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Alaska Women's Hall of Fame

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The Alaska Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Alaska for their significant achievements or statewide contributions. It was conceived by the board of directors of the Alaska Women's Network (AWN) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Alaska's statehood. The large inaugural class of fifty women were inducted weeks after that anniversary, on March 6, 2009, with subsequent classes inducted every year since. As of the class of 2015, 135 women and one organization, the Sisters of Providence,[1] have been honored.[2] The principal organizations involved with the AWHF are the Zonta Club of Anchorage, the YWCA, Alaska Women for Political Action, the Anchorage Women's Commission, the University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Women's Network and the ATHENA Society.[3]

Inductees

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Alaska Women's Hall of Fame
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement Ref(s)
Adelheid Becker (1942–) 2023 Arts, business, philanthropy [4]
carolyn V. Brown (1937–) 2023 Healthcare [5]
Victoria D'Amico (1956–) 2023 Law [6]
Hiroko Harada (1954–) 2023 Education [7]
Dorothy Isabell (1943–1996) 2023 Community development, native culture [8]
Ada Johnson (1932–) 2023 Public service, equality [9]
Diane Kaplan (1957–) 2023 Arts, community development, education, healthcare [10]
Mary Navitsky (1947–2015) 2023 Arts, education, healthcare, native culture [11]
Esther Petrie (1945–) 2023 Healthcare, humanities [12]
Libby Riddles (1956–) 2023 Author, motivational speaker [13]
Martha Rutherford (1951–) 2023 Public service to Alaska [14]
Barbara Berner (1945–) 2022 Healthcare, education, community [15]
Pat Branson (1948–) 2022 Community, senior citizen advocacy. Mayor of Kodiak. [16]
Etheldra Davis (1930–2020) 2022 Education, community. First African-American teacher, and later, principal, of Anchorage School District. [17]
Shirley Fraser (1934–) 2022 Healthcare, neurology. Founder of first EEG lab and first sleep lab in Alaska. [18]
Brenda Itta-Lee (1943–) 2022 Government, native culture, advocacy [19]
DeeDee Ann Stout Jonrowe (1953–) 2022 Athletics and mushing [20]
Rebecca Parker (1950–) 2022 Business, philanthropy, community development [21]
Karen Perdue (1954–) 2022 Government service [22]
Sheila Toomey (1940–) 2022 Journalist at Anchorage Daily News [23]
Roxy Wright (1950–) 2022 Athlete and dog musher [24]
Agnes Coyle (1939–2020) 2021 Alaska native art, philanthropy [25]
Brideen Crawford Milner (1921–1997) 2021 Philanthropy, banking [25]
Linda Curda (1949–) 2021 Education, Alaska native arts [25]
Lynn E. Hartz (1952–) 2021 Nursing, health care policy and programs [25]
Ermalee Hickel (1925–2017) 2021 Social services. First Lady of Alaska. [25]
Barbara Hood (1955–) 2021 Public interest and human rights attorney [25]
Lucille Hope (1953–) 2021 Education, community service. Advocate of children with developmental disabilities. [25]
Margaret Murie (1902–2003) 2021 Wildlife. conservationist; notably advocated for protection of Arctic National Wildlife Range. [25]
Cindy Roberts (1946–) 2021 Government service [25]
Mary Ann Warden (1942–2020) 2021 First Alaska native woman Presbyterian minister [25]
Monica M. Anderson (1942–) 2020 Chaplain. [26]
Reyne Marie Athanas (1951–) 2020 Artist and activist in Bethel. [26]
Sarah Eliassen (1925–2023) 2020 Educator/Girl Scout leader [26]
April S. Ferguson 2020 Executive VP, general counsel for Bristol Bay Native Corporation [26]
Maragret Norma (Campbell) Goodman (1930–2007) 2020 Television host; on-air personality at KTVA for 53 years [26]
Ann "Nancy" (Desmond) Gross (1931–2001) 2020 Community activist in Anchorage.

City manager in Akutan, Unalaska.

