Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women Inductees

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Catharine R. Williams ca. 1835
Matilda Sissieretta Jones, 1897
Aileen Riggin, 1920

The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes those who have brought credit, prominence, or contributions to the heritage or history of Rhode Island.[1]

History

The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1965 to recognize the contributions of citizens of the state of Rhode Island. Since 2013, it has had a partnership with the Heritage Harbor Museum.[2] Though the organization recognizes the contributions of any citizen, a separate listing of women inductees is maintained.[3]

Criteria

The eligibility criteria for membership requires that significant contributions to the history or heritage of Rhode Island and is open to those born in the state, those who are residents when their notability occurred, and those who have permanent homes in Rhode Island.[4]

Inductees

The hall inducts new members annually and includes both contemporary and historical Rhode Islanders.[4]

Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame Women Inductees
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Glenna Collett Vare (1903–1989) 1966 Champion golfer who dominated the sport in the 1920s[5]
Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) 1967 Noted American soprano[6]
Ruth Hussey Ruth Hussey 1945.JPG (1911–2005) 1967 Academy Award-nominated actress[7]
E. Doris Brennan (1922–)[8] 1967 Holder of twenty national and world swimming records in 1930's and 1940's; selected for 1940 Olympics which was cancelled due to World War II[9]
Paula Deubel (1935–1993)[10] 1968 1954 national collegiate shot put champion, 1956 Melbourne Olympic shot put competitor[11]
Carole Garnett-Wheeler 1968 1924 Paris Olympic Games swimming competitor, later Rhode Island Republican National Convention delegate[12][13]
Clara LaMore (1926–) 1968 1948 London Olympic Games breaststroke competitor, 5 time national champion[14]
Janet Moreau (1927–) 1968 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games gold medal 4 x 100 meters relay winner[15]
Albina Osipowich (1911–1964) 1968 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games gold medal swimmer[16]
Lois Ann Testa (1935–) 1968 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games athlete[17]
JoAnne Carner (1939–) 1969 Five-time national women's amateur golf champion and three-time Rhode Island golf champion[18]
June Rockwell Levy (1886–1971)[19] 1969 Philanthropist, who established with her husband the Burrillville Town Buildings Project[20]
Mary Tucker Thorp (1899–1974) 1969 First distinguished professor at Rhode Island College[21]
Jean Madeira (1918–1972) 1970 Contralto diva of the Metropolitan Opera[22]
Ruth Buzzi Ruth Buzzi.jpg (1936–) 1971 American comedian and actress[23]
Ida Silverman (1882–1973)[24] 1971 Only woman to serve as vice president of the Zionist Organization of America and the American Jewish Congress[25]
Margaret F. Ackroyd (1908–1995) 1972 Chief of the Division of Women and Children and Commissioner of minimum wage for Rhode Island[26]
Catherine Robinson 1975 Civil rights advocate, Assistant Director of the University of Rhode Island Extension Division Service[27]
Gertrude Meth Hochberg (1911–2002)[28] 1977 1964 Advertising Woman of the Year of the Advertising Federation of America, first woman vice president of Bryant College[29]
Matilda Sissieretta Jones Sissieretta Jones.jpg (1869–1933) 1977 Internationally renowned soprano[30]
Antoinette F. Downing (1904–2001) 1978 Preservationist and Chair of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission and the Providence Historic District Commission[31]
Frances G. Knight (1905–1999) 1978 Director of the U.S. Passport Office[32]
Princess Red Wing (1896–1987) 1978 Narragansett tribe member, assisted in drafting the tribal bylaws under the Indian Reorganization Act and designed the tribal seal[33]
Diane L. Coutu (1946–) 1980 Journalist and later editor of the Harvard Business Review[34]
Florence K. Murray (1916–2004) 1980 First woman state senator, the first woman judge and the first female member of the Rhode Island Supreme Court[35]
Anna Tucker (1919–2012)[36] 1981 First Director for the R.I. Department of Elderly Affairs[37]
Katherine U. Warren (1897–1976) 1981 Conservationist, preservationist and founder of the Preservation Society of Newport[38]
Eleanor Slater (1909–2006)[39] 1982 State Representative, State Senator and National Democratic Committeewoman[40]
Katharine Gibbs (1863–1934) 1983 Founder of Gibbs College[41]
Olive F. Wiley 1985 African American Day Care founder and Mother of the Year[42]
