History of the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame

The Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame was created in 1982 by then-Governor George Nigh to honor Oklahoma women who are pioneers in their field or in projects that benefit Oklahoma; who have made a significant contribution to the State of Oklahoma; who serve or have served as role models to other Oklahoma women; who may be "unsung heroes," but have made a difference in the lives of Oklahomans or Americans because of their actions; who have championed other women, women's issues, or served as public policy advocates for the issues important to women; and who exemplify the Oklahoma spirit. Currently there are 101 inductees in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame.

Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees 2018 - 1982

2018:  Dr. Susan Chambers, Jane Jayroe Gamble, Joan Gilmore, Willa Johnson, Chief Kay Rhoads

2017:   Linda Cavanaugh, Glenda Love, Pat Potts, Meg Salyer, Rhonda Walters, Edith McKinney Gaylord (Posthumous)

2015:   LaDonna Harris, Mary M'elon, Dr. Marion Paden, Thelma Reese Parks, Dr. Ramona Paul, Patty Roloff, Avis Scaramucci 

2013:   Ida Blackburn, Elaine Dodd, Linda Haneborg, Lou Kerr, Nancy Miller, Terri Watkin

2011:   Dr. Laura Boyd, Minister Chloe L. Brown, Joy D. Culbreath, Marcia J. Mitchell, Ardina R. Moore, Dr. Cynthia S. Ross, Kathryn L. Taylor, Helen Harrod -Thompson 

2009:   Major General Rita Aragon (ret.), Suzanne Edmondson, Edna Miller- Hennessee, First Lady Kim Henry, Mirabeau Lamar Cole Looney, Secretary of State Susan Savage, Carolyn Whitener 

2007:   Sherri Coale, Ginny Creveling, Dr. Joe Anna Hibler, Maxine Horner, Dr. Kay Martin, Terry Neese, Claudia Tarrington, Dr. Carolyn Taylor, Della Warrior

2005 :  Wanda L. Bass, Judge Nancy L. Coats, Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin, Amelia Elizabeth  Bessie Simison- McColgin, Jeanine Rhea, Judge Stephanie Kulp- Seymour, Esther Houser,  Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, Linda Morrissey, Lynn Schusterman, Donna Shirley 

2001:   Jari Askins, Shirley Bellmon, Dorothy Moses DeWitty, Sandy Garrett, Lynn Jones, Yvonne Kauger, Jill Zink Tarbel, Dana Tiger

1997:    Isabel Keith Baker, Jessie Thatcher Bost, Norma Eagleton, Kay Goebel, Ruth Hardman, Beverly Horse, Mazola McKerson, Penny Baldwin Williams 

1996:    Betty Boyd, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Lela Foreman, Sandy Ingraham, Lorena Males, Bernice Shedrick, Valree Fletcher Wynn

1995:    Nancy Goodman Feldman, Barbara J. Gardner, Ruth Blalock Jones, Mona Salyer Lambird, Gloria Grace Langdon, Bernice Compton Mitchell, Donna Nigh

1993:    Marie Cox, Anita Faye Hill, Moscelyne Larkin, Jackie Longacre, Shannon Lucid, Clara Luper, Opaline Deveraux Wadkins, Pat Woodrum

1986:   Sara Ruth Cohen, Vinita Cravens, Rubye Hibler Hall, Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Holmes, Grace Elizabeth Hudlin, Wilma P. Mankiller, Edna Mae Phelps, Evelyn La Rue Pittman

1985:    Mae Boren Axton, June Tompkins Benson, Pam Olson, Betty Durham Price, Bertha Frank Teague 

1984:    Angie Debo, Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick, Jewell Russell Mann, Zella J. Patterson 

1983:    Zelia N. Breaux, Kate Frank, Leona Mitchell, Jean Pitts, Juanita Kidd Stout, Alma Wilson 

1982:  Hannah Diggs-Atkins, Kate Barnard, June Brooks, Gloria Stewart Farley, Aloysius Larch-Miller, Susie Peters, Christine Salmon, Edyth Thomas Wallace