[26]
Karleen (Alstead) Grummett (1941–) 2020 Author [26]
Jennifer "Jane" Wainwright Mears (1880–1953) 2020 Founder of the public school system in Anchorage [26]
Peggy Mullen (1964–) 2020 Environmental activist, Soldotna city council member founder of League of Women Voters and Planned Parenthood local chapters. [26]
Sandy Poulson (1940–) 2020 Newspaper owner-civic leader [26]
Frances Helaine Rose (1937–) 2020 University of Alaska regent [26]
Judith “Judi” Anne Slajer (1941–2022) 2020 First woman manager of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough [26][27]
Virginia Blanchard (1909–1986) 2019 Juneau vice mayor; first woman on the city council [28][29]
Marie Qaqaun Carroll (1953– ) 2019 Iñupiaq Eskimo from Utqiaġvik, Alaska; Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission; President and CEO of Arctic Slope Native Association; spearheaded development of a hospital in the North Slope [28][30]
Heather Flynn (1943– ) 2019 Anchorage school board member. Director of Alaska Women’s Resource Center and the Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis Shelter, member of the Anchorage Assembly [28][31]
Abigale Hensley (1945– ) 2019 Founder of Best Beginnings that provided 2 million free books to Alaska's pre-schoolers [28]
Beverly Hoffman (1951–) 2019 Yup’ik and European descent, community activist who helped secure funding for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Regional Aquatic Health and Safety Center. [28]
Mary K. Hughes (1949–) 2019 Anchorage Municipal Attorney, Alaska State Director for US Senator Lisa Murkowski, Association of American Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Board of Regents of the University of Alaska [28]
Roxanna Lawer (1949–) 2019 Board chair and CEO of First National Bank Alaska [28][32]
Vera Metcalf (1951–) 2019 Native peoples advocate; Eskimo Walrus Commission executive director; instrumental in the return of ancestral remains from the Smithsonian Institution [28]
Mary Pete (1957–2018) 2019 President Barack Obama appointee to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Developed a bachelor's’ degree program for the Yup’ik language. [28]
Margaret Pugh (1946–) 2019 Commissioner of Alaska Department of Corrections [28][33]
Poldine Carlo (1920–2018) 2018 Author and an elder of the Koyukon subgroup of Athabaskans, native people of Alaska. [34][35]
Jeanmarie Larson Crumb (1945–) 2018 Education. President/Executive Director of the Cook Inlet Native Association, forerunner of the Southcentral Foundation [36]
Frederica de Laguna (1906–2004) 2018 Anthropologist of Native Alaskan cultures. [36]
Mary Laurie Espinosa Epperson (1922–2016) 2018 Community Arts, Education. [36]
Alice Stevenson Green (1917–2020) 2018 Advocacy, Education, Religion. Presbyterian leader, social justice advocate. [36]
Lorrie Louise Angelo Horning (1942–2020) 2018 Community Arts, Community Service. Founder of Alaska Junior Theater in Anchorage [36]
Mary Lou King (1929–) 2018 Environmental conservation. Protection of Admiralty Island, hike/bike trails around Juneau, President of local Audubon Society. [36]
Margaret Lowe (1929–) 2018 Advocacy for Children with developmental disabilities, Education, Mental Health [36]
Edna Ahgeak MacLean (1944–) 2018 Iñupiaq Language [36]
Dorothy G. Page (1921–1989) 2018 Community Activism, Historic Preservation, Political Activism, Writing [36]
Michelle Ridgway (1963–2018) 2018 Conservation, Education, Exploration, Marine Ecology [36]
Beatrice Rose (1921–2007) 2018 Education, Social Justice. Founding member of Anchorage’s first Jewish synagogue. Speech therapist in Anchorage schools for 25 years. [36]
Dixie Johnson Belcher (1940–) 2017 [37]
Kathryn Brown (1950–) 2017 [38]
Paula Easley (1936–) 2017 [38]
Elizabeth Fuller Elsner (1923–) 2017 [38]
Kay Muriel Townsend Linton (1933–2003) 2017 Community Organizing, Leadership, Volunteering [38]
Tennys Thornton Bowers Owens (1940–) 2017 [38]
Elizabeth Parent (1941–) 2017 [38]
Cathryn Robertson Rasmuson (1946–) 2017 [38]
Teri Rofkar (1956–2016) 2017 [38]
Elsa Saladino Malapit Sargento (1946–) 2017 [38]
Kathryn Dyakanoff Seller (1884–1980) 2017 Educator [39]
Ann Mary Cherrington Stevens (1929–1978) 2017 Community Activism, Role Model, Volunteering [38]
