Texas Women's Hall of Fame
{{Short description|State list of significant women}}
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The Texas Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1984 by the Governor's Commission on Women. The honorees are selected biennially from submissions from the public. The honorees must be either native Texans or a resident of Texas at the time of the nomination.{{cite web|title=TWU Exhibits|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/exhibit.asp|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=20 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421120744/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/exhibit.asp|archive-date=21 April 2012}}
Exhibit location, hours
The Texas Women's Hall of Fame Museum is located inside Blagg-Huey Library on the Denton, Texas campus of Texas Woman's University. It houses a permanent exhibit featuring the accomplishments of each of the honorees.
Inductees
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! scope="col" width = 8% class="unsortable"|Image ! scope="col" width = 10%|Birth–Death ! scope="col" width = 5%|Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Area of achievement{{cite web|title=Texas Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/honorees.asp|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421120838/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/honorees.asp|archive-date=April 21, 2012}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="row"|{{sort|Andrews|Leta Andrews}}
| |(b. 1937) |2023 |Athletics |
| scope="row"|{{sort|LaMantia|Val LaMantia}}
| | |2023 |Business entrepreneur who helped found the Syars Scholarship Fund |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Horn|Mary Horn}}
| |(1945–2023) |2023 |Public service |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Lee|Opal Lee}}
||File:Opal Lee at Juneteenth Legacy Project (cropped).jpg |(b. 1926) |2023 |Activist who worked to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Masters|Lavinia Masters}}
| | |2023 |Advocacy/Community Service |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Quigg|Antonietta Quigg}}
| |(b. 1968) |2023 |Science/Technology |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Sharp|Charlotte Sharp}}
| |(1953–2020) |2023 |Philanthropy |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Suarez|Elizabeth Suarez}}
| | |2023 |Public Service |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Anderson|Lauren Anderson}}
|(b. 1965) |2021 |Ballet dancer and a first black principal dancer with the Houston Ballet |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Farris|Charlye O. Farris}}
| |(1929–2010) |2021 |First African American female lawyer in Texas |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Ferrell|Dawn Ferrell}}
| |2021 |Major General (ret.) - Texas Air National Guard |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Scott|Kendra Scott}}
|File:KS-HOMESHOOT-2020-7674 (1) (1) (1) (1).jpg |(b. 1974) |2021 |Business entrepreneur |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Stolte|Elaine Stolte}}
| | |2021 |Community Service |
| scope="row"|{{sort|Vasquez-Philo|Ofelia Vasquez-Philo}}
| |(1932–2017) |2021 |Civic Leadership |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Simone |Biles}}
|File:Simone Biles Rio 2016e.jpg |(b. 1997) |2018 |Olympic gymnast |align="center"|{{cite web |title=Simone Biles |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/simone-biles |website=Team USA |publisher=United States Olympic Committee}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Laura|Bush}}
|(b. 1946) |2018 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Vikki |Carr}}
|(b. 1940) |2018 |Entertainer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Susan|Dell}}
| | |2018 |Philanthropy |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Tammie Jo |Shults}}
|(b. 1961) |2018 |Airline pilot |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Elizabeth Anne|Sueltenfuss}}
| |(1921–2009) |2018 |Catholic nun with a Ph.D. in microbiology. Past president of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Judith |Zaffirini}}
|File:Judith Zaffirini 2009 CROPPED.jpg |(b. 1946) |2018 |Texas state senator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Emma Carter|Browning|Emma Carter Browning}}
| |(1910–2010) |2016 |Aviator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Susie|Hitchcock-Hall|Susie Hitchcock-Hall}}
| |(b. 1944) |2016 |Entrepreneur |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ginger|Kerrick|Ginger Kerrick}}
|(b. 1970) |2016 |NASA Administrator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Renu |Khator|Renu Khator}}
