National Women's Hall of Fame

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred are among 10 women being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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Fri., March 8, 2019

This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows actress, author and political activist Jane Fonda, who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City.
Gloria Allred poses Jan. 20, 2018, for a portrait to promote the film “Seeing Allred,” during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Allred is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. Allred has represented women in numerous high-profile and celebrity cases, including several women currently accusing singer R. Kelly of sexual abuse.

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This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows Angela Davis who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. Davis has been politically active for decades, including as a member of the Black Panther Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Communist Party USA. More recently, she has been an outspoken supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows Sarah Deer, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. As an activist for indigenous women, a lawyer and professor, her work on violence against Native American women has been recognized by the American Bar Association and the Department of Justice.
This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows Col. Nicole Malachowski who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. Malachowski was the first woman to fly for the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds team and went on to serve as an adviser to former first lady Michelle Obama.
This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows Louise Slaughter who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. Slaughter, a Kentucky coal miner’s daughter, had represented her western New York district for 31 years when she died at age 88. The Democrat championed a 2008 law intended to protect people with genetic predispositions to health conditions from facing discrimination from employers or health insurers.
This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows composer Laurie Spiegel, who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. Spiegel’s electronic music compositions have been used in the “Hunger Games” movies, museums and appear on NASA’s “golden records,” shipped out on the Voyager spacecrafts to offer future listeners a taste of Earth’s life and culture. She is known for her pioneering work with early electronic and computer music systems.

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This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows Flossie Wong-Staal, who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019 in New York City. Wong-Staal was part of a team of scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute whose work was instrumental in proving HIV to be the cause of AIDS. She was named the top woman scientist of the 1980s by the Institute of Scientific Information.
This undated photo provided by the National Women’s Hall of Fame shows cartoonist Rose O’Neill, who is among the 10 members of the National Women’s Hall of Fame Class of 2019, that was announced Friday, March 8, 2019, in New York City. O’Neill, who died in 1944, is the country’s first published female cartoonist. She is the creator of the cherubic comic strip characters, Kewpies, and the popular Kewpie dolls. O’Neill used her fame as a cartoonist in the early 1900s to campaign for women’s right to vote.