Chicago Women's Hall of Fame

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The Chicago Women's Hall of Fame was created in 1988 by the Chicago Commission on Women to recognize the endeavors of women to improve their socio-economic and political quality of life in the City of Chicago, United States.{{cite news|last1=Behrens|first1=Leigh|title=Adding Ceremoniously To The City's Hall Of Fame Sisterhood|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1989/08/27/page/82/article/adding-ceremoniously-to-the-citys-hall-of-fame-sisterhood|access-date= July 14, 2016|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 27, 1989|location=Chicago, Illinois|page=82}} The awards were distributed each August and photographs and biographies of the inductees were placed in City Hall to inspire others to aim for excellence.{{cite news|last1=Burleigh|first1=Nina|title=Hall Of Fame Will Induct 10|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1988/08/21/page/98/article/hall-of-fame-will-induct-10|access-date=14 July 2016|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 21, 1988|location=Chicago, Illinois|page=98}} August was chosen to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment, which occurred on August 26, 1920.

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|+Chicago Women's Hall of Fame Inductees

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{{Sortname|Jane|Addams}}

|File:Jane Addams profile.jpg

|(1860–1935)

|1988

|Social Reform

{{Sortname|Phyllis L.|Apelbaum}}

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|(1940–)

|1989

|Business{{cite news|last1=Mahany|first1=Barbara|title=Women's Hall Of Fame Welcomes 12 Inductees|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1989/08/25/page/22/article/womens-hall-of-fame-welcomes-12-inductees|access-date= July 14, 2016|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=August 25, 1989|location=Chicago, Illinois|page=22}}

{{Sortname|Juliann|Bluitt}}

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|(1938–2019)

|1991{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Jessie Carney|title=Notable Black American Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA36|year=1996|publisher=Gale Research, Inc.|location=Detroit, Michigan|isbn=978-0-8103-9177-2|pages=36–}}

|Health{{Cite journal|date=July 13, 1992|title=Dentistry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLkDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22chicago+women%27s+hall+of+fame%22&pg=PA15|journal=Jet|volume=82|issue=12|page=15|access-date= July 13, 2016}}

{{Sortname|Abena Joan|Brown}}

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|(1928–2015){{cite web|last1=Cage|first1=Augustus|title=Mrs. Abena (Joan) Brown|url=http://www.cagememorial.com/obituaries/item/673-mrs-abena-joan-brown|publisher=Cage Memorial Chapel|access-date=July 17, 2016|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=July 23, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|1991

|Arts{{cite news|last1=Kensey|first1=Barbara|title=Abena Joan Brown, Founder of the ETA Theater Passes|url=http://www.chicagopeoplesvoice.com/story/2015/08/01/community/abena-joan-brown-founder-of-the-eta-theater-passes/379.html|access-date=15 July 2016|publisher=The Chicago Peoples Voice|volume=2|issue=8|date=August 1, 2015|location=Chicago, Illinois}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Sortname|Minnie Lightfoot|Bruce}}

|

|

|1990

|Religion{{Cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1990/08/30/page/56/article/womens-hall-of-fame-greets-13-of-brightest|title=Women's Hall of Fame Greets 13 of Brightest|last=Galloway|first=Paul|date= August 30, 1990|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=July 13, 2016}}

{{Sortname|Margaret|Burroughs}}

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|(1915–2010)

|1989{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/11/21/margaret-burroughs-co-founder-of-dusable-museum-and-prominent-artist/|title=Margaret Burroughs: Co-founder of DuSable Museum and Prominent Artist|last=Schorsch|first=Kristen|date= November 21, 2010|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date= July 13, 2016}}

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{{Sortname|Audrey L.|Davis}}

