Women's Museum of California

Women's Museum of California
Abbreviation WMofC
Formation 1983
Founder Mary Maschal
Founded at Golden Hill, San Diego
Type Non governmental organization
Purpose museum of women's history
Location
Coordinates Coordinates: 32°44′20″N 117°12′50″W / 32.739°N 117.214°W / 32.739; -117.214
Website http://womensmuseumca.org/
Formerly called
 Women's History Reclamation Project, Women's History Museum & Educational Center

The Women's Museum of California (WMofC) is a nonprofit museum located in San Diego, California and dedicated to women's history. It was first organized under the names the Women's History Reclamation Project and then the Women's History Museum and Educational Center. It was founded in 1983.[1] In addition to exhibits and programs offered, the WMofC also co-founded and hosts the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame. The museum is located at Liberty Station and has exhibit space, archives, a library and a store that features items made exclusively by women.[2] Other museum offerings include speakers and monthly lecture series.[3]

History

The museum had its roots with the women's rights activist, Mary B. Maschal who collected items from women's history in her home.[4] The home had formally belonged to a suffragist, Veronica Burke.[5] Maschal had been collecting artifacts relating to women's history since the 1970s.[6] She finally opened her collection to the public in 1983, naming it the Women's History Reclamation Project (WHRP).[4] Maschal felt a passion for collecting artifacts because of her "own disappointment over the lack of knowledge about women's history among the younger generation."[5] Maschal also received a grant in 1984 in order to conduct and collect oral history interviews.[7]

Maschal moved her collection to the Art Union Building in Golden Hill in 1997.[2] Maschel died in 1998, and Sue Gonda took over the museum.[6] In 2000, the museum sponsored a Women's History Poetry contest, which was held at the same time as an exhibit titled In Our Own Voice: women's History through Women's Poetry.[7] The museum co-created the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.[8] In 2003, the project changed its name to the Women's History Museum and Educational Center (WHMEC).[6]

The Women's History Museum and Educational Center changed its name again, this time to the Women's Museum of California (WMofC) in 2011.[9] They concurrently updated the museum logo.[10] WMC also moved to the Liberty Station Promenade in Point Loma in 2012.[4] The new location was three times larger than their former location at Golden Hill.[10]

Helen Hawkins Memorial Library and Research Archive

Part of the museum is a library and archive. The Helen Hawkins Memorial Library and Research Archive includes books and several special collections.[7] Part of the special collections is the Alice Park Archive which collects artifacts from the women's suffrage movement from the late 19th century and early 20th century.[7] The special collections also include papers documenting the career of Lucy Killea, a collection of materials relating to the UN Conference on the Status of Women and the Neff-LeClair Collection of period women's clothing dating from the 18th century on.[7]

San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame was created in 2001, partly through the WMofC and other organizations.[6] Some organizations that have partnered with WMofC for the hall of fame include the Girl Scouts, MANA, A National Latina Organization and Executive Women International.[11] In other years, other groups, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, San Diego State University's department of Women's Studies and the Women's Center of the University of California, San Diego have participated.[12] Inductions into the hall of fame take place during Women's History Month.[13] Each year about five women are inducted.[14]

The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame mission is "to acknowledge and honor women who have significantly contributed to the quality of life and who have made outstanding volunteer contributions in San Diego County."[14]

