D.C. Women's Hall of Fame

The D.C. Women's Hall of Fame (also District of Columbia Women's Hall of Fame) was a project supported by the D.C. Commission for Women and meant to honor the achievements of women from the District of Columbia.[1] Eight women were inducted into the hall of fame in its first year, 1988.[2] Women were chosen for making "significant contributions in the fields of community and public service, education, health or labor."[3] The hall of fame can be seen in the Dr. Mildred E. Gibbs lecture hall at the Charles Sumner School.[4][5]

List of inductees
D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Inductees
Name Image Birth–Death Year
Lillian Evanti (1890-1967) 1990[6]
Bernice Fonteneau 1993[3]
Mary Ann Gaskins 1993[3]
A. Janelle Goetcheus 1989[7]
Lillian Greene 1988[2]
Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) 1988[2]
Ethel G. Harvey 1989[8]
Leonade Jones[9]
Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt 1990[10]
Marjorie H. Parker 1994[11]
Ethel Payne (1911-1991) 1988[2]
Flaxie Madison Pinkett
Sharon Pratt
(1944- 1988[2]
Carol Schwartz (1944- 1998[12]
Polly Shackleton (1910-1997) 1988[2]
Betty Shapiro 1988[2]
Joy Simonson (1919-2007) 1992[13]
Brenda V. Smith 1998[14]
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) 1988[2]
Mary Ann Gooden Terrell 1998[15]
Rosina Tucker 1993[3]
Ethel Weisser 1993[3]
Princess Whitfield 1993[3]

References
  1. Yodaiken, Ruth (1 April 1993). "Hall of Fame Recognizes Five Women Who Made a Difference in D.C." The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. "D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Inducts Eight". The Washington Post. 17 March 1988. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. "Commission Honors Five District Women". The Washington Post. 26 March 1993. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. "Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives" (PDF). Charles Sumner School. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. Curtis, Nancy C. (1996). Black Heritage Sites: The South. The New Press. p. 72. ISBN 9781565844339.
  6. "D.C. Women's Hall of Fame Award". Smithsonian Learning Lab. Smithsonian. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  7. "A. Janelle Goetcheus". Indiana University. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. "Harvey Inducted to Hall of Fame". The Baltimore Afro-American. 3 June 1989. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. "Leonade Jones". World Learning. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  10. Schudel, Matt (11 May 2007). "Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt; Lawyer Served on Many Boards". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  11. Sullivan, Patricia (18 January 2006). "UDC Trustee, Educator Marjorie H. Parker". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  12. "Carol Schwartz - Biographical Data". DC Watch. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  13. Weisberg, Stuart E. (2009). Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 284. ISBN 9781558497214. Joy Simonson hall of fame.
  14. "Member Profiles - Brenda V. Smith". Gender and Law Association. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  15. "Mary Ann Gooden Terrell". Center for International Private Enterprise. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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