Carol Swartz (1950–) 2017 [38]
Annie Aghnaqa (Akeya) Alowa (1924–1999) 2016 Yupik Alaskan environmental activist, healer, and leader in health and justice advocacy for indigenous peoples. [40]
Kathleen Dalton (1925–2019) 2016 Community activist [41]
Sandy Harper (1940–) 2016 Art advocate and cultural entrepreneur [41]
Juanita Lou Helms (1941–2009) 2016 Mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough from 1985 to 1991. [42]
Crystal Brilliant Jenne (1884–1968) 2016 Member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives [41]
Margy K. Johnson (1948–) 2016 Mayor of Cordova and president of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce [41]
Eliza Peter Jones (1938–) 2016 Koyukon Athabascan linguist [41]
Anne P. Lanier (1940–2017) 2016 Cancer researcher [41]
Janet McCabe (1935–) 2016 Justice system reformer and preservationist [41]
Jo Michalski (1947–) 2016 Businesswoman and philanthropist [41]
Alice Petrivelli (1929–2015) 2016 Advocate for the Aleut people [41]
Shirley Mae Staten (1946–) 2016 Performer, educator, and cultural activist [41]
Nancy Sydnam (1929–2022) 2016 Physician, pilot, and dog trainer [41]
Laura Bergt (1940–1984) 2015 Activist who pushed for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43]
Daisy Lee (Andersen) Bitter (1928–2023) 2015 Science educator [43]
L. Arlene "Buddy" Clay (1912–2016) 2015 Judge [43]
Lucy Evelyn (Huie Hon) Cuddy (1889–1982) 2015 Anchorage civic leader [43]
Marie (Hanna) Darlin (1925–2018) 2015 Senior citizens' advocate [43]
Dolly Farnsworth (1922–2014) 2015 Soldotna community leader [43]
Alice Johnstone (1925–) 2015 Conservationist [43]
Alice Dove (Montgomery) Kull (1897–1991) 2015 Social worker [43]
Marie (Nick) Meade (Arnaq) (1947–) 2015 Yup'ik elder [43]
Ramona Gail (McIver) Phillips (1944–2021) 2015 Alaska House speaker and majority leader [43]
Ruth Anne Marie Schmidt (1916–2014) 2015 Geologist [43]
Ann Mary (Cherrington) Stevens (1929–1978) 2015 Community activist [43]
Elvera Voth (1923–) 2015 Choral conductor [43]
Eleanor Andrews (1944–) 2014 Civic entrepreneur [44]
Jane Ruth Angvik (1948–) 2014 Former member of the Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage Charter Commission [44]
Beverly D. Dunham (1932–) 2014 Journalist and community advocate< [44]
Mary Jane (Evans) Fate (1933–2020) 2014 Koyukon leader who lobbied for the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act, co-chair of the Alaska Natives Commission [44]
Katie John (1915–2013) 2014 Ahtna elder and culture bearer who advocated for Native subsistence rights [44]
V. Kay Lahdenpera (1936–) 2014 Public health nurse [44]
Janie Leask (Gyetm Wilgoosk) (1948–) 2014 Former president and CEO of the Alaska Federation of Natives [44]
Kay Muriel (Townsend) Linton (1933–2003) 2014 Organizer and volunteer [44]
Jane Vallett Sutherland Niebergall (1931–) 2014 Rural education advocate [44]
Verna E. Pratt (1930–2017) 2014 Educator on native flora [45]
Barbara Sweetland Smith (1936–2013) 2014 Russian scholar [44]
Francine Conat Lastufka Taylor (1937–) 2014 Advocate and preserver of Alaskan arts, history and culture [44]
Gertrude M. Wolfe (1933–2007) 2014 Community activist active in health care and education [44]
Arne (Buckley) Beltz (1917–2013) 2013 Public health nurse. Second wife of Bill Beltz, the first president of the Alaska Senate following statehood. The building housing the Anchorage municipal health department (the original location of what is now Alaska Regional Hospital) is named for her. [46]
Judith "Judy" (King) Brady (1941–) 2013 Public policy director [46]
Daphne Elizabeth Brown (1948–2011) 2013 Architect [46]
Carolyn Covington (1936–) 2013 Educator and advocate for women [46]
Diddy R. M. (Seyd) Hitchins (1945–) 2013 International relations educator, political science professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage [46]
Karen L. (Lueck) Hunt (1938–) 2013 Judge and educator [46]
Joan Hurst (1927–2003) 2013 Youth advocate [46]
Dorothy M. (Knee) Jones (1923–2015) 2013 Anthropologist [46]
Jewel Jones (1943–) 2013 Public health and community development leader [46]
Mary Joyce (1899–1976) 2013 Entrepreneur and adventurer [46]
