March 19, 2015 7:00 p.m. Miller Senate Office Building Conference Room East Annapolis, Maryland Sponsored by the Maryland Commission for Women Women Legislators of Maryland, and the Maryland Department of Human Resources Table of Contents Maryland Commission for Women ................................................... 2 Induction Ceremony .......................................................................... 3 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Honorees ..................................... 4 Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly, Inc............ 6 2015 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame ............................................. 7 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Biographies ............................... 10 Maryland Commission for Women 51 Monroe Street, Suite 1034 l Rockville, MD 20850 l 301-610-4523 www.marylandwomen.org In 1965, the Maryland Commission for Women was first established and was set 2015 in state law in 1971. An office within the Department of Human Resources, the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Commission is a 25-member advisory board whose duties outlined in its enabling legislation include: study the status of women in our state, recommend methods of Induction Ceremony overcoming discrimination, recognize women’s accomplishments and contributions, and provide informed advice to the executive and legislative branches of government on the issues concerning the women of our state. Commissioners are appointed to Honorees four-year terms by the Governor, with confirmation by the Maryland State Senate, Beverly B. Byron, U.S. Congresswoman (MD-06, 1978 – 1992) and serve without compensation. Gail de Planque, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineer (Posthumously Nominated) Mary S. Feik, Aviation Engineer COMMISSIONERS Katherine O’Brien, M.D., Pediatric Epidemiologist Officers Dr. Kathleen White, Chair, Baltimore County Major General Linda L. Singh, Adjutant General, Maryland National Guard Mythili (Lee) Bachu, Vice Chair, Montgomery County Wandra Ashley-Williams, Secretary, Howard County Sue Fryer Ward, Secretary, Maryland Department of Aging (1998 – 2003) (Posthumously Nominated) Dr. Homayara Haque Aziz, Cynthia M. Lifson, Howard County Anne Arundel County Necole Parker, Prince George’s County Sylvia Butler, Baltimore City Betsy H. Ramirez, Patricia E. Cornish, Talbot County Prince George’s County Lillian Cruz, Montgomery County Anita L. Riley, Carroll County Nicole Y. Drew, Montgomery County Debbie Risper, Baltimore County Diane Fink, Frederick County Amanda K. Rodriguez, Lorna P. Forde, Montgomery County Prince George’s County Helen L. Holton, Baltimore City Toni Sandridge, Prince George’s County Michele Hughes, Wicomico County Roseanna Vogt, Calvert County Velvet Johnson, Prince George’s County A. Diane Williams, Prince George’s County 2 3 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Honorees 1995 2003 2010 Jill Moss Greenberg Viriginia Walcott Beauchamp Claire M. Fraser-Leggett, PhD Mary L. Nock* Edith Clarke* Anne Catherine Hoof Green* The Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame was established in 1985 as a joint initiative of the Maryland Amanda Taylor Norris, MD* Kathryn J. DuFour Irene Morgan Kirkaldy* Commission for Women and the Women’s Legislators of Maryland. The Hall of Fame honors Nettie Barcroft Taylor Ruth L. Kirschstein, MD Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps Maryland women who have made unique and lasting contributions to the state and provides an Euphemia M Goldsborough Wilson* Etta H. Maddox* Dr. Bernice R. Sandler archive of the biographies of women who serve as role models for future leaders. Deborah A. Yow Lillie D. Shockley 1996 Madeleine L. Ellicott* 2004 2011 Each year, the Commission for Women and the Women Legislators recognize women of Ethel Llewellyn Ennis Emily Edmonson* Lucy Diggs Slowe* extraordinary accomplishment with an induction ceremony in March, during National Women’s Mary Digges Lee* Nancy Grasmick, PhD. Carol Greider, Ph.D. Brigid G. Leventhal, MD* Esther McCready Barbara Holdridge History Month. The women selected for this honor have made historically significant contributions Barbara Robinson Margaret Byrd Rawson Dr. Ligia Peralta, M.D.F.A.A.P., to our state and to their fields of endeavor including science and technology, education, the arts, Vivian V. Simpson* F.S.A.H.M environment, social justice, civil rights, the armed services, community advocacy and public 1997 Gertrude Poe Diane L. Adams, MD 2005 June Willenz service. The Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame exhibit is located at the Maryland Women’s Heritage Sol del Ande Mendez Eaton Shoshana S. Cardin Center in Baltimore. The biographies of the women inducted in the Hall of Fame are available Catherine R. Gira, PhD B. Olive Cole* 2012 online at the Maryland State Archives at: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/ Helen L. Koss