KU Women's Hall of Fame
The University of Kansas has a rich legacy of phenomenal women, many of whom have been inducted into the KU Women's Hall of Fame since its founding in 1970.
The individuals composing the Women's Hall of Fame are exemplary members of our society in both their overall impact and their outstanding character. Inductees have accomplished feats in their respective fields and their contributions, achievements, and success serve as inspiration for us all.
See the complete list of Women's Hall of Fame members below.
Women's Hall of Fame Display
Dr. Kala Stroup, a Hall of Fame honoree, had the vision for the KU Women's Hall of Fame display honoring past and current inductees located on the 5th floor of the KU Memorial Union at the Lawrence campus.
Women's Hall of Fame Members
Name | Year inducted Sort descending | Career field |
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Esther Twente | 1970 | Social Welfare |
Jeanne Gass Stump | 1970 | Art History |
Connie Novistky | 1970 | Community Service |
Margaret Frailey Hayes | 1970 | Law, Government |
Maude Ellsworth | 1970 | Art |
Cora Downs | 1970 | Biology |
Beatrice Wright | 1971 | Psychology |
Mary Joan McCann | 1971 | Accounting |
Helen Martin Gilles | 1971 | Medicine |
Emily Taylor | 1971 | Higher Education |
Marilyn Stokstad | 1972 | Art History |
Nita Sundbye Sewell | 1972 | Higher Education Administration |
Deannell Reece Tacha | 1972 | Law |
Martha Peterson | 1972 | Higher Education Administration, Mathematics |
Wealthy Babcock | 1973 | Mathematics |
Florence Black | 1973 | Mathematics |
Louise Wheeler | 1973 | Law |
Elizabeth Schultz | 1973 | English |
Hazel Anderson | 1974 | Law |
Irene Nunemaker | 1974 | Business |
Frances Degen Horowitz | 1974 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
Mary Morrill Litchfield | 1975 | Public Administration |
Mary Grant | 1975 | Classics |
Barbara C. Etzel | 1975 | Human Development |
Evelyn Hitchcock Alden | 1976 | Philanthropy |
Mary Turkington | 1976 | Engineering |
Kala Mays Stroup | 1976 | Higher Education |
Karen R. Keesling | 1976 | Women's Rights Activism, Military Affairs |
Beverly Boyd | 1977 | English |
Bonnie Ritter | 1977 | Communication Studies |
Frances Ingemann | 1977 | Linguistics |
Kathleen C. Doering | 1977 | Science, Biology |
Caryl Kelley Smith | 1978 | Higher Education |
Eleanor Scott Meyers | 1978 | Theology |
Janice Kay Mendenhall | 1978 | Government Relations |
Miriam Stewart Green | 1978 | Music |
Gisela A.M. Dreschoff | 1978 | Physics, Astronomy |
Leona Baumgartner | 1979 | Politics |
Barbara M. Craig | 1979 | French & Italian |
Marian Washington | 1979 | Athletics |
M. Evelyn Swartz | 1979 | Education |
Elizabeth Sherbon | 1979 | Dance |
Jean Pyfer | 1980 | Health and Recreation |
Vivian McCoy Rogers | 1980 | Education |
Alexandra Mason | 1980 | Library Studies |
Katherine Giele | 1980 | Higher Education Administration |
Evelyn DeGraw | 1980 | Art |
Patricia Ann Wolfe | 1981 | Education, Administration |
Ann Victoria Thomas | 1981 | Law |
Helen Foresman Spencer | 1981 | Art |
Irene Peabody | 1981 | Music |
Judith N. LeBlanc | 1981 | Human Development |
Bette Krenzer | 1981 | Engineering |
Marilyn Ainsworth Yarbrough | 1982 | Law |
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell | 1982 | Communication Studies |
Marjorie Whitney | 1982 | Art |
Rita Napier | 1982 | History |
Anita Herzfeld | 1982 | Linguistics, Latin American Studies |
Margaret "Peg" Byrne | 1983 | Speech & Language Pathology |
Eleanor Malott | 1983 | Philanthropy |
Aletha Huston | 1983 | Human Development |
Genevieve Hargiss | 1983 | Music |
Margo Gordon | 1983 | Social Welfare |
Alicia Ann Clair | 1984 | Music Therapy |
Elinor P. Schroeder | 1984 | Law |
Jill Sobel Quadagno | 1984 | Sociology |
Nancy Kassebaum | 1984 | Politics |
Shirley Harkess | 1984 | Sociology, Women's Studies |
Edwyna Condon Gilbert | 1984 | English |
Barbara W. Ballard | 1985 | Politics, Higher Education Administration |
