Great Wise Women

Are you familiar with the National Women’s Hall of Fame?

Established in 1969, their mission is:

"To honor in perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country."©

This year’s inductees are:

• Betty Bumpers - Former first lady of Arkansas, health and peace advocate
• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - first First Lady ever to be elected to the United States Senate and NY State’s first woman senator
• Dr. Rita Rossi Colwell - first woman and first biologist to head the National Science Foundation
• Maya Y. Lin - architectural designer Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and other commemorative installations.

Six historically distinguished women will be honored posthumously. They are:

• Florence Ellinwood Allen
  
• Ruth Fulton Benedict
  
• Mother Marianne Cope
  
• Patricia Locke
  
• Blanche Stuart Scott
  
• Mary Burnett Talbert

If you are looking for women to inspire you, take a look at the names of the women who are in the hall of fame…what a dream team!


Barbara C. Phillips, NP
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