Since 1985 the Oregon Commission for Women has presented the Woman of Achievement Award to women in Oregon who has been recognized for leadership and success in her area of expertise, promoted the status of women in society, has a commitment to equity and diversity and is an exemplary role model.
This award has come to represent recognition for substantial accomplishments. The women who receive this award are extraordinary people who, by their efforts, make a positive change for everyone. The awardees are women for all of us to look up to and endeavor to emulate.
Women of Achievement Hall of Fame
Vera Katz – 1985
Barbara Roberts, Norma Paulus – 1986
Nancy Ryles, Susan Hammer – 1987
Marsha Congdon, Betty Roberts - 1988
Mary Wendy Roberts, Nancy Wilgenbusch - 1989
Clarice Parr-Sandoz, Y. Sherry Sheng - 1990
Ursula K. LeGuin, Gail Shibley - 1991
Susan Helms, Joan Biggs - 1992
Ann Aiken, Tricia Smith, Judith Armatta - 1993
Mary Alice Ford, Annabelle Jaramillo, Ellen Lowe, Janet Stevenson - 1994
Myrlie Evers Williams, Kate Brown - 1995
Dianne Middle, Cheryl Perrin, Judith Ramaley - 1996
Margaret Carter, Patricia Davis Hinrichs, Nellie Fox-Edwards - 1997
Amy Aldrich Bedford, Bev Clarno, Joan Priscilla Kilbourn - 1998
Avel Gordly, Kathryn Harrison, Katherine Huff O’Neil - 1999
Elmo Bloom, Roslyn Hill, Sue Shaffer - 2000
Clariner Boston, Margaret Jean Hallock, Kathleen Margerum - 2001
Connie Ashbrook, Susan Castillo, Katherine Jensen - 2002
Phyllis Lee, Diane Rosenbaum, Jerralynn Ness - 2003
Joan Brown-Kline, Victoria Burton, Martha Young - 2004
Johanna Brenner, Harriet Isom, Serena Ota St. Clair - 2005
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