Elizabeth Miller Watkins | 1985 | Business |
Jean F. Shepherd | 1985 | Law |
Janet Sharistanian | 1985 | English |
Beulah Duncan | 1985 | Community Organization |
Virginia E. Detlor | 1985 | Science, Biology |
Mildred Clodfelter | 1986 | Business Administration |
Nona Tollefson | 1986 | Psychology |
Muriel Helen Johnson | 1986 | Women's Studies |
Ida Hyde | 1986 | Biology, Physiology |
Joanne M. Collins | 1987 | Politics |
Rae Sedgwick | 1987 | Law, Psychology, Advocacy |
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett | 1987 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
Lenoir Ekdahl | 1987 | Housing Services |
Esther Valladolid Wolf | 1988 | Social Work, Politics |
Elaine Sharp | 1988 | Political Science |
K. Barbara Jetter Schowen | 1988 | Chemistry |
Gertrude Sellards Pearson | 1988 | Philanthropy |
Sara Paretsky | 1988 | Business, Creative Writing |
Margaret Battenfeld Hashinger | 1988 | Sociology |
Zelema Harris | 1988 | Higher Education |
Marjorie Heard Franklin | 1988 | Engineering |
Kristin Bowman-James | 1989 | Chemistry |
Sharon S. Brehm | 1989 | Psychology, Higher Education |
Alberta L. Corbin | 1989 | German, Higher Education |
Alma Poehler Brook | 1989 | Art History |
Sherry Borgers | 1990 | Psychology |
Natalie Calderwood | 1990 | English |
Rochelle Chronister | 1990 | Politics, Virology |
Mabel L. Rice | 1990 | Child Language |
Carlotta S. Nellis | 1990 | Housing Services |
Elizabeth C. Banks | 1991 | Classics |
Kathy Barnard | 1991 | Art |
Ann Schofield | 1991 | American Studies, History |
Rose L. Greaves | 1991 | History |
Edith M. Freeman | 1991 | Social Welfare |
Alice-Ann Darrow | 1991 | Music, Dance |
Ann T. Weick | 1992 | Social Welfare |
Susan J. Kemper | 1992 | Psychology |
Janet Hamburg | 1992 | Dance |
Deborah J. Gerner | 1992 | Political Science |
Gunda I. Georg | 1992 | Chemistry |
Anna M. Cienciala | 1993 | History |
Eleanor J. Sullivan | 1993 | Nursing, Novelist |
Jean Bragg Schumaker | 1993 | Child Psychology |
Sarah Jane Russell | 1993 | Women's Studies, Counseling |
Charlene L. Muehlenhard | 1993 | Women's Studies, Psychology |
Nancy A. Dahl | 1993 | Science, Biology |
Ann P. Turnbull | 1994 | Special Education |
Susanne M. Shaw | 1994 | Journalism |
Nancy L. Peterson | 1994 | Special Education |
Shelley Jane Miller | 1994 | Library Studies |
Elizabeth A. Kuznesof | 1994 | Latin American Studies |
Ann Eversole | 1994 | Higher Education |
Margaret Wenski Amini | 1995 | Journalism |
Barbara Anthony-Twarog, PhD | 1995 | Science, Physics & Astronomy |
Renate Mai-Dalton | 1995 | Business |
Sandra Albrecht | 1996 | Sociology & Women's Studies |
Florence Teat-Montgomery | 1996 | Housing Services |
Marylee Southard | 1996 | Engineering |
Linda Mullens | 1996 | Higher Education Administration |
Diane McDermott | 1996 | Psychology |
Sally Mason | 1996 | Science, Higher Education |
Marietta Hanna-Jackson | 1996 | Housing Services |
Liane Davis | 1996 | Social Work |
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka | 1997 | Theatre and Film |
Betty Jo Charlton | 1997 | Politics |
Jan Kozma | 1997 | French & Italian |
Diana B. Carlin | 1998 | Higher Education, Communications |
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle | 1998 | Higher Education Administration |
Mary Lou Michaelis | 1998 | Chemistry |
Sadye Logan | 1998 | Social Work |
Joan Brunfeldt | 1999 | Medicine |
Karen Symms Gallagher | 1999 | Higher Education Administration |
Analee "Betsy" Beisecker | 2000 | Sociology, Preventive Medicine |
Juanita Strait | 2000 | Music |
Jacqueline Z. Davis | 2000 | Performing Arts |
Nobleza Asuncion-Lande | 2001 | Communication Studies |
Mary Beck Briscoe | 2001 | Law |
Andrea Norris | 2001 | Art History |
Barbara Watkins | 2002 | Higher Education |
Mary Rosenbloom | 2002 | Library Sciences |
Deborah Powell | 2002 | Medicine, Higher Education |
Maryemma Graham | 2002 | English |
Joyce Castle | 2003 | Music |