Eleanor M. McMahon (1929–2002) 1986 First Commissioner of Higher Education[43]
Sister Mary Bernard 1987 Teacher, Principle, and Head of the Guidance Department at St. Mary's Academy[44]
Sister Eileen Murphy (1935–1983) 1987 Founder of the Amos House homeless shelter of Providence[45]
Marion F. Avarista 1988 Founder of the Traveler's Aid Runaway Youth Project[46]
Ade Bethune (1914–2002) 1990 Catholic liturgical artist and the artistic director of the Terra Sancta Guild[47]
Gladys Williams Brayton (1890–1990) 1991 Historian and author[48]
Mary P. Brennan (1933–1996)[49] 1992[50] Pioneer in the travel and tourism industry serving on state and national tourism advisory committees; first woman in the country to serve as a station manager in the airline industry[49]
Nancy A. J. Potter (1926–) 1992 Short story writer and professor, recipient of University of Rhode Island President's Award for Excellence in Teaching[51]
Mary C. Mulvey (1909–)[52] 1993 Geriatrics, president National Senior Citizens Education and Research Center[53]
Lizzie Murphy (fr) (1894–1964) 1994 First woman baseball player to play against major league players[54]
Barbara-Jeanne Seabury (1927–2002) 1994 Child welfare advocate, author and the Director of Rhode Island Hospital's Child Life Department[55]
Helen A. Bert (1922–2002) 1996 Director and developer of the Women’s Athletics Program at Providence College[56]
Catherine Tilley Hammett (1902–1998)[57] 1996 First Girl Scout of Newport and later served on the national staff of the Girl Scouts of the USA[58]
Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf (1830–1895) 1996 Founder and director of the Rhode Island School of Design[59]
Arlene Violet (1944–)[60] 1996 first woman attorney general in the United States[61]
Mary Dyer 125px (1611–1660) 1997 Quaker martyr, one of the founders of Portsmouth[62]
Sylvia K. Hassenfeld (1920–2014) 1997 Jewish philanthropist, president of Providence Jewish Federation[63]
Anne Hutchinson Anne Hutchinson statue.jpeg (1591–1643) 1997 established the settlement of Portsmouth in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations[64]
Margaret Langdon-Kelly (1904–2001)[65] 1997 Co-founder of Meeting Street School for special needs children[66]
Maria Spacagna 1997 First American-born opera singer to perform Madame Butterfly at La Scala[67]
Helen Metcalf Danforth (1887–1984) 1998 Benefactor of the Rhode Island School of Design and president of the RISD Corporation, recipient of the first honorary degree awarded by the institution[68]
Ann Smith Franklin (1696–1763) 1998 First female newspaper editor of the American colonies[69]
Sarah Updike Goddard (1701–1770) 1998 Published Providence's first newspaper, The Providence Gazette[70]
Beatrice Oenslager Chace (1905–1992)[71] 1999 Philanthropist, preservationist and historic home conservationist[72]
Doris Holloway Abels (1925–1997)[73] 2000[74] Ed Sullivan dancer with the Holloway Sisters, later mental health professional and professor at Brown University and Rhode Island College[73]
Prudence Crandall Appletons' Crandall Prudence.jpg (1803–1890) 2001 Founder of a school that became the first integrated classroom in the United States[75]
Doris Duke James H. R. and Doris Cromwell.jpg (1912–1993) 2001 Philanthropist, preservationist and founders of the Newport Restoration Foundation[76]
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe (1885–1985) 2001 Amateur landscape architect, who spearheaded landscape design at Brown University, the Japanese Gardens at Roger Williams Park, and the renovation of India Point Park.[77]
Harriet Ware (1799–1847) 2001 Teacher and founder of a children's aid society called the Children's Friend Society[78]
Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806–1899) 2002 Abolitionist and suffragette, the first woman to be memorialized with a statue in the Rhode Island State House[79]
Leona McElroy Kelly (1919–2000) 2002 Teacher and state House Representative[80]
Mother Frances Warde (1810–1884) 2002 Founder of the Sisters of Mercy (R.S.M.) in America[81]
Catharine R. Williams 125px (1787–1872) 2002 19th-century poetess and writer[82]
Christiana Carteaux Bannister 125px (1822–1903) 2003 Abolitionist and entrepreneur[83]
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis.jpg (1813–1876) 2003 Co-founder of the New England Woman Suffrage Association[84]
Julia Ward Howe Julia Ward Howe- History of Woman Suffrage volume 2 page 793.jpg (1819–1910) 2003 Abolitionist and author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"[85]
Victoria S. Lederberg (1937–2002) 2003 State Senator and state Supreme Court judge[86]
