Hall of Fame of Delaware Women
The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women was established in 1981 by the Delaware Commission for Women, a division of the Secretary of State of Delaware. The hall of fame recognizes the achievements and contributions of Delaware women in a variety of fields and includes activists, artists, athletes, military personnel and scientists.[1]
The Delaware Commission for Women is a state agency with members appointed by the Governor representing Wilmington and each of Delaware's three counties (New Castle, Kent and Sussex). In making its selections for the Hall of Fame, the Commission prioritizes civil rights, economic empowerment, violence prevention, women's health, work, family, recognition and celebration. Eligible women must have been born in Delaware or resided in the state for a minimum of ten years.[2]
Inductees[]
Name | Image | Birth–Death | Year | Area of achievement | Ref(s) |
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(–) | 2021 | Executive Director of Pathways to Success, Inc. | [3][4] | ||
Stephanie Bolden | (–) | 2021 | Representative Delaware General Assembly | [3][5] | |
(–) | 2021 | Secretary of Delaware Department of Transportation | [3][6] | ||
(–) | 2021 | Retired Rear Admiral, United States Navy | [3][7] | ||
(–) | 2021 | Holocaust survivor; Chairperson Speakers' Bureau of Delaware's Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee | [3][8] | ||
Valerie Longhurst | (–) | 2021 | Representative Delaware General Assembly | [3][9] | |
(1883–1967) | 2020 | Democratic National Committee Woman of Delaware, treasurer Delaware League of Women Voters | [10] | ||
(1864–1937) | 2020 | Suffragist who established the Georgetown, Delaware library | [10] | ||
2019 | First Child Advocate for the State of Delaware | [11] | |||
2019 | Human rights, LGBTQ equality | [11] | |||
2019 | First female President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware | [12][13] | |||
2019 | President and CEO of the Latin American Community Center | [11] | |||
Blanche Stubbs | 2019 | Civil rights activist, suffragette | [11] | ||
2019 | Founder of the Delaware Children's Theatre. | [11] | |||
Jill Biden | ![]() |
2018 | Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017; founder of non-profit | [14] | |
Lisa Blunt Rochester | ![]() |
2018 | U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district | [15] | |
2018 | Civic leader | [16] | |||
2018 | Retired superintendent of the Smyrna School District | [17] | |||
Carolyn Berger | 2017 | Delaware Supreme Court Justice | [18] | ||
2017 | State Representative | [18] | |||
2017 | President and CEO of Christiana Health Care System | [18] | |||
2017 | First executive director of American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware | [18] | |||
2016 | Established the statewide Delaware Library Catalog | [19][20] | |||
2016 | Founder & CEO of One Village Alliance; creator of “Girls Can Do Anything!” | [19] | |||
(1928 -2019) | 2016 | Raised over $100 million for Delaware non-profit agencies, and a reformation of program for youth released from Ferris School. | [19][21][22] | ||
2016 | Advocate for persons with disabilities | [19] | |||
2015 | Educator who works with at-risk youth | [23] | |||
2015 | Social activist | [23] | |||
2015 | Pastor and community organizer | [23] | |||
2015 | Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services | [23] | |||
2015 | Vice president and campus director for the Delaware Technical Community College's Owens Campus | [23] | |||
Stephanie Louise Kwolek | ![]() |
2014 | Inventor of Kevlar | [24] | |
2014 | Founder of Connections Community Support Programs | [24] | |||
2014 | First African American pediatrician in Delaware | [24] | |||
2014 | Nanticoke elder and educator | [24] | |||
2013 | Public education and literacy advocate | [25] | |||
2013 | Executive Director of the Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council | [25] | |||
2013 | Dean at Delaware Technical & Community College | [25] | |||
