KU Women's Hall of Fame
The University of Kansas has a rich legacy of phenomenal women, many of whom have been inducted into the KU Women's Hall of Fame since its founding in 1970.
The individuals composing the Women's Hall of Fame are exemplary members of our society in both their overall impact and their outstanding character. Inductees have accomplished feats in their respective fields and their contributions, achievements, and success serve as inspiration for us all.
See the complete list of Women's Hall of Fame members below.
Women's Hall of Fame Display
Dr. Kala Stroup, a Hall of Fame honoree, had the vision for the KU Women's Hall of Fame display honoring past and current inductees located on the 5th floor of the KU Memorial Union at the Lawrence campus.
Women's Hall of Fame Members
Name | Year inducted | Career field Sort ascending |
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Charlene L. Muehlenhard | 1993 | Women's Studies, Psychology |
Ann Cudd | 2008 | Women's Studies, Philosophy |
Edith L. Taylor | 2004 | Women's Studies, Higher Education |
Sarah Jane Russell | 1993 | Women's Studies, Counseling |
Muriel Helen Johnson | 1986 | Women's Studies |
Karen R. Keesling | 1976 | Women's Rights Activism, Military Affairs |
Eleanor Scott Meyers | 1978 | Theology |
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka | 1997 | Theatre and Film |
Margaret "Peg" Byrne | 1983 | Speech & Language Pathology |
Ann P. Turnbull | 1994 | Special Education |
Nancy L. Peterson | 1994 | Special Education |
Shirley Harkess | 1984 | Sociology, Women's Studies |
Analee "Betsy" Beisecker | 2000 | Sociology, Preventive Medicine |
Sandra Albrecht | 1996 | Sociology & Women's Studies |
Joey Sprague | 2009 | Sociology |
Jill Sobel Quadagno | 1984 | Sociology |
Margaret Battenfeld Hashinger | 1988 | Sociology |
Esther Valladolid Wolf | 1988 | Social Work, Politics |
Annette Rieger | 2006 | Social Work, Philanthropy |
Sadye Logan | 1998 | Social Work |
Alice Lieberman | 2004 | Social Work |
Liane Davis | 1996 | Social Work |
Ann T. Weick | 1992 | Social Welfare |
Esther Twente | 1970 | Social Welfare |
Martha Langley | 2003 | Social Welfare |
Margo Gordon | 1983 | Social Welfare |
Edith M. Freeman | 1991 | Social Welfare |
Barbara Anthony-Twarog, PhD | 1995 | Science, Physics & Astronomy |
Sally Mason | 1996 | Science, Higher Education |
Debra Kamps | 2012 | Science, Disability Research |
Helen Alexander | 2007 | Science, Biology |
Kathleen C. Doering | 1977 | Science, Biology |
Virginia E. Detlor | 1985 | Science, Biology |
Nancy A. Dahl | 1993 | Science, Biology |
Maria Carlson | 2009 | Russian & East European Studies |
Deborah J. Teeter | 2014 | Research & Planning |
Linda Luckey | 2004 | Religion, Higher Education Administration |
Mary Morrill Litchfield | 1975 | Public Administration |
Sharon S. Brehm | 1989 | Psychology, Higher Education |
Sherry Borgers | 1990 | Psychology |
Nyla Branscombe | 2004 | Psychology |
Beatrice Wright | 1971 | Psychology |
Nona Tollefson | 1986 | Psychology |
Annette Stanton | 2005 | Psychology |
Diane McDermott | 1996 | Psychology |
Marigold Linton | 2004 | Psychology |
Susan J. Kemper | 1992 | Psychology |
Rochelle Chronister | 1990 | Politics, Virology |
Barbara W. Ballard | 1985 | Politics, Higher Education Administration |
Sandy Praeger | 2018 | Politics |
Kay Barnes | 2006 | Politics |
Leona Baumgartner | 1979 | Politics |
Betty Jo Charlton | 1997 | Politics |
Joanne M. Collins | 1987 | Politics |
Carol Marinovich | 2010 | Politics |
Nancy Kassebaum | 1984 | Politics |
Hannah Britton | 2011 | Political Science, Women's Studies |
Kathleen Sebelius | 2009 | Political Science, Public Administration, Politics |
Elaine Sharp | 1988 | Political Science |
Audrey Langworthy | 2008 | Political Science |
Deborah J. Gerner | 1992 | Political Science |
Pamela Soltis | 2004 | Plant Biology |
Gisela A.M. Dreschoff | 1978 | Physics, Astronomy |
Terry Evans | 2017 | Photographer/ Artist |
