The Hall of Fame of Delaware Women was established in 1981 by the Delaware Commission for Women, a division of the Secretary of State of Delaware. The hall of fame recognizes the achievements and contributions of Delaware women in a variety of fields and includes activists, artists, athletes, military personnel and scientists.[1]

The Delaware Commission for Women is a state agency with members appointed by the Governor representing Wilmington and each of Delaware's three counties (New Castle, Kent and Sussex). In making its selections for the Hall of Fame, the Commission prioritizes civil rights, economic empowerment, violence prevention, women's health, work, family, recognition and celebration. Eligible women must have been born in Delaware or resided in the state for a minimum of ten years.[2]

Inductees

Delaware Women's Hall of Fame
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement Ref(s)
Patricia Dailey Lewis (–) 2023 CEO Beau Biden Foundation [3]
Bonnie Meszaros (–) 2023 Economics [3]
Paulette Sullivan Moore (–) 2023 Delaware's first African American female attorney [3]
Leslie Newman (Delaware) (–) 2023 Chair - Delaware Community Foundation's COVID-19 grant award committee [3]
Lynn Snyder-Mackler (–) 2023 Physical therapist. sports medicine research [3]
Anne Canby (–) 2022 Head of the Delaware and New Jersey Departments of Transportation, Treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and a Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Transportation [4]
Alice Dunbar Nelson (–) 2022 Poet, novelist, journalist, educator [4]
Carolyn Fredricks (–) 2022 Executive Director · Modern Maturity Center [4]
Teri Quinn Gray (–) 2022 Chief Operating Officer at Provivi, Inc. [4]
Ilona Holland (–) 2022 Author, educator [4]
Karyl Rattay (–) 2022 Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health [4]
Aida Waserstein (–) 2022 Author, retired Delaware Family Court Judge [4]
Fayetta M. Blake (–) 2021 Executive Director of Pathways to Success, Inc. [5][6]
Stephanie Bolden (–) 2021 Representative Delaware General Assembly [5][7]
Jennifer Cohan (–) 2021 Secretary of Delaware Department of Transportation [5][8]
Marianne Blackburn "Mimi" Drew (–) 2021 Retired Rear Admiral, United States Navy [5][9]
Ann Jaffe (–) 2021 Holocaust survivor; Chairperson Speakers' Bureau of Delaware's Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee [5][10]
Valerie Longhurst (–) 2021 Representative Delaware General Assembly [5][11]
Mary Seward Phillips Eskridge (1883–1967) 2020 Democratic National Committee Woman of Delaware, treasurer Delaware League of Women Voters [12][13]
Margaret Burton White Houston (1864–1937) 2020 Suffragist who established the Georgetown, Delaware library [12]
Tania M. Culley 2019 First Child Advocate for the State of Delaware [14]
Drewry N. Fennell 2019 Human rights, LGBTQ equality [14]
Jan R. Jurden 2019 First female President Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware [15][16]
Maria Matos 2019 President and CEO of the Latin American Community Center [14]
Blanche Stubbs 2019 Civil rights activist, suffragette [14]
Marie Swajeski 2019 Founder of the Delaware Children's Theatre. [14]
Jill Biden 2018 Current First Lady of the United States (2021- ) Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017; founder of non-profit Biden Breast Health Initiative [17][18]
Lisa Blunt Rochester 2018 U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district [19]
Reba Ross Hollingsworth 2018 Civic leader [20]
Deborah Wicks 2018 Retired superintendent of the Smyrna School District [21]
Carolyn Berger 2017 Delaware Supreme Court Justice [22]
Debra Hefferman 2017 State Representative [22]
Janice Nevin 2017 President and CEO of Christiana Health Care System [22]
Kendall M. Wilson 2017 First executive director of American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware [22]
Annie Norman 2016 Established the statewide Delaware Library Catalog [23][24]
Chandra G. Pitts 2016 Founder & CEO of One Village Alliance; creator of "Girls Can Do Anything!" [23]
Sonia S. Sloan (1928 -2019) 2016 Raised over $100 million for Delaware non-profit agencies, and a reformation of program for youth released from Ferris School. [23][25][26]
Jamie L. Wolfe 2016 Advocate for persons with disabilities [23]
Kim L. Allen 2015 Educator who works with at-risk youth [27]
Darlene Battle 2015 Social activist [27]