|(b. 1955) |2016 |Chancellor of the University of Houston System |
| scope="row"|Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
| |(1971–1995) |2016 |Musician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Nandita|Berry}}
| |(b. 1968) |2014 |Texas Secretary of State |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Joanne|Herring}}
| |(b. 1929) |2014 |Houston-area socialite, philanthropist, and businesswoman |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kim|Olson}}
|(b. 1957) |2014 |President and CEO of Grace Under Fire |align="center"|McGaughy (May 6, 2014) |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Anita|Perry}}
|(b. 1952) |2014 |First Lady of Texas |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ann|Stuart}}
| | |2014 |President and Chancellor of Texas Women's University |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Senfronia|Thompson}}
|(b. 1939) |2014 |Texas state representative |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Deborah|Tucker|Deborah Tucker (executive)}}
| | |2014 |Founder of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Carolyn|Wright|Carolyn Wright (Chief Justice)}}
| |(b. 1946) |2014 |Chief Justice for the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Barbara Smith|Conrad|Barbara Smith Conrad}}
| |(1937–2017) |2012 |Mezzo-soprano |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Anne|Corn|Anne Corn}}
| |(b. 1950) |2012 |Professor Emerita at Vanderbilt University, educator in the field of visual impairment |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Nina|Godiwalla|Nina Godiwalla}}
|(b. 1975) |2012 |Author/journalist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Harriet|O'Neill|Harriet O'Neill}}
| |(b. 1957) |2012 |Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary|Saunders|Mary Saunders}}
|(b. 1947) |2012 |Major General, United States Air Force, highest ranking African American woman in the USAF |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy W.|Dickey|Nancy Dickey}}
| |(b. 1950) |2010 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Erma Johnson|Hadley|Erma Johnson Hadley}}
| |(1942–2015) |2010 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Teresa Lozano|Long|Teresa Lozano Long}}
| |(1928–2021) |2010 |Cultural leader founded Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Judy Castle|Scott|Judy Castle Scott}}
| |(1946–) |2010 |American Foundation for the Blind |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Pamela |Willeford|Pamela Willeford}}
|File:Pamela Pitzer Willeford.jpg |(1950–) |2010 |United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Elsa|Murano|Elsa Murano}}
|File:Dr. Elsa Murano - Texas A&M.JPG |(1959–) |2008 |President, Texas A&M University |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sandra Day|O'Connor|Sandra Day O'Connor}}
|(1930–2023) |2008 |First female justice on the United States Supreme Court |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Carolyn|Peterson|Carolyn Peterson}}
| |(1938–) |2008 |Architect who helped preserve San Antonio Missions |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Louise Hopkins|Underwood|Louise Hopkins Underwood}}
| |(1919–2017) |2008 |Patron of the arts |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Huda|Zoghbi|Huda Zoghbi}}
|(1954–) |2008 |Health research |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Amanda|Dunbar|Amanda Dunbar}}
| |(1982–) |2006 |Artist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kathleen|Foster|Kathleen Foster (Houston, Texas)}}
| | |2006 |Children and parents care facilities |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Shirley|Neeley|Shirley Neeley}}
| |(1935–) |2006 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ellen|Vitetta|Ellen Vitetta}}
| |(1942–) |2006 |Microbiologist, cancer research |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Susan|Combs|Susan Combs}}
|(1945–) |2004 |Former Texas Comptroller, former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Trinidad|Mendenhall|Trinidad Mendenhall}}
| |(1950–) |2004 |Businesswoman |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Meyers|Rosenfield|Mary Meyers Rosenfield}}
| |(1910–2006) |2004 |Intellectual disability education |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sheryl|Swoopes|Sheryl Swoopes}}
|(1971–) |2004 |Pro basketball player |align="center"|Oglesby, Greenberg, Hall, Hill, Johnston, Easterby (1998), pp. 271–272; {{cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes Biography|url=http://www.biography.com/people/sheryl-swoopes-9542142#coach-swoopes|publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC|access-date=January 6, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Sheryl Swoopes|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-swoopes.asp|work=Inducteese|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208093151/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-swoopes.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Karen|Hughes|Karen Hughes}}