Sara DeCosta-Hayes (1977–) 2004 Two-time Olympic ice hockey medalist: 1998 Nagano gold and 2002 Salt Lake City silver[87]
Lynne Jewell (1959–) 2004 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 470 Class yachting[88]
Helen Johns (1914–2014) 2004 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in the women’s 400-meter freestyle swim[89]
Katie King-Crowley (1975–) 2004 Three time Olympic ice hockey medalist[90]
Frances Whipple McDougall (1805–1878) 2004 19th-century poetess, abolitionist, botanist, and suffragette.[91]
Harriet Metcalf (1958–) 2004 1984 Los Angeles Olympics women's eight rowing gold medaist[92]
Aileen Riggin Aileen Riggin 1920.jpg (1906–2002) 2004 1920 Summer Olympics swimming gold medaist[93]
Lila Sapinsley (1922–2014) 2004 State Senator and Senate minority leader[94]
Sarah Helen Whitman 125px (1803–1878) 2004 19th-century poetess, essayist, and Spiritualist[95]
Sarah Elizabeth Doyle 125px (1830–1922)) 2005 Founder of the Rhode Island School of Design and establishing women's education at Brown University[96]
Norma Ann Garnett (1930–2005)[97] 2005 Recognized as Teacher of the Year by Rhode Island and Maine, 1991 White House Distinguished Teacher Award recipient[98]
Idawally Lewis IdaLewis.jpg (1842–1911) 2005 First woman to serve in the U.S. Lighthouse Service[99]
Alice A. Sullivan (1925–2003)[100] 2005 Women's sport activist and educator, successfully lobbied for the Rhode Island Interscholastic League’s sports program to include girls.[101]
M. Therese Antone 2006 President of Salve Regina University[102]
Nancy Gewirtz (1945–2004)[103] 2006 Co-founder of The Poverty Institute and the Rhode Island Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty[104]
Barbara H. Roberts (1944–) 2006 the first woman Gorlin Cardiology Fellow at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the first woman to practice adult cardiology in Rhode Island[105]
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931) 2007 president of the Rhode Island Equal Suffrage Association[106]
Mary Emma Woolley 125px (1863–1947) 2007 one of America’s youngest college presidents[107]
Maud Howe Elliott (1854–1948) 2008 American writer, noted winning the Pulitzer prize in collaboration with her sister for their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe[108]
Marjorie Joy Vogel (1930–2007) 2008 artist and illustrator who created the largest body of Rhode Island-themed illustration work[109]
Annie Smith Peck Annie Smith Peck.jpg (1850–1935) 2009 mountaineer and adventurer who scaled Mount Huascaran in Peru[110]
Kathleen S. Connell (1937–) 2010 Politician, who served at the local and state levels and was Secretary of State of Rhode Island between 1987 and 1993[111]
Susan Farmer (1942–2013)[112] 2010 First woman in Rhode Island to hold a state-wide office, when elected as Secretary of State[113]
Caroline Hazard (1856–1945) 2010 Fifth President of Wellesley College and credited with establishing an endowment for enduring financial stability[114]
Jane Stuart (1812–1888) 2011 first woman portraitist of Newport[115]
Karen Adams (1955–) 2012 Journalist, television anchor and newscaster[116]
Eileen Slocum (1915–2008) 2012 Rhode Island Republican national committeewoman from 1992–2008[117]
Mary C. Wheeler 125px (1846–1920) 2012 artist and founder of Providence’s Wheeler School[118]
Wilma Briggs (1930–) 2013 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player who led the league in home runs during the 1953 season and ranks second in the all-time home runs list[119]
Billie Ann Burrill (1921–2010) 2013 Co-founder and a director of the Rhode Island College Dance Company and master swimmer, setting 800-meter freestyle and the 1500-meter long course world records in her age category[120]
Martha McSally Martha McSally official congressional photo.jpg (1966–) 2013 First American woman to fly in combat and was also the first woman to command a USAF fighter squadron[121]
Lucy Rawlings Tootell (1911–2010) 2013 teacher and historic preservationist[122]
Catherine O'Reilly Collette (ca. 1951–) 2014 Women's rights advocate and national organizer on women's issues[123]
Isabelle Ahearn O’Neill (1880–1975) 2014 Silent-film actress, suffragette, first woman legislator[124]
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948) 2014 Philanthropist, who pushed for the creation of the Museum of Modern Art in New York[125]
Margaret A. McKenna (1945–) 2015 Served as White House Deputy Counsel, Deputy Undersecretary in the United States Department of Education, president of Lesley University and president of the WalMart Foundation[126]
Noreen Stonor Drexel (1922–2012) 2015 health care and education philanthropist[127]

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