Thelma (Perse) Langdon (1925–2012) 2013 Educator, advocate for mental health and elder care [46]
Emily Morgan (1878–1960) 2013 Public health nurse [46]
Ruth E. Moulton (1931–2006) 2013 Community activist and educator [46]
Marie (Matsuno) Nash (1943–) 2013 Human rights advocate [46]
S. Anne Newell (1946–) 2013 Police officer and detective [46]
Audrey Aanes (1944–) 2012 Advocate for the physically disabled [47]
Gretchen T. Bersch (1944–) 2012 Adult education advocate [48]
Connie Boochever (1919–1999) 2012 Patron of the arts. [49]
Carolyn Floyd (1933–2022) 2012 First president Kodiak Community College [50]
Wilda G. "Burch" Hudson (1924–2012) 2012 Anchorage City Council and Municipal Assembly, public service, volunteerism [51]
Carolyn E. Jones (1941–) 2012 Human rights advocate [52]
Louise Kellogg (1903–2001) 2012 Dairy farmer, philanthropist (particularly benefiting Alaska Pacific University), Women's Army Corps veteran [53]
Leonie von Meusebach–Zesch (1882–1944) 2012 Early 20th century dentist. [54]
Ellen Evak Paneok (1959–2008) 2012 Aviation [55]
Sharon Richards (1941–) 2012 Community activist in non-profit organizations [56]
Irene Sparks Rowan (1941–) 2012 Leading advocate and organizer in Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [57]
Lisa Howell Starr Rudd (1933–1985) 2012 Alaska House of Representatives, sponsored bill to create Alaska Commission on the Status of Women, was serving as a member of the cabinet of Governor Bill Sheffield at the time of her death [58]
Susan L. Ruddy (1941–) 2012 Founded the Alaska chapter of the Nature Conservancy [59]
Hannah Paul Solomon (1908–2011) 2012 Matriarchal elder of the Athabascan people; first female mayor of Fort Yukon. Mother of Jonathan Solomon. [60]
Pauline Utter (1942–2005) 2012 Women's rights advocate [61]
Rosita Worl (1937–) 2012 Advocate for Alaska native cultures [62]
Elaine Abraham (1929–2016) 2011 First registered nurse from the Tlingit people. [63]
Katharine "Kit" Crittenden (1921–2010) 2011 Urban beautification and historic preservation [64]
Betti Cuddy (1924–2010) 2011 Member of the family which runs First National Bank Alaska, patron of the arts. Mother of David Cuddy. [65]
Nan Elaine "Lanie" Fleischer (1938–) 2011 Community activist, was the primary advocate for establishing the Chester Creek trail system in Anchorage [66]
Joerene Savikko Hout (1934–2022) 2011 From a longstanding Douglas family, influenced by childhood experiences at Tsimshian Indian village, became an advocate for health education and care for native peoples. [67]
Lael Morgan (1936–2022) 2011 Author, historian, journalist, wrote biographies of Ray Mala and Tundra Times founder Howard Rock [68]
Ruth Elin Hall Ost (1886–1953) 2011 Ran missions and children's homes; one of the founders of Elim. Grandmother of Gail Phillips, the second (and most recent) female speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives. [69]
Leah Webster Peterson (1908–2007) 2011 Pioneer educator on Kodiak Island. In 1976, her home in downtown Anchorage became the site (and she became the namesake) of the Peterson Tower, an office/condominium highrise where she continued to reside. [70]
Martha M. Roderick (1931–2008) 2011 Educator, president of Anchorage School Board. Mother of Libby Roderick. [71]
Clare Swan (1931–) 2011 Advocate for Kenaitze Indian Tribe fishing rights [72]
Helen Stoddard Whaley (1924–1971) 2011 Children's medicine and care [73]
Caroline Wohlforth (1932–2011) 2011 Educator, influential in starting public broadcasting in Anchorage. Mother of Charles Wohlforth, who himself has long been associated with Anchorage's public broadcasting outlets. [74]
Patricia B. Wolf (1940–2019) 2011 Museum director [75]
Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams (1928–2009) 2010 Civil rights activist of the Iñupiat, whose 1944 challenge of Alaska's segregation policies was a factor in the passage of Alaska's 1945 Anti-Discrimination Bill. [76]
Alice E. Brown (1912–1973) 2010 Champion of native rights who helped the passage of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [77]
Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Keixwnéi) (1927–2017) 2010 Documentarian of Tlingit culture. Wife of Richard Dauenhauer. [78]