Beverly Smith-Billings | 2005 | Philanthropy, Psychology, Business |
Evelyn Hitchcock Alden | 1976 | Philanthropy |
Judy Locy Wright | 2010 | Philanthropy |
Linda Weir-Enegren | 2012 | Philanthropy |
Gertrude Sellards Pearson | 1988 | Philanthropy |
Eleanor Malott | 1983 | Philanthropy |
Adele Hall | 2014 | Philanthropy |
Marily Harper Rhudy | 2014 | Pharmacy |
Jacqueline Z. Davis | 2000 | Performing Arts |
Kathy Davis | 2013 | Pediatric Palliative Care |
Kimberly Templeton | 2014 | Orthopedic Surgery |
Eleanor J. Sullivan | 1993 | Nursing, Novelist |
Karen L. Miller | 2010 | Nursing |
Polly Bales | 2005 | Music, Philanthropy |
Alice-Ann Darrow | 1991 | Music, Dance |
Alicia Ann Clair | 1984 | Music Therapy |
Joyce Castle | 2003 | Music |
Juanita Strait | 2000 | Music |
Irene Peabody | 1981 | Music |
Genevieve Hargiss | 1983 | Music |
Miriam Stewart Green | 1978 | Music |
Carol Fabian | 2016 | Medicine, Oncology |
Barbara Atkinson | 2007 | Medicine, Higher Education |
Deborah Powell | 2002 | Medicine, Higher Education |
Sharon Lee | 2016 | Medicine |
Barbara Lukert | 2015 | Medicine |
Joan Brunfeldt | 1999 | Medicine |
Linda Warren | 2005 | Medicine |
Patricia Thomas | 2011 | Medicine |
Donna Sweet | 2013 | Medicine |
Helen Martin Gilles | 1971 | Medicine |
Barbara Timmermann | 2014 | Medicinal Chemistry |
Wealthy Babcock | 1973 | Mathematics |
Florence Black | 1973 | Mathematics |
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan | 2009 | Mathematics |
Anita Herzfeld | 1982 | Linguistics, Latin American Studies |
Sara Thomas Rosen | 2013 | Linguistics, Higher Education Administration |
Frances Ingemann | 1977 | Linguistics |
Shelley Jane Miller | 1994 | Library Studies |
Alexandra Mason | 1980 | Library Studies |
Lorraine Haricombe | 2012 | Library Studies |
Mary Rosenbloom | 2002 | Library Sciences |
Rae Sedgwick | 1987 | Law, Psychology, Advocacy |
Margaret Frailey Hayes | 1970 | Law, Government |
Anne Levinson | 2016 | Law, Community Activism |
Sarah Deer | 2017 | Law and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Marilyn Ainsworth Yarbrough | 1982 | Law |
Karen Mitchell Humphreys | 2015 | Law |
Julie Robinson | 2015 | Law |
Hazel Anderson | 1974 | Law |
Mary Beck Briscoe | 2001 | Law |
Carol A. Beier | 2012 | Law |
Louise Wheeler | 1973 | Law |
Kathryn Vratil | 2013 | Law |
Ann Victoria Thomas | 1981 | Law |
Jean F. Shepherd | 1985 | Law |
Elinor P. Schroeder | 1984 | Law |
Deannell Reece Tacha | 1972 | Law |
Mary Murgia | 2010 | Law |
Janet Murgia | 2010 | Law |
Christine Kenney | 2004 | Law |
Gloria Farha Flentje | 2011 | Law |
Elizabeth A. Kuznesof | 1994 | Latin American Studies |
Margaret Wenski Amini | 1995 | Journalism |
Ann Brill | 2015 | Journalism |
Colleen McCain Nelson | 2017 | Journalism |
Susanne M. Shaw | 1994 | Journalism |
Rosemarie T. Truglio | 2015 | Human Development |
Judith N. LeBlanc | 1981 | Human Development |
Aletha Huston | 1983 | Human Development |
Barbara C. Etzel | 1975 | Human Development |
Florence Teat-Montgomery | 1996 | Housing Services |
Carlotta S. Nellis | 1990 | Housing Services |
Marietta Hanna-Jackson | 1996 | Housing Services |
Lenoir Ekdahl | 1987 | Housing Services |
Anna M. Cienciala | 1993 | History |
Rita Napier | 1982 | History |
Rose L. Greaves | 1991 | History |
Venida Chenault | 2016 | HIgher Education, Social Welfare |
Bernadette Gray-Little | 2017 | Higher Education, Psychology |
Toni-Marie Montgomery | 2003 | Higher Education, Music |
Diana B. Carlin | 1998 | Higher Education, Communications |
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett | 1987 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
Frances Degen Horowitz | 1974 | Higher Education Administration, Psychology |
Martha Peterson | 1972 | Higher Education Administration, Mathematics |
Mary Burg | 2012 | Higher Education Administration |
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle | 1998 | Higher Education Administration |