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|

|1988{{Cite web|url=http://www.thechicagourbanleague.org/cms/lib07/IL07000264/Centricity/Domain/1/CUL%20Community%20Input%20Session%20Feedback.pdf|title=CUL Community Input Session Feedback|date=January 9, 2015|website=The Chicago Urban League|access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110103943/http://www.thechicagourbanleague.org/cms/lib07/IL07000264/Centricity/Domain/1/CUL%20Community%20Input%20Session%20Feedback.pdf|archive-date=January 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}

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Dr. Effie Ellis

|File:Photo of Effie Ellis.jpg

|(1913–1994)

|1989{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/07/08/dr-effie-ellis-specialized-in-infant-care-programs/|title=Dr. Effie Ellis|last=Heise|first=Kenan|date= July 8, 1994|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date= July 13, 2016}}

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{{Sortname|Dixie B.|Fortis}}

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|(1933–2013)

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|Business{{cite web|title=Board OKs honorary degrees, service awards|url=http://news.siu.edu/2014/12/121114tew14021.php|website=SIU|publisher=Southern Illinois University News|access-date= July 14, 2016|location=Carbondale, Illinois|date=December 11, 2014}}

{{Sortname|Maria|Garay}}

|

|

|1989

|Education

{{Sortname|Irene C.|Hernandez}}

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|(1915–1997)

|1989

|Government

{{Sortname|Caroline |Herzenberg}}

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|(1932–)

|1989{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPRB-OED1bcC&q=%22chicago+women%27s+hall+of+fame%22&pg=PA328|title=Encyclopedia of World Scientists|last=Oakes|first=Elizabeth H.|publisher=Facts On File|year=2007|isbn=9780816061587|edition=Revised|pages=328}}

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scope="row" | {{Sortname|Bella|Itkin}}{{cite web|url=https://theatre.depaul.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/emeritus/Pages/Bio.aspx?dpusearchbyid=19|title= The Theatre School > About > Faculty & Staff > Emeritus > Bio > Bella Itkin, Professor Emerita|website=theatre.depaul.edu|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D06E4DB113AF930A25751C0A9679D8B63.html |title=Paid Notice: Deaths: KONRATH, BELLA ITKIN |website=The New York Times|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/depaul/81/cr5p70g/|title=Guide to Bella Itkin Papers|website=chicagocollections.org|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/DePaul-Universitys-Bella-KonrathItkin-Dies-at-90-20110209-page8|title=DePaul University's Bella Konrath-Itkin Dies at 90|author=BWW News Desk|website=broadwayworld.com|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/bella-itkin-and-court-theatre-to-be-honored-at-nov-1-jeff-awards-com-122555|title=Bella Itkin and Court Theatre to be Honored at Nov. 1 Jeff Awards – Playbill|website=Playbill|date=18 October 2004|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chipublib.org/fa-goodman-theatre-archive-production-history-files-1/|title=Goodman Theatre Archive, Production History Files, Part 1|website=chipublib.org|access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvRLAAAAYAAJ|title=Acting: Preparation, Practice, Performance|first1=Bella|last1=Itkin|first2=Richard C.|last2=Aven|date= April 26, 1994|publisher=HarperCollins College Publishers|isbn=9780673463500|access-date=April 26, 2018|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2011/02/10/rip-bella-itkin-esteemed-acting-teacher-at-the-goodman-school|title=RIP Bella Itkin, Esteemed Acting Teacher at the Goodman School|first=Albert|last=Williams|website=chicagoreader.com|date=10 February 2011 |access-date=April 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/02/10/bella-itkin-konrath-1920-2011/|title=Bella Itkin-Konrath, 1920–2011|website=chicagotribune.com|date=10 February 2011 |access-date= April 26, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.athe.org/associations/12588/files/ATHE_25th_FINAL_7.29.2011.pdf |title=Performance in Theory & Practice - 25TH ANNIVERSARY - 1986-2011 |website=Association For Theatre In Higher Education |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602160651/https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.athe.org/resource/resmgr/imported/ATHE_25th_FINAL_7.29.2011.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2021}}