Bettye J. Davis (1938–2018) 2010 Alaska Senate, Alaska House of Representatives [79]
Hazel P. Heath (1909–1998) 2010 Founder Pratt Museum, business owner, community activist, Republican Party worker, mayor of Homer [80]
Shirley Holloway (1940–) 2010 Educator, Quality Schools Initiative [81]
Marlene Johnson (Slath Jaa Klaa Lákooti) (1935–) 2010 Public service, advocate for the Tlingit people [82]
Georgianna Lincoln (1943–) 2010 The first Alaska Native female to serve in the Alaska Senate [83]
Ethel Lund (Aan Wugeex’) (1931–2022) 2010 Founded South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium; Jimmy Carter appointee to the President's Commission on Mental Health [84]
Marge Mullen (1920–) 2010 Early homesteader on the central Kenai Peninsula, historian and archivist for Kenai Peninsula College [85]
Helen Nienhueser (1936–) 2010 Environmentalist [86]
Jo Ryman Scott (1929–) 2010 Educator, founder and until 2009 director of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival [87]
Mary Taylor "Tay" Pryor Thomas (1927–2014) 2010 Journalist, author. Wife of Lowell Thomas, Jr. [88]
Peg Tileston (1931–) 2010 Conservationist [89]
Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Tower (1926–2010) 2010 Public health physician, author, historian. Wrote biographies of William Allen Egan, Michael James Heney and Austin E. Lathrop. [90]
Virginia "Ginny" Hill Wood (1917–2013) 2010 Conservationist, Alaska Conservation Foundation. Lifetime Achievement Award [91]
Changunak Antisarlook Andrewuk (Sinrock Mary) (1870–1948) 2009 Of Iñupiaq and Russian ancestry, known as the Queen of the Reindeer, became the owner of the largest reindeer herd in Alaska after challenging Alaska's laws that disqualified women from owning property [92]
Evangeline Atwood (1906–1987) 2009 Author, historian, president of Alaska Statehood Association. Wife of Robert Atwood and sister of Elmer E. Rasmuson. [93]
Lydia Black (1925–2007) 2009 Anthropologist [94]
Rita (Pitka) Blumenstein (1933–2021) 2009 Elder of the Yupik peoples, first state certified practitioner of traditional medicine [95]
Tikasuk "Emily" Brown (Ivanoff) (1904–1982) 2009 Educator, chronicler of Iñupiaq cultural history [96]
Thelma Buchholdt (1934–2007) 2009 Alaska House of Representatives, first Filipino American to serve in a U.S. state legislature [97]
Edith Bullock (1903–1994) 2009 Freighting businesswoman in Nome and Kotzebue, Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, Alaska Territorial Senate [98]
Susan Butcher (1954–2006) 2009 Multi-year winner Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race [99]
Ellen "Nellie" Cashman (1845–1925) 2009 Yukon gold prospector, restaurateur, advocated against violence and against public hangings, caregiver to orphans [100]
Orah Dee Clark (1875–1965) 2009 Educator, namesake of an Anchorage middle school [101]
Carol Comeau (1941–) 2009 Superintendent Anchorage School District [102]
Marvel Crosson (1904–1929) 2009 Aviator [103]
Mahala Ashley Dickerson (1912–2007) 2009 Pioneering lawyer and civil rights advocate, early homesteader in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Mother of Chris Dickerson. [104]
Neva Egan (1914–2011) 2009 Alaska's first First Lady following statehood. Wife of William Allen Egan and mother of Dennis Egan. [105]
Dana Fabe (1951–) 2009 The first female associate justice as well as the first female chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court [106]
Kay Fanning (1927–2000) 2009 Publisher of the Anchorage Daily News, editor of The Christian Science Monitor.Mother of Ted Field. [107]
Helen Fischer (1912–1986) 2009 Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, Alaska House of Representatives [108]
Lucy Frey (1932–2020) 2009 Educator [109]
Nora Venes Guinn (1920–2005) 2009 U.S. Commissioner, magistrate and District Court judge in Bethel, the first Alaska Native and first non-lawyer to be appointed to an Alaskan state judgeship [110]
Dorothy Awes Haaland (1918–1996) 2009 Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, Alaska Assistant Attorney General [111]
Lorene Harrison (1905–2005) 2009 Educator, community activist [112]