|(1956–) |2002 |Global Vice Chair of Burson-Marsteller, political advisor to George W. Bush |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mae|Jemison|Mae Jemison}}
|(1956–) |2002 |Astronaut |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Angela|Murdaugh|Angela Murdaugh}}
| |(1940–) |2002 |Franciscan Sister of Mary |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ann|Williams|Ann Williams (choreographer)}}
| |(1937–) |2002 |Founded Dallas Black Dance Theatre |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Tillie|Burgin|Tillie Burgin}}
| |(1936–) |2000 |Educator, missionary |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Carol|Dinkins|Carol Dinkins}}
| |(1945–) |2000 |Environmentalist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Anna Maria|Farias|Anna Maria Farias}}
|(1952–) |2000 |Housing, politician appointee under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Juliet V.|García|Juliet V. García}}
|(1949–) |2000 |President of Texas Southmost College |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Glenna|Goodacre|Glenna Goodacre}}
| |(1939–2020) |2000 |Sculptor who designed the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Wendy|Harpham|Wendy Harpham}}
| |(1954–) |2000 |Physician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jinger L.|Heath|Jinger L. Heath}}
| |(1952–) |2000 |Business woman |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Dealey|Herndon|Dealey Herndon}}
| |(1947–) |2000 |Historic preservationist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mamie L.|McKnight|Mamie L. McKnight}}
| |(1929–2018) |2000 |Family, community development |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jo Stewart|Randel|Jo Stewart Randel}}
| |(1915–2002) |2000 |Philanthropist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Judy|Rankin|Judy Rankin}}
|(1945–) |2000||Golf pro |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Norma Lea|Beasley|Norma Lea Beasley}}
| |(1931–2012) |1998 |Attorney; founded Trinity Abstract & Title Co. in Waxahachie and Safeco Land Title of Dallas; civic leader, philanthropist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Shirley Thompson|Carter|Shirley Thompson Carter}}
| |(1935–2001) |1998 |Founder Texas Girls' Choir |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Elizabeth Lyons|Ghrist|Elizabeth Lyons Ghrist}}
| |(1930–2024) |1998 |Volunteerism |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kay|Granger|Kay Granger}}
|File:Kay Granger, official portrait, 111th Congress.jpg |(1943–) |1998 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Dixie|Melillo|Dixie Melillo}}
| |(1946–) |1998 |Physician, founder of The Rose foundation providing free breast cancer screenings, founder The Rose Scholarship Program |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Diana|Natalicio|Diana Natalicio}}
| |(1939–2021) |1998 |President, University of Texas at El Paso |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Marsha|Sharp|Marsha Sharp}}
|File:Marsha Sharp former head coach of Texas Tech University's women's basketball team cropped.jpg |(1952–) |1998 |Women's basketball coach, Texas Tech University |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ebby Halliday|Acers|Ebby Halliday}}
| |(1911–2015) |1996 |Realtor; Texas Business Hall of Fame, the Dallas Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Woman in Business Award and the Dallas Brotherhood/Sisterhood Merit Citation Award |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Rita Crocker|Clements|Rita Crocker Clements}}
|(1931–2018) |1996 |First Lady of Texas, politician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Zina|Garrison-Jackson|Zina Garrison}}
|(1963–) |1996 |Tennis pro |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sybil|Harrington|Sybil Harrington}}
| |(1908–1998) |1996 |Patron of the arts |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kay Bailey|Hutchison|Kay Bailey Hutchison}}
|File:Kay Bailey Hutchison, official photo 2.jpg |(1943–) |1996 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Helen|Oujesky|Helen Matusevich Oujesky}}
| |(1930–2010) |1996 |Professor of microbiology |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ruby Lee|Piester|Ruby Lee Piester}}
| |(1915–2003) |1996 |Child welfare |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sonja Eva|Singletary|S. Eva Singletary}}