|{{cite web |url=https://theatre.depaul.edu/about/faculty-and-staff/emeritus/PublishingImages/Bella%20Itkin.jpg |title=Image of Bella Itkin |website=theatre.depaul.edu}}

|(1920–2011)

|1990

|Arts and literature

{{Sortname|Edith Emerald|Johns}}

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|(1915–1999)

|

|Nursing/Native American advocacy{{cite news|last1=Vigil|first1=Jennifer|title=Native American Advocate Edith Emerald Johns|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/06/13/native-american-advocate-edith-emerald-johns/|access-date=14 July 2016|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=June 13, 1999|location=Chicago, Illinois}}

{{Sortname|Judith Spinner|Johns}}

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|(1944–)

|1990

|Health

{{Sortname|Gwendolyn Dubose|Laroche}}

|

|

|1990

|Education

{{Sortname|Veronica|Lucas}}

|

|

|1989

|Civic development

{{Sortname|Grace|Lunde}}

|

|(1913–2005)

|1989

|Communications

{{Sortname|Leona|Maglaya}}

|

|(1948–)

|1989

|Social Services

{{Sortname|Peggy A.|Montes}}

|

|(1936–)

|1989

|Women's Rights Advocacy

{{Sortname|Janet|Norfleet}}

|

|(1933–)

|1990

|Government

{{Sortname|San Luong|O}}

|

|(1950–)

|1990

|Social services

{{Sortname|Virginia|Ojeda}}

|

|(1947–)

|1990

|Business

{{Sortname|Mary|Pullins}}

|

|(1901–2010)

|

|Labor{{cite web|last1=Lumpkin|first1=Beatrice|title=Mary Pullins: Steel union pioneer|url=http://www.peoplesworld.org/mary-pullins-steel-union-pioneer/|publisher=People's World|access-date= July 14, 2016|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=April 15, 2005}}

{{Sortname|Monica|Reynolds}}

|

|(1920–1998)

|1990

|Law

{{Sortname|Esther|Rothstein}}

|

|(1913–1998)

|1989

|Law{{cite web|last1=Brill|first1=Ralph L.|title=Esther R. Rothstein '49|url=https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/the-c-k-experience/history/historic-figures/esther-rothstein|website=Kent Law|publisher=Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology|access-date= July 14, 2016|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=2012}}

{{Sortname|Florence|Scala}}

|

|(1918–2007)

|1990

|Civic

{{Sortname|Helen|Schubert}}

|

|(1930–2023)

|1990

|Communications / Media

{{Sortname|Bobbie L.|Steele}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/campaign-deeds-recorder-race-political/article_1aec0731-2bcb-5fef-9bf6-5398c6385b02.html|title=Campaign '92. Deeds Recorder Race Political|last=Galica|first=Larry|date= March 14, 1992|work=The Times of Northwest Indiana|access-date= July 14, 2016}}

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|(1937–)

|1993

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{{Sortname|Joyce|Tucker}}

|

|(1948–)

|1990

|Women's rights

{{Sortname|Muriel|Tuteur}}

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|(1922–2016)

|1989{{Cite news|url=http://www.cambridgedoors.com/new.asp?news/ct-muriel-tuteur-obituary-20160223-story.html|title=Muriel Tuteur, Active in Labor Causes, Dies at 93|last=Kates|first=Joan Giangrasse|date= February 23, 2016|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date= July 14, 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/a-radical-woman/Content?oid=881765|title=A Radical Woman|last=Levinsohn|first=Florence Hamlish|date= April 15, 1993|work=Chicago Reader|access-date= July 13, 2016}}

|Labor

{{Sortname|Ida B.|Wells}}

|File:Ida B. Wells.jpg

|(1862–1931)

|1988

|African-American activist.

{{Sortname|Mollie|West}}

|

|(1916–2015)

|1990

|Labor

{{Sortname|Jo Ann|Williams}}

|

|

|1990

|Military

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