Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
The history of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame is available online at michiganwomenshalloffame.org.
Table of honorees in alphabetical order by last name
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Table of honorees in order by year inducted and last name
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1984 Honorees | |||
| Helen J. Claytor (1907-) | Contemporary | African American | Civil Rights |
| Caroline Bartlett Crane (1858-1935) | Historic | Religion, Suffrage | |
| Marguerite Lofft De Angeli (1889-1987) | Contemporary | Writing | |
| Genevieve Gillette (1898-1986) | Contemporary | Environment | |
| Icie Macy Hoobler (1892-1984) | Contemporary | Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care | |
| Madeline La Framboise (1779-1846) | Historic | Native American | Business |
| Martha Longstreet (1870-1953) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Elly M. Peterson (1914-) | Contemporary | Politics | |
| Jessie Pharr Slaton (1908-1983) | Contemporary | African American | Education |
| Mary C. Spencer (1842-1923) | Historic | Education | |
| Bertha Van Hoosen (1863-1952) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1986 Honorees | |||
| Patricia J. Boyle (1937-) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Elizabeth C. Crosby (1888-1983) | Historic | Math/Science | |
| Gwen Frostic (1906-2001) | Contemporary | Arts | |
| Elmina R. Lucke (1889-1987) | Historic | Social Work/Mission Work | |
| Marjorie Swank Matthews (1916-1986) | Contemporary | Religion | |
| Marjorie Peebles-Meyers (1915-2001) | Contemporary | African American | Medicine/Health Care |
| Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961) | Historic | Arts | |
| Helen Thomas (1920-) | Contemporary | Journalism |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1987 Honorees | |||
| Marion Isabel Barnhart (1921-1985) | Historic | Math/Science | |
| Patricia Hill Burnett (1920-) | Contemporary | Arts, Women's Rights | |
| Ethel Calhoun (1898-1989) | Contemporary | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Georgia Emery (1867-1913) | Historic | Business | |
| Betty Ford (1918-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Rosa Slade Gragg (1904-1989) | Contemporary | African American | Civil Rights |
| Clara Raven (1909-1994) | Contemporary | Jewish | Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1988 Honorees | |||
| Louise L. (Sally) Brown (1917-) | Contemporary | Education | |
| Ethelene Crockett (1914-1978) | Historic | African American | Medicine/Health Care |
| Marcia J. Federbush (1934-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Fran Harris (1909-1998) | Contemporary | Journalism | |
| M. Jane Kay-Nugent (1925-) | Contemporary | Business | |
| Helen Martin (1889-1973) | Historic | Math/Science | |
| Sarah Goddard Power (1935-1987) | Historic | Civil Rights |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1989 Honorees | |||
| Clara B. Arthur (1858-1929) | Historic | Suffrage | |
| Anna Sutherland Bissell (1846-1934) | Historic | Business | |
| Alexa I. Canady (1950-) | Contemporary | African American | Medicine/Health Care |
| Anne R. Davidow (1898-1991) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Bernadine Newsom Denning (1930-) | Contemporary | African American | Civil Rights, Education |
| Isabella Karle (1921-) | Contemporary | Math/Science | |
| Jean Ledwith King (1924-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Olga M. Madar (1915-1996) | Contemporary | Labor | |
| Mary Anne Mayo (1845-1903) | Historic | Education |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1990 Honorees | |||
| Emily Helen Butterfield (1884-1958) | Historic | Architecture, Arts | |
| Erma Henderson (1917-) | Contemporary | African American | Politics |
| Dorothy Leonard Judd (1898-1989) | Historic | Politics | |
| Elba Lila Morse (1882-1975) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Fannie M. Richards (1840-1922) | Historic | African American | Education |
| Emelia Christine Schaub (1891-1995) | Historic | Law | |
| Mary Sinclair (1918-) | Contemporary | Environment | |
| Merze Tate (1905-1996) | Contemporary | African American | Education |
| Delia Villegas Vorhauer (1940-1992) | Contemporary | Hispanic | Civil Rights |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1991 Honorees | |||
| Rachel Andresen (1907-1988) | Historic | Social Work/Mission Work | |
| Mary V. Beck (1908-) | Historic | Law | |
| Jan BenDor (1946-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Janet K. Good (1923-1997) | Contemporary | Civil Rights | |
| Jo Jacobs (1933-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby (1929-) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Dorothy Comstock Riley (1924-2004) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Edith Mays Swanson (1934-1989) | Historic | African American | Civil Rights, Education |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1992 Honorees | |||
