Oregon Women of Achievement

The Oregon Commission for Women established the Oregon Women of Achievement in 1985 to recognize the accomplishments of Oregon women and to demonstrate appreciation for their endeavors.[1] Qualifying candidates to be nominated for the Oregon Women of Achievement are exemplary role models who promote the status of women in society, are committed to diversity and equity and have earned recognition for success and leadership in their fields.[2] As of 2013, 81 women have been honored by the Oregon Commission for Women.[1]

Inductees

Oregon Women of Achievement
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement Ref(s)
Vera Katz (1933–2017) 1985 First woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and the 49th mayor of Portland [3]
Barbara Roberts (b. 1936) 1986 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995 [4]
Norma Paulus (b. 1933) 1986 Oregon Secretary of State and Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction [5]
Nancy Ryles (1937–1990) 1987 Served in the Oregon House of Representatives, the Oregon Senate and as one of three members of the Oregon Public Utility Commission [6]
Susan Hammer 1987 Attorney and mediator [7]
Marsha Congdon 1988 Vice President of Policy and Strategy at US West and director of Mentor Graphics [8]
Betty Roberts (1923–2011) 1988 83rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court [9]
Mary Wendy Roberts 1989 Daughter of Frank L. Roberts and member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate; served as Commissioner of Labor and Industries from 1979 to 1995 [10]
Nancy Wilgenbusch 1989 President of Marylhurst University from 1984 to 2008 [11]
Clarice Parr-Sandoz 1990 Member of the Walla Walla tribe [12]
Y. Sherry Sheng 1990 President Clackamas County Master Gardeners; former director Seattle Aquarium and the Oregon Zoo (1988–97) [13]
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) 1991 Author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction [14]
Gail Shibley 1991 First openly gay member of the Oregon House of Representatives; served on the Portland Planning Commission [15]
Susan Helms (b. 1958) 1992 Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut at the International Space Station [16]
Joan Biggs 1992
Ann Aiken (b. 1951) 1993 Attorney and jurist [17]
Tricia Smith 1993 Government Relations Specialist for Oregon School Employees Association
Judith Armatta 1993 Lawyer, journalist and human rights activist. Legal counsel to the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. During 2002–2005 she represented the Coalition for International Justice monitoring the Trial of Slobodan Milošević. [18]
Mary Alice Ford (1935–2008) 1994 Pro-choice Republican who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 15 consecutive years representing Washington County [19]
Annabelle Jaramillo 1994 Former Executive Director of the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs; Benton County Commissioner [20]
Ellen Lowe 1994 Board member and commissioner; Public Policy Director for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; advocate for low-income Oregonians [21]
Janet Stevenson (1913–2009) 1994 Writer and professor. Stevenson served as Mayor of Hammond, Oregon. [22]
Myrlie Evers-Williams (b. 1933) 1995 Civil rights activist and journalist who worked tirelessly to seek justice for the murder of her well-known civil rights activist husband Medgar Evers in 1963 [23]
Kate Brown (b. 1960) 1995 Governor of Oregon (first openly bisexual governor) Oregon Secretary of State and former member of the Oregon Senate [24]
Dianne Middle 1996 Attorney and Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Cheryl Perrin 1996 Executive Director of Campaign for America and Trustee at Lewis and Clark College [25]
Judith Ramaley (b. 1941) 1996 Former president of Portland State University [26]
Margaret Carter (b. 1935) 1997 Served in the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives [27]
Patricia Davis Hinrichs 1997 Attorney
Nellie Fox-Edwards 1997 Former political director of the Oregon AFL-CIO
Amy Aldrich Bedford (1912–2006) 1998 Co-owner of the East Oregonian [28]
Bev Clarno (b. 1936) 1998 Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives [29]
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn (1936–2011) 1998 Microbiologist, educator [30]
Avel Gordly (b. 1947) 1999 First African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate [31]
Kathryn Jane Harrison (b. 1924) 1999 Tribal leader from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon [32]
Katherine Huff O’Neil 1999 Attorney and member of the ABA Board of Governors [33]
Elmo Bloom 2000 Manager of the Hermiston Neighborhood Center and developer of a successful senior meal program [34]
Roslyn Hill 2000 Developer nicknamed the "Queen of Alberta" for her efforts to revitalize Alberta Street in Northeast Portland [35]
Sue Shaffer 2000 Tribal leader of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians [36]
Clariner Boston 2001 Executive Director of Better People [37]
Margaret Jean Hallock 2001 Economist and founding director of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon [38]
