El Paso Women's Hall of Fame

The El Paso Women's Hall of Fame honors and recognizes the accomplishments of El Paso women. It is sponsored by the El Paso Commission for Women[1] and was established in 1985.[2] The first inductees were honored in 1990.[3]

2019 El Paso Women's Hall of Fame Inductees

Inductees are women who live in El Paso and who have made a significant contribution and impact on the community.[4][5] The Commission accepts nominations from the public.[6] There are four honorary members, including Herlinda Chew, Polly Harris, Drusilla Nixon and Hedwig Schwartz.[7] Streets in El Paso have been named after hall of fame inductees.[8]

Inductees
El Paso Women's Hall of Fame
Name Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Christina Acosta2015Civic leadership.[9]
Lucy G. Acosta (1926–2008) 1990 Civic leadership.[10]
Keitha Adams(1967-2010Sports and athletics.[11]
Clara Duncan Adams[12]
Sylvia Aguilar 2002 Public service.[13]
Magdalena Morales- Aina[12] 2016 Public service.[14]
Kristi Albers[12]
Armida Alvarez[12]
Claudia Andrade 2009 Professional.[15]
Suzie Azar (1946– 2005 Public service.[16]
Rita E. Baca[12] 2016 Sports, athletics.[14]
Kathleen Barber 1993 Professional.[17]
Janet Bartlett 2002 Science, health care.[13]
Margaret R. Bartoletti 2006 Science, health care.[18]
Jimmy Fay Beall 1995 Education.[19]
Yvonne Bela 1993[20]
Margaret Belding de Wetter 2002 Arts.[13]
Cleola L. Berry[7] 1996 Civic leadership.[21]
Nancy Booth 2015 Professional.[9]
Dana Boyd 2017[22]
R. Katherine Brennand 1997[23] Civic leadership.[24]
Heidi V. Brown[12]
Florence Buchmueller 2008[25] Volunteerism.[26]
Iris Burnham 1993 Education.[17]
Sharon Butterworth 2007 Public service.[27]
Dorothy "Sissy" Byrd 2019 Community activist.[28]
Malena Cano 2017 Arts.[29]
Kathleen Cardone (1953– 2004 Public service.[5]
Luz M. Carpio 1994 Civic leadership.[30]
Mary Lou Carillo[7]
Yvonne Carillo[7]
Patricia Carter 2019 Science, health care.[28]
Estela Casas[31] (1961– 2011
Patricia Castiglia[7] 1997 Science, health care.[24]
Rosemary Castillo 2001 Science, health care.[8]
Alicia R. Chacón[12]
Corinne Chacón[12]
Irene Chavez 2010 Science, health care.[32]
Barbara Forester Coleman 1999 Public service.[33]
Lurline Coltharp 1992 Education.[34]
Vivienne Corn 1995 Civic leadership.[19]
Marilyn Cromeans[12]
Lillian Williams Crouch 2005 Education.[35]
Iola Crumady 1993[20]
Beatriz Reyna Curry 1995 Education.[19]
Marcia Hatfield Daudistel 2013[36]
Barbara Jean Daughtry[7] 1998 Professional.[37]
Stacy Davis 1993[20]
Myrna Deckert[38] 1990 Professional.[10]
Martini DeGroat 2000[39]
Alzina Orndorff DeGroff[7] (-1926)[40]
Barbara Diaz-Walker 2008[25] Professional.[26]
Betty J. Dodson 1998 Education.[37]
Mary Ann Dodson 1998 Civic leadership.[37]
Stephanie Karr Dodson 1998 Science, health care.[37]
Alejandrina Drew 2004 Arts.[5]
Rufina Eva Ducre 1997 Volunteerism.[2]
