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
Amelia Earhart
1985
Chief Justice Kay McFarland
1998
Dorothy Hodge Johnson
2009
Dr. Martha Peterson
2007
Elizabeth Miller Watkins
2011
Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton
1989
Emily Taylor
1999
Etta Moten Barnett
2001
Flora Richardson Colman
2003
Georgia Neese Gray
1991
Ida Henrietta Hyde
2002
Judge Julie Robinson
2014
Kate Stephens
2000
Kathleen Sebelius
2005
Lottye Miner
1988
Lucile Bluford
2017
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1995
Lutie Lytle
1996
Marci Penner
2016
Marlene Mawson
2012
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
1986
Mary Evelyn Ransom Strong
2010
Mary Townsend
2004
Sallie Casey Thayer
2006
Sara Robinson
1997
Shirley Gilham Domer
2018
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
1984
Stephanie Mott
2013
Susanna Madora Salter
1987
Zula Bennington Greene
1990