The North Carolina Women's Hall of Fame is an initiative that emerged from the Governor's Conference for Women in 2009 to recognize women who have provided leadership in community service, their professions, or advocacy for women’s rights in North Carolina.
History The initiative was founded in 2009 during the annual Governor's Conference for Women. The conference, formed in 2006, to provide networking opportunities and discuss women's issues, created the initiative to annually recognize women who were North Carolina leaders as a part of the conference. The criteria for induction requires that the nominees had achieved recognition within North Carolina for community service, within their professions, or for their advocacy on women's rights and issues of concern to women.
Inductees North Carolina Women's Hall of Fame Name Image Birth–Death YearArea of achievement (1920–2018) 2009 First female Speaker Pro Tempore of the NC House (1942–) 2009 African-American businesswoman and community leader (1934–) 2009 Philanthropist and community volunteer (1920–2012) 2009 Philanthropist (1932–2020) 2010 Business leader and first African American woman to hold a NC Cabinet post (1917–2013) 2010 Founder and supporter of NC arts organizations (1942–) 2010 Jewish philanthropist (1931–2022) 2010 Public servant and first woman named to the state’s Advisory Budget Committee (1954–) 2010 First African-American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1920–2014) 2011 First woman to chair the Mecklenburg County, NC Board of County Commissioners and the first woman to chair the Board of Elections (1948–2020) 2011 African-American minority business development leader (1942–) 2011 27th Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1938–2023) 2011 Native American, Civil Rights and Women's right's advocate and educator
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