| Cora Mae Brown (1914-1972) | Historic | African American | Politics |
| Mary Lou Butcher (1943-) | Contemporary | Journalism | |
| Sarah Emma Edmonds (1849-1898) | Historic | Military | |
| Violet Temple Lewis (1899-1968) | Historic | African American | Education |
| Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon (1926-1975) | Historic | Journalism | |
| Gilda Radner (1946-1989) | Historic | Jewish | Arts, Entertainment |
| Martha Romayne Seger (1932-) | Contemporary | Economics | |
| Ann M. Shafer (1916-1991) | Historic | Labor | |
| Slyvia M. Stoesser (1901-1991) | Historic | Math/Science | |
| Lucinda (Lucy) Thurman (1849-1918) | Historic | Civil Rights | |
| Reverend Charleszetta (Mother) Waddles (1912-2001) | Contemporary | African American | Social Work/Mission Work |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1993 Honorees | |||
| Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875-1962) | Historic | Volunteer Work | |
| Catherine Carter Blackwell (1919-) | Contemporary | African American | Education |
| Jean W. Campbell (1918-) | Contemporary | Education | |
| Katherine Hill Campbell (1868-1942) | Historic | Social Reformer | |
| Lenna Frances Cooper (1875-1961) | Historic | Dietetics | |
| Roberta A. Griffith (1870-1941) | Historic | Social Reformer | |
| Bina West Miller (1867-1954) | Historic | Business | |
| Jeanne Omelenchuk (1931-) | Contemporary | Athletics | |
| Sippie Wallace (1898-1986) | Historic | African American | Music |
| Edna Noble White (1879-1954) | Historic | Education | |
| Irene Clark Woodman (1905-1994) | Contemporary | Military |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1994 Honorees | |||
| Virginia R. Allan (1916-1999) | Contemporary | Education, Women's Rights | |
| Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671-1746) | Historic | Other | |
| Ruth Carlton (1911-2001) | Contemporary | Journalism | |
| Flossie Cohen (1925-2004) | Contemporary | Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care | |
| Bertha A. Daubendiek (1916-) | Contemporary | Environment | |
| Genora Johnson Dollinger (1913-1995) | Contemporary | Labor | |
| Flora Hommel (1928-) | Contemporary | Jewish | Medicine/Health Care |
| Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972) | Historic | Math/Science | |
| Aleda E. Lutz (1915-1944) | Historic | Aviation, Medicine/Health Care, Military | |
| Helen Walker McAndrew (1826-1906) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1995 Honorees | |||
| Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega (1943-) | Contemporary | Hispanic | Civil Rights, Journalism |
| Irene M. Auberlin (1896-1999) | Contemporary | Social Work/Mission Work | |
| Hilda R. Gage (1939-) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Lucia Voorhees Grimes (1877-1978) | Historic | Suffrage | |
| R. Louise Grooms (1902-1984) | Historic | African American | Business |
| Odessa Komer (1925-2004) | Contemporary | Labor | |
| Laura Freele Osborn (1866-1955) | Historic | Education | |
| Jacquelin E. Washington (1931-) | Contemporary | African American | Social Work/Mission Work |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1996 Honorees | |||
| Carrie Frazier Roger Brown (1948-) | Contemporary | African American | Medicine/Health Care |
| Anna Clemenc (1888-1956) | Historic | Labor | |
| Waunetta McClellan Dominic (1921-1981) | Historic | Native American | Civil Rights |
| Margaret Muth Laurence (1916-1996) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Claudia House Morcom (1932-) | Contemporary | African American | Law |
| Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888-1964) | Historic | Arts, Civil Rights | |
| Shirley E. Schwartz (1935-) | Contemporary | Math/Science | |
| Joan Luedders Wolfe (1929-) | Contemporary | Environment |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1997 Honorees | |||
| Ellen Burstyn (1932-) | Contemporary | Arts, Entertainment | |
| Marion Corwell-Shertzer (1931-) | Contemporary | Journalism | |
| Four Sisters of Charity | Historic | Social Work/Mission Work | |
| Della Goodwin (1931-) | Contemporary | African American | Medicine/Health Care |
| Alice King Hamilton (1869-1970) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Nancy Harkness Love (1914-1976) | Historic | Aviation, Military | |
| Maryann Mahaffey (1925-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Sharon E. Sutton (1941-) | Contemporary | African American | Architecture |
| Matilda Dodge Wilson (1883-1976) | Historic | Philanthropist, Politics |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1998 Honorees | |||
| Connie Binsfeld (1924-) | Contemporary | Politics | |
| Hilda Patricia Curran (1938-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Marie Dye (1891-1974) | Historic | Education | |
| Eleanor M. Josaitis (1931-) | Contemporary | Social Work/Mission Work | |