Susan R. Panny, MD. Dr. Maureen Black, Ph.D. Rosa Ponselle* Edyth H. Schoenrich, MD, MPH Margaret Dunkle html/whflist.html Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz 1998 2006 Treasurer Nancy Kopp Constance Ross Beims Susan P. Baker Dr. Alice Manicur Mary Katherine Goddard* Liebe Sokol Diamond, MD Gwendolyn Rooks Elaine Ryan Hedges* Bea Gaddy* Mary Carter Smith Marilyn Hughes Gaston, MD 2013 Rebecca Alban Hoffberger Helen Delich Bentley 1999 Grace Snively* Jean B. Cryor* Florence Riefle Bahr* Dr. Charlene Mickens Dukes 1985 Sadie Kneller Miller * Bessie Moses, MD* Lillian C. Compton* 2007 Hon. Ellen Sauerbrey Margaret Brent * Mary Eliza Risteau * Alta Schrock, PhD Edith Houghton Hooker* Colonel Annette M. Deener Linda Shevitz Rachel Carson* Martha Carey Thomas * Elizabeth Fran Johnson Sally T. Grant Beatrice Tignor, Ed.D. Rita C. Davidson * Verda Freeman Welcome 1992 Bernice Smith White Prasanna Nair, MD., MPH. Gladys Noon Spellman Annie Armstrong* Karen H. Rothenberg, JD., MPA 2014 Harriet Ross Tubman* 1989 Anna Ella Carroll* 2000 Audrey E. Scott Dorothy Bailey Bertha Sheppard Adkins * Rose Kushner Constance Uriolo Battle, MD Agnes Kane Callum 1986 Eugenie Clark, PhD. Margaret Collins Schweinhaut Lois Green Carr 2008 Renee Fox, M.D. Lillie Carroll Jackson * Lavinia Margaret Engle* Carmen Delgado Votaw Sonia Pressman Fuentes Eleanora Fagan, “Billie Holiday” * Susan Goering St. Elizabeth Ann Seton* Lena King Lee Josephine Jacobsen Ramona McCarthy Hawkins, RPh. Henrietta Lacks* Henrietta Szold* Estelle R. Ramey, PhD. 1993 Rosetta Stith, PhD Ellen Moses Heller Ann Cipriano Rees Jeannette Rosner Wolman Rosalyn Blake Bell Sandra W. Tomlinson, PhD Pauline Menes H. Margret Zassenhaus, MD 1990 Lucille Clifton 2001 Toby Barbara Orenstein Lucille Maurer Elizabeth King Ellicott* Kathleen Feeley, SSND. Emily Wilson Walker, MD* *Denotes Posthumously Inducted 1987 Enolia Pettigen McMillan Jean Spencer* Misbah Khan, MD. Clara Barton* Pauli Murray* Martha Ellicott Tyson* Charmaine Krohe, SSND. 2009 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper* Adele Hagner Stamp * Eunice Kennedy Shriver Ilia Feher* Juanita Jackson Mitchell Mary Lemist Titcomb* 1994 Diane Griffin, MD., PhD Mary Shaw Shorb, PhD Rosalie Silber Abrams 2002 Harriet Legum Helen Brooke Taussig, MD* 1991 Mary Elizabeth Banning* Mabel Houze Hubbard Allyson Solomon Rita R. Colwell, PhD Harriet Elizabeth Brown Florence P. Kendall Anne St. Clair Wright* 1988 Mary Elizabeth Lange* Constance A. Morella Mary Young Pickersgill* Barbara Ann Mikulski Claire McCardell* Mary Adelaide Nutting* Lorraine Sheehan 4 5 Maryland Commission for Women Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly, Inc. 2015 Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame 2015 March 19, 2015 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly, Inc., better known as the Women’s Caucus, Honoree Reception at Government House was established in 1972 to foster cooperation among women holding state legislative office and to Hosted by: increase the participation of women in politics. Key to the organization’s success is its framework, Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. & First Lady Yumi Hogan wherein issues can be debated and policies refined, without losing sight of the overall mission: to 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. improve public policy that affects women’s lives and increase the number of women elected and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony appointed to public office in Maryland. Miller Senate Office Building Conference Room East The mandate of the Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly is: to research and develop legislation assisting women; to encourage the greater participation of women in Opening: Maryland government; and to communicate and cooperate with other women’s organizations. Jaymi Sterling, Mistress of Ceremonies Introductions: We are currently 64 members strong, comprising 34% of the General Assembly, and Dr. Kathleen White, Chair for the first time in our history, we have male members. We were the first Women’s Caucus Maryland Commission for Women in the Nation. Please log on to our Website: womenlegislatorsmd.org to learn more about our Presentation of Women’s History Month Proclamation: organization and our foundation. Sam Malhotra, Secretary Maryland Department of Human Resources Welcome: Delegate Kathy Afzali Delegate Terri L. Hill Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Maryland State Senator Roger Manno Delegate Angela Angel Delegate Sheila E. Hixson Delegate Edith J. Patterson Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary Delegate Carolyn J.B. Howard Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk Greetings: Delegate Susan L.M. Aumann Delegate Sally Jameson Delegate Andrew Platt The Honorable Tawanna P. Gaines, Maryland House of Delegates & President Women Legislators of the Maryland General Assembly, Inc. Delegate Erek L. Barron Delegate Adrienne A. Jones Delegate