Eleanor Duke[41] 1996 Education.[21]
Ann M. Enriquez 2003 Civic leadership.[42]
Blanca Enriquez 1999[43]
Gloria Estrada 2018 Sports, athletics.[44]
Irma Estrada[12]
Veronica Escobar 2019 Public service.[28]
Cynthia Farah (1949- 1992 Arts.[34]
Joyce Edwards Feinberg[7]
Enriqueta Fierro[7]
Diane Flanagan 2013 Civic leadership.[45]
Maria Elena Flood 2004 Science, health care.[5]
Cristina Ford 2018 Professional.[44]
Jeanne Foskett 2009 Education.[15]
Ginger G. Francis[7]
Gabriela A. Gallegos[12]
Anna Gill 1994 Professional.[30]
Mimi Reisel Gladstein 2011[46]
Beatrice Gladstone 2003 Civic leadership.[47]
Delia Gomez 1996 Humanitarian.[21]
Mónica Gómez 1995Professional.[48][19]
Mary Gonzalez (1983- 2015 Public service.[9]
Mary Carmen Gonzalez 2009 Science, health care.[15]
Sandra Gonzalez 2018 Science, health care.[49]
Susie Gorman 2012 Science, health care.[50]
Rosa Ramirez Guerrero[51] (1934 – ) 1991 Arts.[52]
Maria de Jesus Guevara 2007 Public service.[53]
Nancy Hamilton 2008[25] Arts.[26]
Anna M. Harris-Howell[12] 2016 Military.[14]
Juliet M. Hart[12]
Romy Saenz Hawkins 2019 Arts[28]
Mary R. Haynes 2008[25] Public service.[26]
Elvia Hernandez 2001 Civic leadership.[54]
Marta Duron Hernandez 1990 Public service.[10]
Jan Herring (1923-2000)[55] 1990 Arts.[10]
Ingeborg Heuser 2009 Arts.[56]
Frances G. Hills 2006 Civic leadership.[18]
Iliana Holguin[12] 2016 Professional.[14]
Betty Hoover 1996 Health care.[21]
Felicia P. Hopkins 2005 Professional.[57]
Cynthia D. Horton 2015[58]
Andrea Gates Ingle[12] 2016 Arts.[14]
Patricia Islas[12]
Hope M. Jackson[12]
Davie Johnson 1993 Science, health care.[17]
Louise E. Johnson 1998 Professional.[37]
Julia E. Kallman 2019 Sports and athletics.[28]
Elizabeth H. Kelly 1992 Professional.[34]
Catherine Kennedy 2019 Education.[28]
Ruth Kern(1914-2002)1993Civic leadership.[17]
Ginger Kerrick 1997 Science, health care.[59]
Diana M. Kirk 2006 Public service.[18]
Catherine B. Kistenmacher (1927-2008) 2007 Arts.[60]
Mary A. Lacy[7] 1997 Education.[24]
Grace Lake 1996 Civic leadership.[21]
Karen Larose 2018 Public service.[44]
Linda B. Lawson[12]
Sarah Dighton Lea 2002 Civic leadership.[13]
Romy Ledesma (1935 – 1992 Science, health care.[61][34]
Betty J. Ligon[7] (1921–2015)[62]
Maureen Lofberg 2015 Science, health care.[9]
Lupe Casillas Lowenberg[63] 1995 Arts.[19]
Betty Lee Moor MacGuire 2007 Civic leadership.[64]
Patricia A. Macias 2003[65] Public service.[66]
Transito Alarcon Macias 2006 Education.[18]
Mary Mack 2015 Sports and athletics.[9]
Olga M. Mapula 1993 Public service.[17]
Adair Wakefield Margo[67] 1998 Arts.[37]
Harriet May 2002[4] Professional.[13]
Ann M. Rodriguez-McConnell[12] 2016 Science, health care.[14]
Mary Jo Ponsford Melby[12]
Jean H. Miculka 2008[25]
Paula Rae Mitchell 1999[43]
Buena T. Milson 1995[68] Science, health care.[19]
Marina Monsisvais 2018 Social media, public relations.[44]
Irma Montoya[7]