Jane Richards Roth | (1935–) | 2013 | Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | [25] | |
2012 | Executive Director of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition | [26] | |||
2012 | Founder of the Homes for Life Foundation, a non-profit providing housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities | [26] | |||
2012 | Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families | [26] | |||
2012 | Treasurer of the National Consumers League and Delaware's first woman director of Consumer Affairs, former president of Delaware's Better Business Bureau and Delaware Highway Commissioner | [26] | |||
2011 | Bilingual immigration attorney | [27][28] | |||
2011 | Supporter of early childhood education programs | [27] | |||
2011 | First woman elected as President of the Delaware Bar Association and the first women appointed to the Delaware Superior Court | [27][29] | |||
2011 | Former President of Wilmington University | [27][30] | |||
2011 | Child birth educator | [27] | |||
2010 | Advocate for immigrants and co-founder of La Esperanza Community Center in Georgetown | [1] | |||
(1882–1972) | 2010 | Political leader, historian and editor | [1] | ||
(1923–2011) | 2010 | First African American to earn a graduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1951 | [1] | ||
2010 | Lacrosse player and coach; led the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Team to their first World Championship | [1] | |||
2010 | Educator and founder of the Back to Basics tutoring business | [1] | |||
2010 | Pioneer in forensic pathology, performed over 5000 autopsies | [1] | |||
2009 | Established three centers for displaced homemakers | [31] | |||
2009 | Radio journalist at WILM | [31] | |||
2009 | Conservationist and founder of the Delaware Nature Society; rescued the Brandywine Creek State Park from development | [31] | |||
2008 | Delaware's "godmother," ran the Golden Fleece Tavern between 1777 and 1792 | [32] | |||
2008 | Created the Bethel AIDS Task Force in 1994 with six other women | [32] | |||
(1926–2008) | 2008 | Leading Delaware environmentalist | [32] | ||
Uma Chowdhry | 2008 | Research scientist at DuPont who specialized in ceramic materials, including catalysts, proton conductors, superconductors and ceramic packaging for microelectronics | [32] | ||
(1947–2007) | 2008 | Attorney who fought domestic violence and was the first woman to be Executive Director of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services | [32] | ||
2008 | Conductor, composer, lyricist, pianist, singer, playwright and musical lecturer | [32] | |||
2007 | Professor of Chemical, Biomolecular, Biomedical Engineering at University of Delaware | [33][34][35] | |||
2007 | First woman in the US to head a telecommunications company; CEO of Bell Atlantic-Delaware | [33] | |||
2007 | Director of Women's Affairs at the University of Delaware, member of the Delaware House of Representatives and Minority Whip | [33] | |||
(1935–2003) | 2007 | Founder and President of the Suburban County Hospital Task Force | [33] | ||
Valerie Whiting | 2007 | Professional basketball player | [33] | ||
M. Jane Brady | 2006 | 42nd Delaware Attorney General | [36][37] | ||
2006 | Volunteerism | [37] | |||
2006 | President and CEO of YWCA Delaware | [37][38] | |||
Betsy Rawls | (b. 1928) | 2006 | Professional golfer | [37][39] | |
2006 | Wilmington, Delaware city council member | [37][40] | |||
(1923–2011) | 2005 | Executive with the United Way of Delaware | [41][42] | ||
2005 | State Court Administrator in the Delaware Administrative Office | [42] | |||
2005 | Painter | [43][42] | |||
2005 | Delaware Secretary of Education | [44][42] | |||
Patricia M. Blevins | 2004 | Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate | [45] | ||
2004 | Chair of the Youth Philanthropy Board Advisory Committee for the Delaware Community Foundation | [45] | |||
Carol A. Timmons | 2004 | Brigadier General of the Delaware Air National Guard | [46][45] | ||
2004 | School nurse and advocate for children's health | [47][45] | |||
2003 | Beebe School of Nursing instructor | [48] | |||