Nita Sundbye Sewell | 1972 | Higher Education Administration |
Marlesa Roney | 2008 | Higher Education Administration |
Linda Mullens | 1996 | Higher Education Administration |
Katherine Giele | 1980 | Higher Education Administration |
Karen Symms Gallagher | 1999 | Higher Education Administration |
Katherine Rose-Mockry | 2011 | Higher Education |
Patricia Long | 2016 | Higher Education |
Barbara Watkins | 2002 | Higher Education |
Kala Mays Stroup | 1976 | Higher Education |
Jacqueline Snyder | 2009 | Higher Education |
Caryl Kelley Smith | 1978 | Higher Education |
Maritza Machado-Williams | 2008 | Higher Education |
Zelema Harris | 1988 | Higher Education |
Ann Eversole | 1994 | Higher Education |
Emily Taylor | 1971 | Higher Education |
Jean Pyfer | 1980 | Health and Recreation |
Jannette Berkley-Patton | 2018 | Health |
Janice Kay Mendenhall | 1978 | Government Relations |
Alberta L. Corbin | 1989 | German, Higher Education |
Cynthia Carroll | 2012 | Geology, Business |
Barbara M. Craig | 1979 | French & Italian |
Jan Kozma | 1997 | French & Italian |
Cathy Daicoff | 2013 | Finance, Public Administration |
Sheila C. Bair | 2011 | Finance |
Dorthy Pennington | 2004 | English, Communication Studies |
Beverly Boyd | 1977 | English |
Natalie Calderwood | 1990 | English |
Janet Sharistanian | 1985 | English |
Elizabeth Schultz | 1973 | English |
Maryemma Graham | 2002 | English |
Edwyna Condon Gilbert | 1984 | English |
Mary Turkington | 1976 | Engineering |
Marylee Southard | 1996 | Engineering |
Bette Krenzer | 1981 | Engineering |
Marjorie Heard Franklin | 1988 | Engineering |
Patricia Ann Wolfe | 1981 | Education, Administration |
Mary Klayder | 2018 | Education |
M. Evelyn Swartz | 1979 | Education |
Vivian McCoy Rogers | 1980 | Education |
Elizabeth Sherbon | 1979 | Dance |
Janet Hamburg | 1992 | Dance |
Connie Novistky | 1970 | Community Service |
Beulah Duncan | 1985 | Community Organization |
Lynn Bretz | 2011 | Communications |
Nobleza Asuncion-Lande | 2001 | Communication Studies |
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell | 1982 | Communication Studies |
Bonnie Ritter | 1977 | Communication Studies |
Mary Lee Hummert | 2003 | Communication Studies |
Elizabeth C. Banks | 1991 | Classics |
Cora Lee Beers Price | 2003 | Classics |
Mary Grant | 1975 | Classics |
Jean Bragg Schumaker | 1993 | Child Psychology |
Mabel L. Rice | 1990 | Child Language |
Kristin Bowman-James | 1989 | Chemistry |
K. Barbara Jetter Schowen | 1988 | Chemistry |
Mary Lou Michaelis | 1998 | Chemistry |
Gunda I. Georg | 1992 | Chemistry |
Neeli Bendapudi | 2014 | Business, Marketing |
Sara Paretsky | 1988 | Business, Creative Writing |
Mildred Clodfelter | 1986 | Business Administration |
Lydia Beebe | 2018 | Business |
Elizabeth Miller Watkins | 1985 | Business |
Marynell Dyatt Reece | 2007 | Business |
Irene Nunemaker | 1974 | Business |
Renate Mai-Dalton | 1995 | Business |
Janet Sommer Campbell | 2013 | Broadcasting Administration |
Ida Hyde | 1986 | Biology, Physiology |
Joan Hunt | 2007 | Biology, Immunology |
Kathy Suprenant | 2006 | Biology |
Cora Downs | 1970 | Biology |
Lynette Woodard | 2018 | Athletics |
Marian Washington | 1979 | Athletics |
Elizabeth Broun | 2008 | Art History |
Jeanne Gass Stump | 1970 | Art History |
Marilyn Stokstad | 1972 | Art History |
Alma Poehler Brook | 1989 | Art History |
Andrea Norris | 2001 | Art History |
Susan V. Craig | 2004 | Art History |
Saralyn Reece Hardy | 2017 | Art and Museum Administration |
Kathy Barnard | 1991 | Art |
Marjorie Whitney | 1982 | Art |
Helen Foresman Spencer | 1981 | Art |
Maude Ellsworth | 1970 | Art |
Evelyn DeGraw | 1980 | Art |
Jan Sheldon | 2017 | Applied Behavioral Science |
Ann Schofield | 1991 | American Studies, History |
Alferdteen Harrison | 2016 | African-American Studies, History |
Julie Johnson Staples | 2018 | Advocacy |
Connie Burk | 2015 | Activism |
Mary Joan McCann | 1971 | Accounting |