| |(1952–2015) |1996 |Breast surgeon |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Dian Graves|Stai|Dian Graves Stai}}
| |(1940–) |1996 |Businesswoman |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Rosa Ramírez|Guerrero|Rosa Ramírez Guerrero}}
|(1934–) |1994 |Founder, International Folklorico Dance Group |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Vassar|Miller|Vassar Miller}}
| |(1924–1998) |1994 |Writer, poet |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Irma|Rangel|Irma Rangel (Texas politician)}}
| |(1931–2003) |1994 |State legislator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Beth|Rogers|Mary Beth Rogers}}
| |(1940–) |1994 |Politician, civic worker |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Bess Whitehead|Scott|Bess Whitehead Scott}}
| |(1890–1997) |1994 |Communications, journalist, editor, poet, writer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Francie Larrieu|Smith|Francie Larrieu Smith}}
| |(1952–) |1994 |Olympic athlete, track and field |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Hallie|Stillwell|Hallie Stillwell}}
| |(1897–1997) |1994 |Pioneer rancher, educator, author |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Alvia|Wardlaw|Alvia Wardlaw}}
| |(1947–) |1994 |Educator, curator of African American history |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Martha|Wong|Martha Wong}}
| |(1939–) |1994 |First Asian American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Eleanor Anne|Young|Eleanor Anne Young}}
| |(1925–2007) |1994 |Scientist, nutritionist educator |align="center"|{{cite news|title=Sister Eleanor A. Young obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=eleanor-a-young&pid=90699239|access-date=January 6, 2016|work=San Antonio Express News|publisher=Hearst Newspapers, LLC}}{{cite web|title=Eleanor Anne Young|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-young.asp|work=Inductees|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208092513/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-young.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Linda Louise|Craft|Linda Louise Craft}}
| |(1938–1993) |1993 |Master Professional rank LPGA golfer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ernestine|Glossbrenner|Ernestine Glossbrenner}}
| |(1932–2012) |1993 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Gabrielle Kirk|McDonald|Gabrielle Kirk McDonald}}
| |(1942–) |1993 |African American jurist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Eleanor|Montague|Eleanor Montague}}
| |(1926–2018) |1993 |Pioneered radiation for treatment of breast cancer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Aaronetta|Pierce|Aaronetta Hamilton Pierce}}
| |(1943–) |1993 |African American patron of the arts and museums |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Gloria G.|Rodriguez|Gloria G. Rodriguez}}
| |(1948–) |1993 |Children and families advocate |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Annette|Strauss|Annette Strauss}}
| |(1924–1998) |1993 |Philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas |align="center"|{{cite magazine|title=Annette Greenfield Strauss, BA '44|magazine=Texas Alcalde|date=September–October 1992|volume=81|issue=1|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNUDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Annette+Strauss%22&pg=PA30|access-date=January 6, 2016|publisher=Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas}}{{cite web|title=Annette Strauss|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-strauss.asp|work=Inductees|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208092333/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-strauss.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Barbara|Bush|Barbara Bush}}
|(1925–2018) |1989 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Judith|Craven|Judith Craven}}
| |(1946–) |1989 |Physician, medical field educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Gussie Nell|Davis|Gussie Nell Davis}}
| |(1906–1993) |1989 |Founded the Kilgore Rangerettes |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Margaret Swan|Forbes|Margaret Swan Forbes}}
| |(1919–2010) |1989 |Synchronized swimming |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|L. Ruth|Guy|L. Ruth Guy}}
| |(1913–2006) |1989 |Professor emeritus in the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Terry|Hershey|Terry Hershey}}
| |(1923–2017) |1989 |Environmentalist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lucia Rede|Madrid|Lucia Rede Madrid}}
| |(1913–2006) |1989 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jane|Wetzel|Jane Wetzel}}
| |(1931–) |1989 |Advocate for youth rehabilitation |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Nancy|Brinker|Nancy Brinker}}