Sandra Ben 2015 Pastor and community organizer [27]
Rita Landgraf 2015 Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services [27]
Ileana Smith 2015 Vice president and campus director for the Delaware Technical Community College's Owens Campus [27]
Stephanie Louise Kwolek 2014 Inventor of Kevlar [28]
Catherine Devaney McKay 2014 Founder of Connections Community Support Programs [28]
Patricia H. Purcell 2014 First African American pediatrician in Delaware [28]
Latricia Odette Wright 2014 Nanticoke elder and educator [28]
Beatrice Coker 2013 Public education and literacy advocate [29]
Patricia Maichle 2013 Executive Director of the Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council [29]
Wilma Mishoe 2013 Dean at Delaware Technical & Community College [29]
Jane Richards Roth (1935–) 2013 Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [29]
Vicky Cooke 2012 Executive Director of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition [30]
Micki Edelsohn 2012 Founder of the Homes for Life Foundation, a non-profit providing housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities [30]
Vivian Rapposelli 2012 Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families [30]
Frances West 2012 Treasurer of the National Consumers League and Delaware's first woman director of Consumer Affairs, former president of Delaware's Better Business Bureau and Delaware Highway Commissioner [30]
Neda P. Biggs 2011 Bilingual immigration attorney [31][32]
Imogene F. Chandler 2011 Supporter of early childhood education programs [31]
Susan C. Del Pesco 2011 First woman elected as President of the Delaware Bar Association and the first women appointed to the Delaware Superior Court [31][33]
Audrey K. Doberstein 2011 Former President of Wilmington University [31][34]
Moonyeen L. Klopfenstein 2011 Child birth educator [31]
Sister Ascension Banegas 2010 Advocate for immigrants and co-founder of La Esperanza Community Center in Georgetown [1]
Jeanette Eckman (1882–1972) 2010 Political leader, historian and editor [1]
Kathryn Young Hazeur (1923–2011) 2010 First African American to earn a graduate degree from the University of Delaware in 1951 [1]
Jacquelin Pitts 2010 Lacrosse player and coach; led the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Team to their first World Championship [1]
Beverly Louise Stewart 2010 Educator and founder of the Back to Basics tutoring business [1]
Judith Gedney Tobin 2010 Pioneer in forensic pathology, performed over 5000 autopsies [1]
Theresa L.I. del Tufo 2009 Established three centers for displaced homemakers [35]
Sally V. Hawkins (1922–2017) 2009 Radio journalist at WILM [35][36]
Lynn W. Williams 2009 Conservationist and founder of the Delaware Nature Society; rescued the Brandywine Creek State Park from development [35]
Elizabeth Empson Battell 2008 Delaware's "godmother," ran the Golden Fleece Tavern between 1777 and 1792 [37]
Renee Palmore Beaman 2008 Created the Bethel AIDS Task Force in 1994 with six other women [37]
Grace Pierce Beck (1926–2008) 2008 Leading Delaware environmentalist [37]
Uma Chowdhry 2008 Research scientist at DuPont who specialized in ceramic materials, including catalysts, proton conductors, superconductors and ceramic packaging for microelectronics [37]
Christine Margaret McDermott (1947–2007) 2008 Attorney who fought domestic violence and was the first woman to be executive director of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services [37]
Evelyn Dickenson Swensson 2008 Conductor, composer, lyricist, pianist, singer, playwright and musical lecturer [37]
Sujata Kumari Bhatia 2007 Professor of Chemical, Biomolecular, Biomedical Engineering at University of Delaware [38][39][40]
Carolyn S. Burger 2007 First woman in the US to head a telecommunications company; CEO of Bell Atlantic-Delaware [38]
Liane McDowell Sorenson 2007 Director of Women's Affairs at the University of Delaware, member of the Delaware House of Representatives and Minority Whip [38]
Shirley M. Tarrant (1935–2003) 2007 Founder and President of the Suburban County Hospital Task Force [38]
Valerie Whiting 2007 Professional basketball player [38]
M. Jane Brady 2006 42nd Delaware Attorney General [41][42]
Felicia A. Dorman 2006 Volunteerism [42]
Lolita A. Lopez 2006 President and CEO of YWCA Delaware [42][43]
Betsy Rawls (b. 1928) 2006 Professional golfer [42][44]