Esperanza Acosta Moreno 2001 Science, health care.[8]
Eva Moya 2019 Civic leadership.[28]
Marilyn Mundun[12]
Phoebe H. Mutnick 1994 Arts.[30]
Surella C. Nasser[7]
Diana Natalicio (1939– 1990 Education.[10]
María Almeida Natividad2015Arts.[9]
Jean Offutt 2001 Professional.[8]
Triana Olivas[12]
Gloria Osuna Perez (1947-1999) 2001 Arts.[8]
Leticia Paez 1997 Science, health care.[69]
Carolyn P. Parker[7] 1997 Business.[24]
Divenus E. Parker 2019 Volunteerism.[28]
Elsie Partridge 2008[25] Sports and athletics.[26]
Anna Valdez Perez 2015 Education.[9]
Nita B. Phillips 2009 Volunteerism.[15]
Irene Pistella 2019 Business[28]
Mary Ponce 2008[25] Civic leadership.[26]
Evelyn Posey 2001[39] Education.[8]
Len Golden Price 2003 Professional.[70]
Joan H. Quarm (1920–2010) 2003 Arts.[71]
Patricia D. Quinn 2005 Civic leadership.[72]
Carolyne Redic[12] 2016 Education.[14]
Becky Duval Reese 2005 Arts.[73]
Barbara M. Reeves[12]
Marty Reyes 2018 Education.[44]
Patricia Reyes 2007 Professional.[74]
Cynthia D. Rivera 1999 Science, health care.[75]
Guadalupe Rivera 1991[76] Public service.[52]
Belen B. Robles[77] 2004 Civic leadership.[5]
Carmen E. Rodriguez 2009 Civic leadership.[15]
Jody Rogers[12]
Peggy Rosson 1992 Public service.[34]
Sandra Rushing 1999 Sports and athletics.[78]
Mary Lorraine Russell 1996 Humanitarian.[21]
Josefina A. Salas-Porras 2003 Education.[79]
Margarita Sanchez[12]
Helen Santamaria 2016 Civic leadership.[80]
Rosa V. Santana 2004 Professional.[5]
Rita Sarinana 1995 Civic leadership.[19]
Mary Carmen V. Saucedo 2004 Education.[5]
Sonya A. Saunders[12] 2016 Volunteerism.[14]
Lucy Scarbrough[81] (1927-2020) 1996 Arts.[21]
Ann Goodman Schaechner[7]
Kitty Schild (1948– 1998[82] Public service.[37]
Bonny Schulenburg 2017[22]
Jody Polk Schwartz 2000 Arts.[83]
Tania L. Schwartz 2006 Arts.[18]
Mayola Senior 1993 Civic leadership.[17]
Josette Shaughnessy 2018 Business.[44]
Gladys R. Shaw (1931–2011) 2011[84]
Sue Shook 2003 Education.[85]
Maxine L. Silva (1915–2013)[86] 1995 Public service.[19]
Selena N. Solis 2019 Professional.[28]
Gemtria St Clair[7]
Sally A. Hurt Steffen[12]
Mary B. Stevens 1995 Education.[19]
Josie Tinajero 1994 Education.[30]
Mary Newell Tippin 1998 Education.[37]
Patty Tiscareño 2018 Volunteerism.[44]
Rita Triana[12]
Diane Troyer 1991 Education.[52]
Sue Cardwell Turner 1997 Volunteerism.[87]
Jennifer L. VandeBosch[12]
Cora Viescas 1991 Professional.[52]
Robbie F. Villalobos 2001 Arts.[8]
Johnnie Washington 1992 Civic leadership.[34]
Leona Ford Washington (1928–2007) 1991[88] Civic leadership.[52]
Denese Watkins 2006[89] Professional.[18]
Eileen Williams2015Military.[9]
Buena T. Wilson[12]
Janice Woods Windle (1938– 1996 Professional.[21]
Jan Wolfe 1993 Arts.[17]
Terry W. Wyatt[12]
Mary A. Yañez 2019 Public relations.[28]
Tracy Yellen 2018 Civic leadership.[44]
Mary S. Young 2007 Education.[90]

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