|(1946–) |1988 |Co-founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure |align="center"|{{cite magazine|last1=Shinn|first1=Lora|title=A Promise Kept: Nancy Brinker Applied an Entrepreneurs Approach to Attacking a Lethal Disease-And Changed the World|magazine=Success|date=September 2010|page=24|url=https://www.questia.com/article/1G1-235205001/a-promise-kept-nancy-brinker-applied-an-entrepreneurs|publisher=Success Partners L.P.}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}; {{cite web|title=Nancy Brinker|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-brinker.asp|work=Inductees|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091929/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-brinker.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Margaret Pease|Harper|Margaret Pease Harper}}
| |(1911–1991) |1988 |Patron of the arts |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ninfa|Laurenzo|Ninfa Laurenzo}}
| |(1924–2001) |1988 |Restaurant entrepreneur |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lane|Murray|Lane Murray}}
| |(1921–2009) |1988 |Correctional educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Louise|Ritter|Louise Ritter}}
| |(1958– ) |1988 |Olympic gold medalist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ruth Taubert|Seeger|Ruth Taubert Seeger}}
| |(1924–2014) |1988 |Deaf athlete, medalist, coach |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Bert Kruger|Smith|Bert Kruger Smith}}
| |(1915–2004) |1988 |Civic involvement |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Eleanor|Tinsley|Eleanor Tinsley}}
| |(1926–2009) |1988 |Community involvement, Eleanor Tinsley Elementary School named for her |align="center"|{{cite news|last1=Bernstein|first1=Alan|title=Longtime Houston councilwoman Tinsley dies at 82|url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Longtime-Houston-councilwoman-Tinsley-dies-at-82-1722936.php|access-date=January 6, 2016|agency=Hearst Newspapers, LLC|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=February 10, 2009}}{{cite web|title=Eleanor Tinsley|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-tinsley.asp|work=Inductees|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208092046/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-tinsley.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lucy G.|Acosta|Lucy G. Acosta}}
| |(1926–2008) |1987 |Activist and humanitarian |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ruth Sharp|Altshuler|Ruth Sharp Altshuler}}
| |(1924–2017) |1987 |Philanthropist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Margaret Harris|Amsler|Margaret Harris Amsler}}
| |(1908–2002) |1987 |Attorney |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Johnnie|Benson|Johnnie Benson}}
| |(1929–) |1987 |Health care in nursing homes |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Tommie|Clack|Tommie Clack}}
| |(1882–1989) |1987 |Pioneer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kim|Dawson|Kim Dawson (talent agent)}}
| |(1924–2010) |1987 |Business woman |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lillian|Dunlap|Lillian Dunlap}}
|(1922–2003) |1987 |Brigadier General, United States Army |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Elithe Hamilton|Kirkland|Elithe Hamilton Kirkland}}
| |(1907–1992) |1987 |Writer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Donna|Lopiano|Donna Lopiano}}
| |(1946–) |1987 |Sports management consultant |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Katie|Sherrod|Katie Sherrod}}
| |(1946–) |1987 |Journalist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Donnya|Stephens|Donnya Stephens}}
| |(1941–2021) |1987 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Dora Dougherty|Strother| Dora Dougherty Strother}}
|(1921–2013) |1987 |Aviation |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Nan|West|Mary Nan West}}
| |(1925–2001) |1987 |Rancher |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Anne|Armstrong|Anne Armstrong}}
|(1927–2008) |1986 |American woman ambassador to Great Britain and the Court of St. James's |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Kay|Ash|Mary Kay Ash}}
|(1918–2001) |1986 |Founder Mary Kay Cosmetics |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Caro Crawford|Brown|Caro Crawford Brown}}
| |(1908–2001) |1986 |Journalist, investigated political corruption of George Berham Parr |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Alicia R.|Chacón|Alicia R. Chacón}}
| |(1938–) |1986 |Mexican-American member of El Paso city council, regional director of Small Business Administration under Jimmy Carter |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jody|Conradt|Jody Conradt}}