Loretta F. Walsh 2006 Wilmington, Delaware city council member [42][45]
Muriel E. Gilman (1923–2011) 2005 Executive with the United Way of Delaware [46][47]
Patricia W. Griffin 2005 State Court Administrator in the Delaware Administrative Office [47]
Teresa Haman 2005 Painter [48][47]
Valerie A. Woodruff 2005 Delaware Secretary of Education [49][47]
Patricia M. Blevins 2004 Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate [50]
Linda L. Chick 2004 Chair of the Youth Philanthropy Board Advisory Committee for the Delaware Community Foundation [50]
Carol A. Timmons 2004 Brigadier General of the Delaware Air National Guard [51][50]
Edith P. Vincent 2004 School nurse and advocate for children's health [52][50]
Joy Ann Bartell 2003 Beebe School of Nursing instructor [53]
Sister Jeanne Cashman 2003 Founder of Sojourner's Place [54][53]
Margaret Rose Henry 2003 Member of the Delaware Senate, Majority Whip [53]
Sister Ann Marguerite Gildea (1919–2005) 2002 Founder of the Mary Mother of Hope House [55][56]
Gloria Wernicki Homer 2002 Chief Administrative Officer of Governor Executive Office [56]
Jeanne D. Nutter 2002 Compiled Growing Up Black in New Castle County [57][56]
Mary Sam Ward (1911–2000) 2002 Author, educator and historian; 1979 Delaware Mother of the Year; co-founder of the Delaware Press Women in 1977 [58][56]
Myrna L. Bair 2001 Member of the Delaware Senate, Policy Advisor and assistant professor, Public Management Faculty, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware [59][60]
Anna Janney De Armond (1910–2008) 2001 First woman to become a full professor at the University of Delaware [61][60]
Marian L. Harris 2001 Founder and volunteer executive director of The House of Pride [60]
Lucile Petry Leone (1902–1999) 2001 American nurse who was the founding director of the Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943 [62][60]
Martha G. Bachman (1924–1998) 2000 Chair of the Delaware State Advisory Council on Vocational Education [63]
Alice Marie Smith Coleman 2000 Therapist and volunteer [63]
Emily G. Morris (1934–2001) 2000 First African American elected to county office in Delaware [63]
Helen R. Thomas 2000 Women's rights activist [64][63]
Grace Ruth Batten 1999 First African American woman mayor in Sussex County [41][65]
Evelyn P. Burkle 1999 Breast cancer survisor and educator [65]
Lynne S. Frink (1946–1998) 1999 Environmentalist; founded Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research [66][65]
Barbara Chase Herr 1999 First director of commission for women [65]
Nancy W. Cook 1998 Member of the Delaware Senate [67]
Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997) 1998 First African American woman elected to the Delaware General Assembly [68]
Renee G. O'Leary 1998 Early childhood science teacher [69][70]
Beatrice "Bea" Simonds (1914–2006) 1998 Advocate for the visually impaired [71][72]
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893) 1997 Anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. [73][74]
Sherry L. Freebery 1997 Police chief and chief administrative officer [75][74]
Karen E. Peterson 1997 Member of the Delaware Senate [76][74]
Harriet N. Smith Windsor 1997 First woman from Sussex County to be appointed Secretary of State [41][74]
Cynthia M. Boehmer 1996 Domestic Violence Coordinating Council member [77]
Julie K. Boozer 1996 Chair of the Division of Nursing at Wesley College [77]
Sally J. Knox (1925–1995) 1996 Headed the Delaware Commission for Women; pay equity advocate [78][77]
Jane P. Maroney 1996 Member of the Delaware House of Representatives [77]
Mae Riedy Carter 1995 Program specialist in the University of Delaware's Division of Continuing Education, first Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women [79]
Ruth Ann Minner 1995 72nd Governor of Delaware [41][79]
Ruth Oates-Graham 1995 National Association of State EMS Directors [79]
Helen S. Balick 1994 U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge [80][81]
Eleanor L. Cain 1994 Director of the Delaware Division of Services for Aging and Physical Disabilities [82][81]
Harriet Ruth Williams (1915–1999) 1994 Chair, Dept of Chemistry, Delaware State University [83][84][85][81]
Mae D. Hightower-Vandamm 1993 Exec. Dir Delaware Curative Workshop [86][87][88]
Carol E. Hoffecker 1993 Chair of the University of Delaware Department of History [89][88]
Elizabeth Neal 1993 Deputy Warden of New Castle County Community Corrections [88]