Sister Jeanne Cashman | 2003 | Founder of Sojourner's Place | [49][48] | ||
Margaret Rose Henry | 2003 | Member of the Delaware Senate, Majority Whip | [48] | ||
(1919–2005) | 2002 | Founder of the Mary Mother of Hope House | [50][51] | ||
2002 | Chief Administrative Officer of Governor Executive Office | [51] | |||
2002 | Compiled Growing Up Black in New Castle County | [52][51] | |||
(1911–2000) | 2002 | Author, educator and historian; 1979 Delaware Mother of the Year; co-founder of the Delaware Press Women in 1977 | [53][51] | ||
Myrna L. Bair | 2001 | Member of the Delaware Senate, Policy Advisor and Assistant Professor, Public Management Faculty, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware | [54][55] | ||
(1910–2008) | 2001 | First woman to become a full professor at the University of Delaware | [56][55] | ||
2001 | Founder and volunteer executive director of The House of Pride | [55] | |||
Lucile Petry Leone | ![]() |
(1902–1999) | 2001 | American nurse who was the founding director of the Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943 | [57][55] |
(1924–1998) | 2000 | Chair of the Delaware State Advisory Council on Vocational Education | [58] | ||
2000 | Therapist and volunteer | [58] | |||
(1934–2001) | 2000 | First African American elected to county office in Delaware | [58] | ||
2000 | Women's rights activist | [59][58] | |||
1999 | First African American woman mayor in Sussex County | [36][60] | |||
1999 | Breast cancer survisor and educator | [60] | |||
(1946–1998) | 1999 | Environmentalist; founded Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research | [61][60] | ||
1999 | First director of commission for women | [60] | |||
(1914–2006) | 1998 | Advocate for the visually impaired | [62][63] | ||
Mary Ann Shadd Cary | ![]() |
(1823–1893) | 1997 | Anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. | [64][65] |
1997 | Police chief and chief administrative officer | [66][65] | |||
Karen E. Peterson | 1997 | Member of the Delaware Senate | [67][65] | ||
1997 | First woman from Sussex County to be appointed Secretary of State | [36][65] | |||
1996 | Domestic Violence Coordinating Council member | [68] | |||
1996 | Chair of the Division of Nursing at Wesley College | [68] | |||
(1925–1995) | 1996 | Headed the Delaware Commission for Women; pay equity advocate | [69][68] | ||
Jane P. Maroney | 1996 | Member of the Delaware House of Representatives | [68] | ||
1995 | Program specialist in the University of Delaware's Division of Continuing Education, first Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women | [70] | |||
Ruth Ann Minner | ![]() |
1995 | 72nd Governor of Delaware | [36][70] | |
1995 | National Association of State EMS Directors | [70] | |||
1994 | U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge | [71][72] | |||
1994 | Director of the Delaware Division of Services for Aging and Physical Disabilities | [73][72] | |||
(1915–1999) | 1994 | Delaware State University | [74][75][72] | ||
1993 | Exec. Dir Delaware Curative Workshop | [76][77][78] | |||
1993 | Chair of the University of Delaware Department of History | [79][78] | |||
1993 | Deputy Warden of New Castle County Community Corrections | [78] | |||
(1937–2010) | 1993 | Member of the Delaware House of Representatives | [80][78] | ||
(1874–1966) | 1993 | Founder of the Tatnall School in Wilmington | [78] | ||
1992 | Director of the Walnut Street YMCA's Black Achiever program | [81] | |||
1992 | President of DeLuz Management Consultants | [82][81] | |||
Margaret R. Manning | 1992 | Member of the Delaware Senate | [81] | ||
1992 | First woman elected master of the Delaware State Grange | [81] | |||
(1908–1995) | 1991 | President of the Delaware Board of Education | [83] | ||
1991 | Worked to establish the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Christiana Hospital | [83] | |||
(1919–2008) | 1991 | Author and Lacrosse and field hockey player | [84][83] | ||
Winifred J. Robinson | (1868–1962) | 1990 | First dean of the Women's College of the University of Delaware | [85][86] | |
