Grace M. Sparks 1893-1963
Grace Sparkes worked to develop and bring progress to northern Arizona. Many sights in northern Arizona, such as the land around the Montezuma Castle National Monument and Coronado Entrada National...
View ArticleClarissa Winson 1880-1974
Clarissa Winsor preserved Yuma Territorial Prison as its curator after it became a museum. She collected artifacts and stories about Yuma’s history her whole life and it became a top tourist attraction...
View ArticleSarah Herring Sorin 1861-1914
Sarah Herring Sorin wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps as a lawyer in a time when most lawyers were men and women were not allowed to serve on juries. She eventually joined her father in the...
View ArticleCarmen Soto de Vasquez 1861-1934
Carmen Soto de Vasquez founded the theater El Teatro Carmen in Tucson, home to Spanish-language productions, operas, musicals and dramas. She served as impresario for nine years before her family moved...
View ArticlePlacida Garcia Smith 1896-1981
Placida Elvira Garcia Smith became a teacher in 1915 and taught for most of her life. In 1931 she became director of the Friendly House which taught immigrants about their new country. She helped these...
View ArticleAnna Viola "Ola" Young 1869-1966
Anna Viola Young transformed Arizona’s Pleasant Valley from a dangerous home for two feuding families to a cattle town. Her father was a neutral figure who helped end the bloody Graham-Tewksbury feud....
View ArticleMargaret Sanger Slee 1879-1966
In Margaret Sanger Slee’s time, the Comstock Law banned the sale, importation, advertisement and mailing of birth control. Margaret was a family woman but also a nurse, and despite the law she informed...
View ArticleMinnie McFarland Stevens 1911-1986
Minnie McFarland Stevens worked for the Arizona Game and Fish for 32 years. She originally was a guide and asked fishermen for information, such as what kind of lure and boat they were using. This...
View ArticleAnnie Dodge Wauneka 1910-1997
Annie Dodge Wauneka was a Navajo woman and the daughter of Chee Dodge, the first chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council. Her father taught Annie the importance of education and politics, and after he...
View ArticleFlorence Brookhart Yount 1909-1988
Florence Yount was the first woman physician in Prescott. She devoted herself to her community through obstetrics and pediatrics and civic projects aimed at improving public health. She established a...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 1985a
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees (left to right and top to bottom): Eulalia Elias, Nellie Cashman, Sallie Davis Hayden, Rachel Emma...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 1985b
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Mary Russell Ferrell Colton, Laura E. Herron, Placida Garcia Smith, Jane H. Rider, Ida Redbird,...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 1986
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Carmen Soto de Vasquez, Maie Bartlett-Heard, Sharlot Hall, Isabella Greenway King, Amy Cornwall...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 1988
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Grace Chapella, Hallie B. Hopkins, Mary V. Riley, Thamar Richey, Sister Clara Otero, and Josephine...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 1991
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Grace Chapella, Hallie B. Hopkins, Mary V. Riley, Thamar Richey, Sister Clara Otero, and Josephine...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 2002-2004
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Mary Elizabeth Post, Clara Lee Tanner, Annie Dodge Wauneka, Winona E. Montgomery, Louise Lincoln...
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaque 2006
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Ethel Maynard, Patricia Ann McGee, Lucretia Breazeale Hamilton, Polly Rosenbaum, and Jessie Gray...
View ArticleExhibit Acknowledgments
Museum plaque listing acknowledgments for Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Exhibit
View ArticleExhibit Introduction
Museum plaque presenting an overview of the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Exhibit.
View ArticleWhole Quilt and Plaques 1989
A custom-made quilt depicting, left to right and top to bottom Arizona Women's Hall of Fame inductees Mary "Mollie" E. Fly, Jessie Benton Evans, Eulalia "Sister" Bourne, Clara T. Woody, Minnie K....
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