Pioneer Women
The Pioneer Woman winners are exemplary Kansas women who have made historic contributions of local or statewide significance. Click on the name of a woman to learn more about her remarkable life.
Pioneer Woman
Title
Year
Zula Bennington Greene
1990
Susanna Madora Salter
1987
Stephanie Mott
2013
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
1984
Shirley Gilham Domer
2018
Sara Robinson
1997
Sallie Casey Thayer
2006
Mary Townsend
2004
Mary Evelyn Ransom Strong
2010
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
1986
Marlene Mawson
2012
Marci Penner
2016
Lutie Lytle
1996
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1995
Lucile Bluford
2017
Lottye Miner
1988
Kathleen Sebelius
2005
Kate Stephens
2000
Judge Julie Robinson
2014
Ida Henrietta Hyde
2002
Georgia Neese Gray
1991
Flora Richardson Colman
2003
Etta Moten Barnett
2001
Emily Taylor
1999
Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton
1989
Elizabeth Miller Watkins
2011
Dr. Martha Peterson
2007
Dorothy Hodge Johnson
2009
Chief Justice Kay McFarland
1998
Amelia Earhart
1985