington (1928–2007) 1991[87] Civic leadership.[51]
2006[88] Professional.[18]
2015 Military.[9]
[12]
Janice Woods Windle (1938– 1996 Professional.[21]
1993 Arts.[17]
[12]
2019 Public relations.[28]
2018 Civic leadership.[43]
2007 Education.[89]

Gallery[]

  • Heidi V. Brown

  • Sharon Butterworth

  • Dorothy "Sissy" Byrd

  • Marta Duron Hernandez

  • Ginger G. Francis

    Ginger G. Francis

  • Romy Saenz Hawkins

  • Catherine Kennedy

  • Adair Wakefield Margo

  • Eva Moya (in white) next to Anna Howell (right)

  • María Almeida Natividad

  • Triana Olivas

  • Divenus E. Parker

  • Mary A. Yanez

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