|(1941–) |1986 |Women's basketball coach at University of Texas at Austin |align="center"|Hawkes, Seggar (2000), pp. 26–30; {{cite web|title=Jody Conradt|url=http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-conradt.asp|work=Inductees|publisher=Texas Woman's University|access-date=April 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091524/http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-conradt.asp|archive-date=February 8, 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://texassports.com/staff-directory/jody-conradt/153|title=Jody Conradt - Special Assistant - Staff Directory|website=University of Texas Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Margaret|Cousins|Margaret Cousins (editor)}}
| |(1905–1996) |1986 |Managing editor of McCall's Magazine, senior editor of Doubleday and Co., 1986 Women in Communications Lifetime Achievement Award. Poet, essayist, short story writer, author of children's books |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Wilhelmina Ruth|Delco|Wilhelmina Ruth Delco}}
|(1929–) |1986 |Texas state legislator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Frances|Goff|Frances Goff}}
| |(1916–1994) |1986 |Volunteerism |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Lavinia|Griffith|Mary Lavinia Griffith}}
| |(1906–1993) |1986 |Rancher |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|May|Owen|May Owen}}
| |(1892–1988) |1986 |First woman president of Texas Medical Association |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sally|Ride|Sally Ride}}
|(1951–2012) |1986 |Astronaut, first American woman in space |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ada|Simond|Ada Simond}}
|(1903–1989) |1986 |African American civic involvement |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Hermine|Tobolowsky|Hermine Tobolowsky}}
| |(1921–1995) |1986 |Proponent of the Equal Rights Amendment |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Benjy Frances|Brooks|Benjy F. Brooks}}
| |(1918–1998) |1985 |First Texas pediatric surgeon |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Patricia Happ|Buffler|Patricia Happ Buffler}}
| |(1938–2013) |1985 |Epidemiology Research |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Liz|Carpenter|Liz Carpenter}}
|(1920–2010) |1985 |Political speechwriter, media consultant, great-great-granddaughter of Empresario Sterling C. Robertson |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Grace Woodruff|Cartwright|Grace Woodruff Cartwright}}
| |(1908–2003) |1985 |Agriculture, helped form the Brazos Valley Association |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Helen|Farabee|Helen Farabee}}
| |(1934–1988) |1985 |Mental health and human services advocate |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|María Elena|Flood|María Elena Flood}}
| |(1934–) |1985 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Willie Lee|Glass|Willie Lee Glass}}
| |(1910–1999) |1985 | Civic involvement and leadership |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lydia|Mendoza|Lydia Mendoza}}
|(1916–2007) |1985 |Tejano musician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jenny Lind|Porter|Jenny Lind Porter}}
| |(1927–2020) |1985 |Poet Laureate of Texas |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Louise|Raggio|Louise Raggio}}
| |(1919–2011) |1985 |Attorney, first female director of the Texas State Bar |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Ann|Richards|Ann Richards}}
|(1933–2006) |1985 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Edna Gardner|Whyte|Edna Gardner Whyte}}
| |(1902–1992) |1985 |Aviation pioneer |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Christia|Adair|Christia Adair}}
|(1893–1989) |1984 |African American suffragist and civil rights activist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Kate Atkinson|Bell|Kate Atkinson Bell}}
| |(1907–2003) |1984 |Educator |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Vivian|Castleberry|Vivian Castleberry}}
| |(1922–2017) |1984 |Journalist, editor, author, activist |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lila May Banks|Cockrell|Lila Cockrell}}
|(1922–2019) |1984 |Businesswoman, former mayor of San Antonio |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Clotilde Pérez |García|Clotilde Pérez García}}
| |(1917–2003) |1984 |Author, medical professional |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Jeane Porter|Hester|Jeane Porter Hester}}
| |(1929–2018) |1984 |Scientist, physician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Oveta Culp|Hobby|Oveta Culp Hobby}}