Cora Lee Beers Price | 2003 | Classics |
Toni-Marie Montgomery | 2003 | Higher Education, Music |
Martha Langley | 2003 | Social Welfare |
Mary Lee Hummert | 2003 | Communication Studies |
Nyla Branscombe | 2004 | Psychology |
Pamela Soltis | 2004 | Plant Biology |
Dorthy Pennington | 2004 | English, Communication Studies |
Linda Luckey | 2004 | Religion, Higher Education Administration |
Marigold Linton | 2004 | Psychology |
Alice Lieberman | 2004 | Social Work |
Christine Kenney | 2004 | Law |
Susan V. Craig | 2004 | Art History |
Edith L. Taylor | 2004 | Women's Studies, Higher Education |
Polly Bales | 2005 | Music, Philanthropy |
Linda Warren | 2005 | Medicine |
Annette Stanton | 2005 | Psychology |
Beverly Smith-Billings | 2005 | Philanthropy, Psychology, Business |
Kay Barnes | 2006 | Politics |
Kathy Suprenant | 2006 | Biology |
Annette Rieger | 2006 | Social Work, Philanthropy |
Helen Alexander | 2007 | Science, Biology |
Barbara Atkinson | 2007 | Medicine, Higher Education |
Marynell Dyatt Reece | 2007 | Business |
Joan Hunt | 2007 | Biology, Immunology |
Elizabeth Broun | 2008 | Art History |
Marlesa Roney | 2008 | Higher Education Administration |
Maritza Machado-Williams | 2008 | Higher Education |
Audrey Langworthy | 2008 | Political Science |
Ann Cudd | 2008 | Women's Studies, Philosophy |
Maria Carlson | 2009 | Russian & East European Studies |
Joey Sprague | 2009 | Sociology |
Jacqueline Snyder | 2009 | Higher Education |
Kathleen Sebelius | 2009 | Political Science, Public Administration, Politics |
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan | 2009 | Mathematics |
Judy Locy Wright | 2010 | Philanthropy |
Mary Murgia | 2010 | Law |
Janet Murgia | 2010 | Law |
Karen L. Miller | 2010 | Nursing |
Carol Marinovich | 2010 | Politics |
Katherine Rose-Mockry | 2011 | Higher Education |
Sheila C. Bair | 2011 | Finance |
Lynn Bretz | 2011 | Communications |
Hannah Britton | 2011 | Political Science, Women's Studies |
Patricia Thomas | 2011 | Medicine |
Gloria Farha Flentje | 2011 | Law |
Carol A. Beier | 2012 | Law |
Mary Burg | 2012 | Higher Education Administration |
Cynthia Carroll | 2012 | Geology, Business |
Linda Weir-Enegren | 2012 | Philanthropy |
Debra Kamps | 2012 | Science, Disability Research |
Lorraine Haricombe | 2012 | Library Studies |
Janet Sommer Campbell | 2013 | Broadcasting Administration |
Kathryn Vratil | 2013 | Law |
Donna Sweet | 2013 | Medicine |
Sara Thomas Rosen | 2013 | Linguistics, Higher Education Administration |
Kathy Davis | 2013 | Pediatric Palliative Care |
Cathy Daicoff | 2013 | Finance, Public Administration |
Neeli Bendapudi | 2014 | Business, Marketing |
Barbara Timmermann | 2014 | Medicinal Chemistry |
Kimberly Templeton | 2014 | Orthopedic Surgery |
Deborah J. Teeter | 2014 | Research & Planning |
Adele Hall | 2014 | Philanthropy |
Marily Harper Rhudy | 2014 | Pharmacy |
Ann Brill | 2015 | Journalism |
Connie Burk | 2015 | Activism |
Karen Mitchell Humphreys | 2015 | Law |
Barbara Lukert | 2015 | Medicine |
Julie Robinson | 2015 | Law |
Rosemarie T. Truglio | 2015 | Human Development |
Venida Chenault | 2016 | HIgher Education, Social Welfare |
Carol Fabian | 2016 | Medicine, Oncology |
Alferdteen Harrison | 2016 | African-American Studies, History |
Sharon Lee | 2016 | Medicine |
Anne Levinson | 2016 | Law, Community Activism |
Patricia Long | 2016 | Higher Education |
Sarah Deer | 2017 | Law and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Terry Evans | 2017 | Photographer/ Artist |
Bernadette Gray-Little | 2017 | Higher Education, Psychology |
Colleen McCain Nelson | 2017 | Journalism |
Saralyn Reece Hardy | 2017 | Art and Museum Administration |
Jan Sheldon | 2017 | Applied Behavioral Science |
Lynette Woodard | 2018 | Athletics |
Lydia Beebe | 2018 | Business |
Jannette Berkley-Patton | 2018 | Health |
Julie Johnson Staples | 2018 | Advocacy |
Mary Klayder | 2018 | Education |
Sandy Praeger | 2018 | Politics |