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New Jersey Women's Hall of Fame

Inductions into the hall of fame occur at the Annual Induction Gala, which is held in the Spring. Each inductee receives the Gerber Daisy Award, created in 2011 by Boehm Porcelain, of Trenton, for the hall of fame. The inaugural class was inducted on March 31, 2011.

The YWCA of Trenton—sponsor of the hall—was founded in 1904, to empower women, eliminate racism, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for everyone.

Inductees[edit]

New Jersey Women's Hall of Fame

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Year	Area of achievement	Ref(s)
Kim Guadagno		(b. 1959)	2011	Lt. Governor of the State of New Jersey	[1]
Mary Jo Abbondanza			2011	Executive Director of Health Promotions at St. Francis Medical Center	[2]
Edith Savage-Jennings			2011	Civil-rights and women's rights	[3]
Meta Griffith		(d. 2010)	2011	Business woman, community activist	[4]
Brenda Ross-Dulan			2011	Wells Fargo	[5]
Christina Seix		(b. 1950)	2011	Investment counselor, founder of Christina Seix Academy prep school for underserved kids	[6]
Elise Tretola			2011	Founded a non-profit organization to serve the needs of people with disabilities	[7]
Lynne Azarchi		(b. 1963)	2012	Creator of Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum	[8]
Mary Higgins Clark		(b. 1927)	2012	Novelist	[9]
Carmen M. Garcia			2012	Former Chief Judge of Trenton Municipal Court; member of the New Jersey State Patrol Board	[10]
Lillian Harrington		(b.1934)	2012	Sister Harrington is a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini and president of Villa Victoria Academy	[11][12]
Anne LaBate			2012	Community volunteerism; president of Segal LaBate Commercial Real Estate	[13]
Alice Paul		(1885–1977)	2012	Women's Right Suffragist and author of the Equal Rights Amendment	[14]
C. Vivian Stringer		(b. 1948)	2012	Head coach of the Rutgers Women’s Basketball Team	[15]
Lisa P. Jackson		(b. 1962)	2013	Administrator of the U.S. EPA	[16]
Amy B. Mansue			2013	President and CEO of Children's Specialized Hospital	[17]
Becky Halstead		(b. 1959)	2013	Retired United States Army Brigadier general; first woman graduate of United States Military Academy to rise to the rank of general officer	[18]
Eleanor V. Horne			2013	Second Vice Chair to NNSTOY (National State Teachers of the Year) Board of Directors; community activist and retired Vice President of Educational Testing Service	[19]
June Ballinger			2013	Executive Artistic Director, Passage Theater Company	[20]
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago		(b. 1954)	2013	Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Rutgers University	[21]
Mary G. Roebling		(1905–1994)	2013	Chairwoman of National State Bank; first woman head of a national bank	[22]
Beverly Richardson			2014	Vice President, Burlington County College	[23]
Ivonne Diaz-Claisse			2014	President of HISPA (Hispanics Inspiring Students' Performance and Achievement)	[24]
Mildred B. Gershen			2014	President and CEO of Moderate Income Management Company	[25]
Hazel Gluck		(b. 1934)	2014	Partner, MBI GluckShaw	[26]
Kim C. Hanemann			2014	Vice President of Delivery Projects & Construction, PSE&G	[27]
Nina D. Melker			2014	Sr. Vice President of Hopewell Valley Community Bank	[28]
Etta Rudolf Denk			2015	Senior VP Bank of America New Jersey	[29]
Jennifer A. Downing			2015	Chief Assistant Prosecutor Mercer County Prosecutor's Office	[30]
Caren S. Franzini			2015	Financial/economic advisor, former Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority	[31]
Patricia A. Hartpence			2015	Assistant Vice President for Corporate Giving NJM Insurance Group	[32]
Virginia Long		(b. 1942)	2015	Legal counsel, retired justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey	[33]
Sheila Gallagher-Montone			2015	Retired Times of Trenton publisher	[34]

See also[edit]

• New Jersey Hall of Fame
• Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey

Footnotes[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Berry, Mary Frances (1988). Why ERA Failed: Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-36537-6.
• De Roche, Linda (2011). Mary Higgins Clark: Life and Letters. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-36637-6.

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