Cornelia Hatcher (1867–1953) 2009 Suffragist, temperance advocate. A national-level operative with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cornelia Templeton Jewett visited Alaska in 1909, where she met and married Robert Lee Hatcher, the namesake of Hatcher Pass. Remaining in Alaska, she lobbied the newly formed territorial government for the right of women to vote, which was the first law passed by the territorial legislature, and for passage of the Bone Dry Law, which preceded and outlasted the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [113]
Mildred Robinson Hermann (1891–1964) 2009 Lawyer, Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, Alaska Statehood Commission, newspaper and radio correspondent reporting on the territorial legislature. [114]
Frances Howard (1944–) 2009 First female Alaska State Trooper [115]
Celia Hunter (1919–2001) 2009 Environmentalist, ecotourism [116]
Katie Hurley (1921–2021) 2009 Longtime aide to Ernest Gruening, Alaska Constitutional Convention staff, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1978, Alaska House of Representatives [117]
Sarah Agnes James (1946–) 2009 Gwich'in environmental activist opposes oil drilling on the Porcupine caribou habitat [118]
Ruth Jefford (1914–2007) 2009 Aviator, Alaska's first female commercial air taxi operator, first female pilot licensed to teach at Merrill Field [119]
Della Keats (1907–1986) 2009 Iñupiaq traditional medicine healer [120]
Lena Morrow Lewis (1862–1950) 2009 Journalist, Socialist Party of America leader [121]
Wilda Marston (1930–2022) 2009 Educator, philanthropist [122]
Blanche L. McSmith (1920–2006) 2009 First African American to serve in the Alaska Legislature [123]
Rie Muñoz (1921–2015) 2009 Bureau of Indian Affairs educator, artist who creates watercolors and prints of life in Alaska. Mother-in-law of Cathy Muñoz. [124]
Lisa Murkowski (1957–) 2009 Alaska House of Representatives, United States Senate, won reelection to the Senate as a write-in candidate in 2010. Daughter of Frank Murkowski and in-law of Arliss Sturgulewski. [125]
Sadie Neakok (1916–2004) 2009 Longtime magistrate in Barrow, Iñupiaq Inuit rights advocate [126]
Katherine Nordale (1902–1994) 2009 Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, postmaster of Juneau [127]
Sarah Palin (1964–) 2009 Governor of Alaska, Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, news commentator, author [128]
Elizabeth Peratrovich (1911–1958) 2009 Civil rights [129]
Sisters of Providence 2009 Established hospitals in Nome, Anchorage and Fairbanks [1]
Mary Louise Rasmuson (1911–2012) 2009 Colonel in the Women's Army Corps; founded Anchorage Museum. Wife of Elmer E. Rasmuson [130]
Irene Ryan (1909–1997) 2009 Alaska State Senate, Territorial House of Representatives [131]
Grace Berg Schaible (1925–2017) 2009 First female Alaska Attorney General [132]
Nell Scott (1900–) 2009 Alaska Territorial House of Representatives, the first female to serve in the territorial legislature [133]
Lidia Selkregg (1920–1999) 2009 Geologist who was a state planner on land use, Greater Anchorage Area Borough and Anchorage Municipal Assemblies [134]
Natalia Shelikhova (1762–1810) 2009 First white woman to live in Alaska, cofounder of first government structure on Kodiak Island, helped bring the Russian Orthodox Church to Alaska. Wife of Grigory Shelikhov [135]
Arliss Sturgulewski (1927–2022) 2009 Alaska State Senate, twice Republican nominee for governor .In-law of Frank Murkowski and Lisa Murkowski. [136]
Dora M. Sweeney 1907–2001 2009 Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate, territorial and state legislatures [137]
Fran Ulmer (1947–) 2009 Mayor of Juneau, Alaska House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage; first female elected to statewide office in Alaska in 1994 [138]
Ada Wien (1907–1984) 2009 Staff to United States territorial court judge Gudbrand J. Lomen, delegate to Alaska Constitutional Convention. Wife of Noel Wien, whom she assisted in building what became Wien Air Alaska. [139]
Esther Wunnicke (1922–2013) 2009 Land resources, native land rights, also served in Governor Sheffield's cabinet as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources [140]

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