Ada Leigh Soles (1937–2010) 1993 Member of the Delaware House of Representatives [90][88]
Frances D. Swift Tatnall (1874–1966) 1993 Founder of the Tatnall School in Wilmington [88]
Claire La Mar Carey 1992 Director of the Walnut Street YMCA's Black Achiever program [91]
Lozelle Jenkins DeLuz 1992 President of DeLuz Management Consultants [92][91]
Margaret R. Manning 1992 Member of the Delaware Senate [91]
Jane T. Mitchell 1992 First woman elected master of the Delaware State Grange [91]
Madaline Elliot Buchanan (1908–1995) 1991 President of the Delaware Board of Education [93]
Katherine L. Esterly 1991 Worked to establish the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Christiana Hospital [93]
Nancy Churchman Sawin (1919–2008) 1991 Author and Lacrosse and field hockey player [94][93]
Winifred J. Robinson (1868–1962) 1990 First dean of the Women's College of the University of Delaware [95][96]
Mary Ann Sorden Stuart (1828–1893) 1990 Suffragist, "Delaware's first feminist" [97][96]
Pauline Dyson (1891–1970) 1989 Teacher and community leader [98][99]
Genevieve W. Gore (1913–2005) 1989 Founded W. L. Gore and Associates with her husband, Wilbert (Bill) Lee Gore [99]
Margaret I. Handy (1889–1977) 1988 Pioneering doctor who was one of the first to specialise in paediatric medicine. In 1945, she established the first mothers' milk bank at Delaware Hospital (now Wilmington Hospital) in Wilmington, Delaware. [100][101][102][103][104]
Jane E. Mitchell (1921–2004) 1988 First African American registered nurse to be hired in a Delaware hospital [104]
Marguerite Hill Burnett (1885–1966) 1987 State director of adult education [105]
Florence Bayard Hilles (1865–1954) 1987 One of the Silent Sentinels, a group of women in favor of women's suffrage who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency [106][105]
Gertrude M. Lowell (1901–1994) 1987 Founder of the Delaware Senior Citizen publication [105][107]
Elizabeth H. Ryan 1987 League of Women Voters, past president Delaware Council on Crime and Justice [105]
Roxana Cannon Arsht (1915–2003) 1986 First female judge in the State of Delaware [108][109]
Emily P. Bissell (1861–1948) 1986 American social worker and activist who introduced Christmas Seals to the United States [110][109]
Hilda Davis (1905–2001) 1986 First African American woman to hold a full-time faculty position at the University of Delaware [109]
Mabel Vernon (1884–1975) 1986 One of the Silent Sentinels, a group of women in favor of women's suffrage who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency [111][109]
Louise T. Conner (1918–1983) 1985 Member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing Brandywine Hundred [112][113]
Norma B. Handloff (1913–2002) 1985 Newark's first woman mayor, 1966–1973 [113]
Mary Askew Mather (1861–1925) 1985 President of the New Century Club [113]
Mary Jornlin Theisen (1927–2007) 1985 First woman elected New Castle County executive [114][113]
Esther Schauer Frear (1909–2000) 1983 Wife of Senator J. Allen Frear Jr., member of the Senate Ladies Red Cross Unit [115]
Sallie Topkis Ginns (1880–1976) 1983 Member of the National Woman's Party, suffragist [116][115]
Edith Jackson Newton (1905–1996) 1983 Educator [115]
Cecile Long Steele (1900–1940) 1983 Pioneer of Delaware's broiler chicken industry [115]
Vera Gilbride Davis (1894–1974) 1982 First woman elected to the Delaware Senate [117]
Mabel L. Fisher Ridgely (1872–1962) 1982 Preservationist and suffragist [118][117]
Emalea Pusey Warner (1853–1948) 1982 Successfully campaigned for public vocational education and has a local elementary school named in her honor. [119][117]
Pauline A. Young (1900–1991) 1982 Teacher, librarian, and lecturer [120][117]
Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941) 1981 Astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification [121][122]
Pearl Herlihy Daniels (1910–1994) 1981 Collector of historical maps [123][122]
Ruth Mitchell Laws (1912–2010) 1981 Educator; Vice President of the Delaware Technical Community College [124][122]
Mary Ann Wright (1920–2006) 1981 Cerebral palsy survivor who in 1948 teamed with polio survivor Agnes Peronne to co-found the Mancus Foundation, an organization to assist disabled people. Wright was president of the organization for 58 years. [122][125]

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