The Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes women who have contributed to history of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
History The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2010 to recognize accomplished women who have impacted the development of the state of Tennessee and improved the status of other women. It is the brainchild of the Women's Economic Council Foundation, Inc. and the Tennessee Economic Council on Women.
Criteria The criteria for induction into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame is that women were born in and achieved recognition within the state; are or have a resident in Tennessee for an extended period of time or adopted Tennessee as their home state. Additional criteria includes women who,: Have made significant, unique and permanent contributions to the economic, political and cultural betterment of Tennessee; Have elevated the status of women; Have promoted other women and women’s issues; Have been advocates for those issues which are important to women and families
Inductees The hall inducts new members annually or bi-annually and includes both contemporary and historical women or organizations which benefit women.
+Tennessee Women's Hall of FameNameImageBirth–DeathYearArea of achievement (1934–2023) 2015 First career Air Force woman appointed to the Senior Executive Service and served as the Women's Program Coordinator. (1851–1926) 2015 Founder of the Knoxville Female Institute and the Tennessee Suffrage Association (1890–1981) 2015 First woman to teach chemistry in any university in Hungary, in the United States, she served on the Manhattan Project (1949–) 2015 First woman Chief Justice of Tennessee (1934–) 2015 Founder of the Greater Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce, and co-founder, publisher and journalist of Perry & Perry Publishing Company (1947–) 2015 One of the inaugural group of women astronauts of NASA 2015 Chair and founder of the American Muslim Council of Tennessee (1936–2021) 2015 1987 Tennessee Teacher of the Year and first Tennessee Teacher-Scholar of the National Endowment for the Humanities (c. 1951–) 2013 Co-founded Shipley & Behm, the first all-woman law firm in Nashville (1949–) 2013 First woman Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of East Tennessee State University (1925–2024) 2013 First African American to hold an appointed and elected statewide position in the Tennessee State Federation of Democratic Women (1945–) 2013 President of the University of Memphis (1963–) 2013 Founder of Magdalene House (1940–) 2013 Orchestrated an interfaith and inter-racial group response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1952–2016) 2011 Most all-time wins for a coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division (1942–) 2010 First Tennessee woman to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1933–2016) 2010 First woman to win a statewide election in Tennessee
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