| Agnes Mary Mansour (1931-2004) | Contemporary | Education, Social Reformer | |
| Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt (1948-) | Contemporary | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Ella Merriman Sharp (1857-1912) | Historic | Environment | |
| Martha Jean Steinberg (1927-2000) | Contemporary | African American | Journalism |
| Ruth Thompson (1887-1970) | Historic | Law | |
| Lily Tomlin (1939-) | Contemporary | Arts, Entertainment |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 1999 Honorees | |||
| Patricia L. Beeman (1925-1996) | Historic | Civil Rights | |
| Olympia Brown (1835-1926) | Historic | Religion, Suffrage | |
| Doris DeDeckere (1926-) | Contemporary | Labor, Philanthropist, Volunteer Work | |
| Margaret Drake Elliott (1904-1999) | Contemporary | Environment | |
| Elizabeth Homer (1943-) | Contemporary | Women's Rights | |
| Eleonore Hutzel (1885-1979) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Ella Eaton Kellogg (1853-1920) | Historic | Dietetics, Philanthropist | |
| Emily Burton Ketcham (1838-1907) | Historic | Suffrage | |
| Ardeth Platte, O.P. (1936-) | Contemporary | Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 2000 Honorees | |||
| Lillian Mellen Genser (1920-) | Contemporary | Conflict Resolution/Peace Movement | |
| Loney Clinton Gordon (1915-1999) | Historic | African American | Math/Science, Medicine/Health Care |
| Katherine G. Heideman (1910-) | Contemporary | Education | |
| Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson (1933-1979) | Historic | African American | Civil Rights, Education |
| Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (1923-) | Contemporary | Law | |
| Marjorie J. Lansing (1916-1998) | Historic | Education, Women's Rights | |
| Chaun-Pu Lee (1931-) | Contemporary | Asian American | Math/Science |
| Marilyn Fisher Lundy (1925-) | Contemporary | Education | |
| Katharine Dexter McCormick (1875-1967) | Historic | Philanthropist, Women's Rights | |
| Kathleen N. Straus (1923-) | Contemporary | Civil Rights, Education | |
| Clarissa M. Young (1922-1979) | Historic | Law Enforcement |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 2001 Honorees | |||
| Cora Reynolds Anderson (1882-1950) | Historic | Native American | Politics |
| Lucile E. Belen (1912-) | Contemporary | Politics | |
| Theresa Maxis Duchemin (1810-1892) | Historic | African American | Religion, Social Work/Mission Work |
| Aretha Franklin (1942-) | Contemporary | African American | Arts, Entertainment |
| Francea (Francie) Kraker Goodridge (1947-) | Contemporary | Athletics | |
| Marian Bayoff Ilitch (1933-) | Contemporary | Business | |
| Mary Ellen Riordan (1920-) | Contemporary | Education | |
| Joesphine Stern Weiner (1912-2000) | Historic | Jewish | Volunteer Work |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 2002 Honorees | |||
| Hortense Golden Canady (1927-) | Contemporary | African American | Community Service |
| Julia Wheelock Freeman (1833-1900) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care, Volunteer Work | |
| May Stocking Knaggs (1847-1917) | Historic | Suffrage | |
| Naomi Long Madgett (1923-) | Contemporary | African American | Writing |
| Lucille Hanna McCollough (1905-1996) | Historic | Politics | |
| Lana Pollack (1942-) | Contemporary | Politics | |
| Martha Louise Rayne (1836-1911) | Historic | Journalism | |
| Muriel Dorothy Ross (1927-) | Contemporary | Math/Science |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 2003 Honorees | |||
| Mary Agnes Blair (1909-1982) | Historic | Education | |
| Verne Burbridge (1896-) | Contemporary | Volunteer Work | |
| Nellie Cuellar (1899-1987) | Historic | African American | Civil Rights |
| Alice Scanlan Kocel (1920-) | Contemporary | Civil Rights | |
| Joyce Lewis Kornbluh (1928-) | Contemporary | Labor | |
| Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815-1900) | Historic | Abolition, Suffrage, Women's Rights | |
| Ida Lippman (1893-1980) | Historic | Jewish | Law Enforcement |
| Marion 'Babe' Ruth (1918-2004) | Contemporary | Aviation | |
| Bernice "B" Steadman (1925-) | Contemporary | Aviation | |
| Pamela Withrow (1948-) | Contemporary | Law Enforcement | |
| Ruth Zweifler (1930-) | Contemporary | Education |
| Name | Era | Group | Achievement(s) |
| 2004 Honorees | |||
| Geraldine Bledsoe Ford (1926-2003) | Historic | African American | Law |
| Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (1959-) | Contemporary | Politics | |
| Lystra Gretter (1858-1951) | Historic | Medicine/Health Care | |
| Florine Mark ? | Contemporary | Jewish | Business, Other |
| Cathy McClelland (1954-) | Contemporary | African American | Business |
| Constance Mayfield Rourke (1885-1941) | Historic | Academics, Education |
To-do: wikipedia links of terms like 'civil rights' and 'suffrage'; check nick-named etc. inductees for existing entries; short bio of each honoree; article on history.