List of inductees

San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame Inductees
Name Image Birth–Death Year Area of achievement
Viviana Enrique Acosta 2015 Historian[15]
Dilkhwaz Ahmed 2017 Bridge Builder
Dianne (Dee) Aker 2014 Trailblazer[16]
Rulette Armstead 2004 Activist[17]
Sally Wong Avery 2016 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[18]
Charlotte Baker (1855–1937) 2009 Empowerer[19]
Alice Barnes 2003 Activist[20]
Belle Benchley (1882–1972) 2007 Trailblazer[21]
Betty Evans Boone 2013 Empowerer[22]
Jane Booth 2012 Historian[23]
Lorraine Boyce 2014 Empowerer[16]
Madge Bradley (1904–2000) 2002 Trailblazer[24]
Clara Breed (1906–1994) 2007 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[25]
Barbara Bry 2012 Empowerer[26]
E. Margaret Burbidge (1919– 2003 Trailblazer[27]
Nona Canon 2006 Trailblazer[28]
Constance Carroll 2013 Trailblazer[22]
Irma Castro 2013 Activist[22]
Makeda Dread Cheatom 2012 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[29]
Li-Rong Cheng 2009 Historian[30]
Evelyn Clarke 2005 Historian[31]
Alyce Smith-Cooper 2005 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[32]
Margaret Costanza (1932–2010) 2011 Trailblazer[33]
Carol Rowell Council (1948- 2017 Empowerer
Joan Craigwell 2009 Trailblazer[34]
Ingrid Croce (1947- 2012 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[35]
Aurora Soriano Cudal 2013 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[22]
Edith Dabbs ( –2009) 2009 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[36]
Alemi Daba 2002 Empowerer[37]
Darlene Davies 2017 Historian
Jeri Dilno 2006 Activist[38]
Bonnie Dumanis (1951– 2008 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[39]
Jane Dumas 2002 Historian[40]
Joan Embrey (1949– 2007 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[41]
Herminia Enrique 2004 Historian[42]
Anne Ewing (1930–2011) 2005 Activist[43]
Anita Figueredo (1916–2010) 2015 Trailblazer[15]
Judy Forman 2011 Empowerer[44]
Donna Frye (1952– 2011 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[45]
Maria Garcia 2016 Historian[18]
Irma Gonzalez (1948- 2017 Trailblazer
Lucy Gonzales 2006 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[46]
Sylvia Hampton 2008 Activist[47]
Clara M. Harris 2011 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[48]
Gloria Harris 2010 Empowerer[49]
Helen S. Hawkins 2005 Empowerer[50]
Ruth Heifetz 2005 Trailblazer[51]
Monique Henderson (1983– 2009 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[52]
Anne Hoiberg 2012 Activist[53]
Alice Hohlmayer (1925– 2005 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[54]
Dorothy Hom 2013 Cultural guardian.[22]
Doris Howell 2004 Trailblazer[55]
Gloria Johnson (1937–2013) 2003 Activist[56]
Natasha Josefowitz 2015 Empowerer[15]
Christine Kehoe (1950– 2016 Trailblazer[18]
Lucy Killea (1922– 2002 Activist[57]
Lee Ann Kim 2015 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[15]
Joan Kroc (1928–2003) 2004 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[58]
Starla Lewis 2015 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[15]
Deborah Lindholm 2006 Empowerer[59]
Martha Longenecker (1920–2013) 2011 Historian[60]
Sonia Lopez 2014 Cultural guardian.[16]
Elizabeth Lou 2016 Empowerer[18]
Mary Maschal (1924–1998) 2004 Historian[61]
Gloria McClellan 2004 Activist[62]
Ardelia McClure 2003 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[63]
Judith McConnell 2010 Trailblazer[64]
Marianne McDonald (1937– 2008 Empowerer[65]
Gracia Molina de Pick 2002 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[66]
Lilia Moreno de Lopez 2003 Empowerer[67]
Sarah Moser 2015 Activist[15]
Judith Munk (1925-2006) 2008 Historian[68]
Midge Neff-LeClair 2003 History.[69]
Joyce Nower (1932-2010) 2017 Empowerer
Rachael Ortiz 2014 Activist[16]
Nancy Reeves 2003 Trailblazer[70]
Vivian Reznik 2010 Activist[71]
Sally Ride (1951–2012) 2006 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[72]
Elizabeth Riggs 2008 Trailblazer[73]
Laura Rodriguez ( –1994) 2010 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[74]
Rita Sanchez (1937– 2011 Activist[75]
Anna Sandoval 2010 Historian[76]
Lynn Schenk (1945– 2012 Trailblazer[77]
Evonne Seron Schulze 2016 Activist[18]
Ellen Scripps (1836–1932) 2007 Empowerer[78]
Kate Sessions (1857–1940) 2006 Trailblazer[79]
Patricia Shaffer 2007 Empowerer[80]
Jean Stern 2004 Trailblazer[81]
Deborah Szekely (1922– 2014 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[16]
Marisa Ugarte 2009 Activist[82]
Lilia Valasquez 2017 Activist
Sara Vasquez 2007 Historian[83]
Karen Vigneault 2008 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[84]
Ashley Walker 2006 Cultural Competent Bridge Builder.[85]
Bree Walker (1953- 2014 Spirit Of The Women's Hall Of Fame[86]
Tanja Winter 2007 Activist[87]
Kate Yavenditti 2009 Activist[88]
Beverly Yip 2003 Activist[89]

References

Citations

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