|(1905–1995) |1984 |Newspaper publisher, first commanding officer of Women's Army Corps, first secretary of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Mary Evelyn Blagg|Huey|Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey}}
| |(1922–2017) |1984 |President Texas Woman's University |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Sarah Tilghman|Hughes|Sarah T. Hughes}}
|File:Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office, November 1963.jpg |(1896–1985) |1984 |Texas state legislator, United States district judge, administered November 22, 1963, oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Lady Bird|Johnson|Lady Bird Johnson}}
|File:Lady Bird Johnson, bw photo ca1962.jpg |(1912–2007) |1984 |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Barbara|Jordan|Barbara Jordan}}
|File:Rep. Barbara Jordan - Restoration.jpg |(1936–1996) |1984 |Politician |
| scope="row"|{{sortname|Amy Freeman|Lee|Amy Freeman Lee}}
| |(1909–1997) |1984 |Artist, writer |
See also
References
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References
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- {{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Lyle|last2=Langenegger|first2=Joyce A.|last3=Garcia|first3=Sonia R.|title=Practicing Texas Politics|date=2015|publisher=Wadsworth Publishing|location=Boston, MA|isbn=978-1-285-85310-9|edition=16th}}
- {{cite book|last1=Ericksen|first1=Gregory K.|title=Women Entrepreneurs Only: 12 Women Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of Their Success|date=1999|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=New York, NY|isbn=0-471-32439-6|url=https://archive.org/details/womenentrepreneu00erns}}
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- {{cite book|last1=García|first1=Sonia R.|last2=Martinez-Ebers|first2=Valerie|last3=Coronado|first3=Irasema|last4=Navarro|first4=Sharon A.|last5=Jaramillo|first5=Patricia A.|title=POLÍTICAS: Latina Public Officials in Texas|date=2008|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin, TX|isbn=978-0-292-71729-9|url=}}
- {{cite book|last1=Hawkes|first1=Nena Rey|last2=Seggar|first2=John F.|title=Celebrating Women Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary|date=2000|publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, CT|isbn=0-313-30912-4|url=}}
- {{cite book|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|date=2013|publisher=Routledge Taylor & Francis|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-8153-2584-0}}
- {{cite book|last1=Jasinski|first1=Laurie E.|title=The Handbook of Texas Music|date=2012|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|location=Denton, TX|isbn=978-0-87611-252-6|edition=2nd|url=}}
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- {{cite web|last=McGaughy|first=Lauren|title=Gov. Perry inducts 9 into Texas Women's Hall of Fame|url=http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/2014/05/gov-perry-inducts-9-into-texas-womens-hall-of-fame/|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=January 6, 2016}}
- {{cite book|last1=Morgenthaler|first1=Jefferson|title=The River Has Never Divided Us A Border History of La Junta de los Rios|date=2004|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin, TX|isbn=978-0-292-70283-7}}
- {{cite book|last1=Moyers|first1=Bill|title=Moyers on Democracy|date=2008|publisher=Doubleday|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-385-52380-6|url=https://archive.org/details/moyersondemocrac00moye_0}}
- {{cite book|last1=Oglesby|first1=Carole A.|last2=Greenberg|first2=Doreen L.|last3=Hall|first3=Ruth Louise|last4=Hill|first4=Karen L.|last5=Johnston|first5=Frances|last6=Easterby|first6=Sheila|title=Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America|date=1998|publisher=Oryx Press|location=Phoenix, AZ|isbn=0-89774-993-6|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_o8h9|url-access=registration}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last1=Godiwalla|first1=Nina|title=Suits: A Woman on Wall Street|date=2011|publisher=Atlas & Co.|location=New York|isbn=978-1-934633-95-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/suitswomanonwall0000godi}}
- {{cite book|last1=Sherman|first1=Max|title=Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder|date=2007|publisher=University of Texas Press|url=|location=Austin|isbn=978-0-292-71637-7}}
- {{cite book|last1=Moreland|first1=Sinclair|title=The Texas women's hall of fame|date=1917|publisher=Biographical press|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009584912}}
External links
- [http://www.utexas.edu/gtw/directory.php Great Texas Women]
- [https://twu.edu/twhf/honorees/honorees-by-year/ Texas Women's Hall of Fame]
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