Kathleen Margerum 2001 Member of the Florence Area Coordinating Council [39]
Connie Ashbrook 2002 Founding member and the executive director of the non-profit Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. [40]
Susan Castillo (b. 1951) 2002 Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction and member of the Oregon State Senate. Castillo was the first Latina in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. [41]
Katherine Jensen 2002 Writer and certified Nurse Midwife [42]
Phyllis Lee (b. 1936) 2003 Director of Multicultural Affairs at Oregon State University [43]
Diane Rosenbaum (b. 1949) 2003 Senate President Pro Tempore of the Oregon State Senate [44]
Jerralynn Ness 2003 Anti-poverty activist [45]
Joan Brown-Kline 2004 Executive director of the Washington and Multnomah counties program of Oregon CASA; former president and owner of Brown-Kline & Company [46]
Victoria Burton 2004 Helped build the Crisis Response Teams for the Portland Police Bureau [47]
Martha Young (−2006) 2004 Executive Director for the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation [48]
Johanna Brenner 2005 Professor and coordinator of the women's studies program at Portland State University [49]
Harriet Isom 2005 Former U.S Ambassador to Benin and Cameroon [50]
Serena Ota St. Clair 2005 Professor and Pathways and Articulation Coordinator at Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon [51]
Donalda Dodson 2006 Executive Director of the Oregon Child Development Coalition [52]
Joan Palmateer 2006 Assistant Director for Facility Operations for the Oregon Youth Authority [53]
Cherri Pancake 2006 Professor and Intel Faculty Fellow at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University [54]
Mary Overstreet 2007 Pastor and founder of the Power House Temple Church [55]
Carmen Ramirez 2007 Farm worker and board member with PCUN [56]
Gretchen Schuette 2007 Former president of Chemeketa Community College [57]
Nancy Golden 2008 Former Superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, Education Advisor to Governor Kitzhaber, and Chief Education Officer for the State of Oregon.[58] [59]
Darlene Hooley (b. 1939) 2008 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented Oregon's 5th congressional district [60]
Sydney Sherwood 2008 Executive Director of Tigard Chamber of Commerce
Keren Brown Wilson 2008 Gerontology professor at Portland State University's Institute on Aging [61]
Gert Boyle (1924–) 2009 Chair of Columbia Sportswear [62]
Arlene Schnitzer (b. 1929) 2009 Patron of the arts and philanthropist alongside her husband Harold Schnitzer; namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall [63]
Gretchen Kafoury (1942–2015) 2010 Representative in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Multnomah County Commission and the Portland City Council [64]
Melody Rose 2010 Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Instruction at Portland State University; Founder and Director of The Center for Women, Politics & Policy [65]
Latricia Tillman 2010 Administrator for the Oregon Office of Multicultural Health and Services [66]
Jill Ginsberg 2011 Medical director of the North by Northeast Community Health Center [67]
Jane Lubchenco (b. 1947) 2011 Environmental scientist and marine ecologist [68]
Minalee Saks 2011 Founder and Executive Director of the Birth To Three parenting program [69]
Rita Sullivan 2011 Executive Director of OnTrack, a chemical dependency treatment organization [70]
Robin Morris Collin 2012 Law professor at Willamette University [71]
Jane O'Keefe 2012 Vice-chair of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission [72]
Gina Warren 2012 Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion for Nike, Inc. [73]
Serena Stoudamire Wesley 2012 Coalition of Communities of Color [74]
Gun Denhart 2013 Businesswoman, founder of Hanna Andersson [75]
Mary Katherine Eaton 2013 Women's rights and clean government activist [76]
Cecilia Giron 2013 Mentor, director of the after-school Adelante Chicas for young women of Hispanic heritage [77]
Sheila North 2013 Former Executive Director of De Paul Treatment Centers [78]
Peg Malloy 2014 Founder Portland's Housing Center [79]
Lisa Schroeder 2014 Owner of Mother's Bistro & Bar in Portland [80]
Cheryl Strayed 2014 Author [81]
Jill Tanner 2014 Presiding Magistrate of the Oregon Tax Court [82]
Joanne Verger 2014 Politician, first female mayor of Coos Bay, Oregon [83]
Jan Campbell 2015 Portland advocate for persons with disabilities [84]
Donna Maxley 2015 Portland creator of the nonprofit RACE TALKS, to promote racial understanding [85]
Kay D. Toran 2015 President and Chief Executive Officer of Volunteers of America Oregon [86]
Gwendolyn Trice 2015 Founder of Maxville Heritage Interpretative Center in Wallow County; advocate and researcher for the roles of minorities in the logging industry [87]

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Further reading

  • Roberts, Barbara (2011). Up the Capitol Steps: A Woman's March to the Governorship (Women and Politics in the Pacific Northwest). Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. ISBN 978-0870716102.
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