Mary Ann Sorden Stuart | ![]() |
(1828–1893) | 1990 | Suffragist, "Delaware's first feminist" | [87][86] |
(1891–1970) | 1989 | Teacher and community leader | [88][89] | ||
(1913–2005) | 1989 | Founded W. L. Gore and Associates with her husband, Wilbert (Bill) Lee Gore | [89] | ||
Margaret I. Handy | (1889–1977) | 1988 | Pioneering doctor who was one of the first to specialise in paediatric medicine. In 1945, she established the first mothers' milk bank at Delaware Hospital (now Wilmington Hospital) in Wilmington, Delaware. | [90][91][92][93][94] | |
Jane E. Mitchell | (1921–2004) | 1988 | First African American registered nurse to be hired in a Delaware hospital | [94] | |
(1885–1966) | 1987 | State director of adult education | [95] | ||
Florence Bayard Hilles | ![]() |
(1865–1954) | 1987 | One of the Silent Sentinels, a group of women in favor of women's suffrage who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency | [96][95] |
(1901–1994) | 1987 | Founder of the Delaware Senior Citizen publication | [95][97] | ||
1987 | League of Women Voters, past president Delaware Council on Crime and Justice | [95] | |||
Roxana Cannon Arsht | (1915–2003) | 1986 | First female judge in the State of Delaware | [98][99] | |
Emily P. Bissell | ![]() |
(1861–1948) | 1986 | American social worker and activist who introduced Christmas Seals to the United States | [100][99] |
Hilda Davis | ![]() |
(1905–2001) | 1986 | First African American woman to hold a full-time faculty position at the University of Delaware | [99] |
Mabel Vernon | ![]() |
(1884–1975) | 1986 | One of the Silent Sentinels, a group of women in favor of women's suffrage who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency | [101][99] |
(1918–1983) | 1985 | Member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing Brandywine Hundred | [102][103] | ||
(1913–2002) | 1985 | Newark's first woman mayor, 1966–1973 | [103] | ||
(1861–1925) | 1985 | President of the New Century Club | [103] | ||
(1927–2007) | 1985 | First woman elected New Castle County executive | [104][103] | ||
(1909–2000) | 1983 | Wife of Senator J. Allen Frear Jr., member of the Senate Ladies Red Cross Unit | [105] | ||
Sallie Topkis Ginns | (1880–1976) | 1983 | Member of the National Woman's Party, suffragist | [106][105] | |
(1905–1996) | 1983 | Educator | [105] | ||
(1900–1940) | 1983 | Pioneer of Delaware's broiler chicken industry | [105] | ||
(1894–1974) | 1982 | First woman elected to the Delaware Senate | [107] | ||
Mabel L. Fisher Ridgely | ![]() |
(1872–1962) | 1982 | Preservationist and suffragist | [108][107] |
(1853–1948) | 1982 | Successfully campaigned for public vocational education and has a local elementary school named in her honor. | [109][107] | ||
Pauline A. Young | ![]() |
(1900–1991) | 1982 | Teacher, librarian, and lecturer | [110][107] |
Annie Jump Cannon | ![]() |
(1863–1941) | 1981 | Astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification | [111][112] |
Pearl Herlihy Daniels | (1910–1994) | 1981 | Collector of historical maps | [113][112] | |
(1912–2010) | 1981 | Educator; Vice President of the Delaware Technical Community College | [114][112] | ||
(1920–2006) | 1981 | Cerebral palsy victim who in 1948 teamed with polio victim Agnes Peronne to co-found the Mancus Foundation, an organization to assist the handicapped. Wright was president of the organization for 58 years. | [112][115] | ||
(unknown) | Member of the Delaware Senate | [116] | |||
(1914–1997) | (unknown) | First African American woman elected to the Delaware General Assembly | [117] | ||
(unknown) | Early childhood science teacher | [118] |
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External links[]
- Delaware Commission for Women website
- "Hall of Fame of Delaware Women: 1981–2011 Members" (PDF). Delaware Commission for Women. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- 1981 establishments in Delaware
- Women's halls of fame
- Halls of fame in Delaware
- Lists of American women
- State halls of fame in the United States
- Women in Delaware