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(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- This year, Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation enhanced the award criteria and categories. Instead of honoring women in three categories of Honoree, Pioneer and Posthumous, women from various professions were honored in the following categories: Arts & Entertainment, Business and Economics, Communications and Literature, Education and Research, Government and Law, Health and Human Services, Science and Technology, and Sports and Athletics.
| Year |
Award |
Name |
| 2008 |
Arts and Entertainment |
Barbara Stein |
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Business and Economics |
Rosa Naccarota |
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Education and Research |
Tonya Dillard |
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Government and Law |
Maria Korvick |
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Health and Human Services |
Regina Shearn |
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Science and Technology |
Emilie Young |
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Sports and Athletics |
Marjorie Wessel |
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Pioneer |
Elizabeth Mejia |
|
Rising Star |
Elizabeth McNally |
| 2007 |
Pioneers |
Captain Rita Banner |
|
Pioneers |
Catherine Fahringer |
|
Pioneers |
Meng Jung "Betty" Lee |
|
Pioneers |
Mae Bell Thompson |
|
Pioneers |
Maria Ibañez ("Merlina the Magician") |
|
Honorees |
Carol White |
|
Honorees |
Yolanda Cash Jackson |
|
Honorees |
Theodora Hayes Long |
|
Honorees |
Angelina P. Rodriguez |
|
Honorees |
Jean H. Evoy |
|
Honorees |
Rocio Tafur-Salgado |
|
Honorees |
Martha Mahoney |
|
Honorees |
Barbara Schwartz |
|
Honorees |
Teresa Maria Rojas |
|
Posthumous |
Linda Dakis |
|
Posthumous |
Peggy Shizuko Osumi Murasaki Tanaka |
|
Posthumous |
Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Wilson |
|
Posthumous |
Christine Federighi |
| 2006 |
Pioneers |
Cindy Lerner |
|
Pioneers |
Roslyn Berrin |
|
Pioneers |
Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff |
|
Pioneers |
Paula J. Musto |
|
Honorees |
Elizabeth "Liz" Hernandez |
|
Honorees |
Leonie Marie Hermantin |
|
Honorees |
Judge Carroll J. Kelly |
|
Honorees |
Mieko Kubota |
|
Honorees |
Earnestine Mikki Thompson |
|
Honorees |
Joan Sampieri |
|
Honorees |
Sharon Kendrick-Johnson |
|
Honorees |
Susan Perry Redding |
|
Posthumous |
Audrey J. King |
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Posthumous |
Barbara Tifford |
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Posthumous |
Bertha Makovsky |
| 2005 |
Pioneers |
Barbara Mason-Gardiner |
|
Pioneers |
Major Grace Moreyra O’Donnell |
|
Pioneers |
Dr. Marta Perez |
|
Pioneers |
Honorable Judy Waldman |
|
Pioneers |
Diane O’Quinn Williams |
|
Pioneers |
Einez Yaz |
|
Honorees |
Irela Bagué |
|
Honorees |
Leona Louise Cooper Baker |
|
Honorees |
Maribel Balbin |
|
Honorees |
Edeline B. Clermont |
|
Honorees |
Honorable Judge Amy Karan |
|
Honorees |
Anita Meyer Meinbach |
|
Honorees |
Phillis Inez Oeters |
|
Honorees |
Carol Rist |
|
Honorees |
Gerri M. Rocker |
|
Posthumous |
Linda Blue Joy |
|
Posthumous |
Leung Chen-Ying Chow |
|
Posthumous |
Anna Brenner Meyers |
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Posthumous |
Samaki Variety |
| 2004 |
Pioneers |
Judge Rosemary Barkett |
|
Pioneers |
Commissioner Mattie Herrera Bower |
|
Pioneers |
Alina Tejeda Hudak |
|
Pioneers |
Barbara J. Jordan |
|
Pioneers |
Roberta Fox, P.A. |
|
Pioneers |
Kay Madry Sullivan |
|
Pioneers |
Wansley Walters |
|
Honorees |
Magali R. Abad |
|
Honorees |
Vannetta Bailey-Iddrisu, M.ed |
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Honorees |
Valerie Davis-Bailey, M.ed |
|
Honorees |
Pili de la Rosa |
|
Honorees |
Lisa R. Ginsburg, Esq. |
|
Honorees |
Major Karin Montejo |
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Honorees |
Stacey Pastel Dougan, Esq. |
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Honorees |
Brenda Marshall McClymonds, J.D. |
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Honorees |
Georgia H. McLean |
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Honorees |
Dr. Diana Richardson |
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Honorees |
Lourdes San Martin, P.E. |
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Posthumous |
Beverly Lenore Clarke-Dorsett |
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Posthumous |
Mattie Belle Davis |
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Posthumous |
Maribel Garcia |
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Posthumous |
Vayola Hercules |
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Posthumous |
Judith James Rolle |
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Posthumous |
Beatrice Meyers Peskoe |
| 2003 |
Pioneers |
State Representative Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall |
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Pioneers |
Josephine Gordy Whang |
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Pioneers |
Eileen Nexer Brown |
|
Pioneers |
Lois Spears |
|
Pioneers |
Jane A. Torres |
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Pioneers |
Adele T. Weaver |
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Honorees |
Jacqui Colyer |
|
Honorees |
Christina M. Cuervo |
|
Honorees |
Marcia K. Cypen |
|
Honorees |
Angela Gittens |
|
Honorees |
Judge Sandy Karlan |
|
Honorees |
Liliam M. Lopez |
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Honorees |
Roymi Membiela |
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Honorees |
Eliza D. Perry |
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Honorees |
Aude M.L. Sicard |
|
Posthumous |
Phyllis Miller |
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Posthumous |
Millicent Spicer Wilson |
| 2002 |
Pioneers |
Alberta Batchelor Blecke |
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Pioneers |
Maria Julia Casanova |
|
Pioneers |
Alexis G. Harris |
|
Pioneers |
Dr. Mercedes R. Iannone |
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Pioneers |
Rosario Kennedy |
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Pioneers |
Arva Moore Parks |
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Honorees |
Teresa Albizu-Rodriguez, M.S. |
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Honorees |
Adrienne Arsht |
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Honorees |
Arcie D. Ewell |
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Honorees |
Alice Dean Harrison |
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Honorees |
Joanne Hyppolite |
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Honorees |
Dr. Irene Lipof |
|
Honorees |
Laura C. Morilla |
|
Honorees |
Venghan (Winnie) Tang |
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Honorees |
Paula Xanthopoulou  |
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Posthumous |
Denzella Denise Burnside Andrews |
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Posthumous |
Marie Michelle Hjardemaal |
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Posthumous |
Sonia Puopolo |
| 2001 |
Pioneers |
Hon. Jeri B. Cohen |
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Pioneers |
Dorothy J. Hicks, M.D. |
|
Pioneers |
Khanya Moolsiri |
|
Pioneers |
Susan J. Reyna |
|
Pioneers |
Gwendolyn H. Welters |
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Honorees |
Gail Birks Askins |
|
Honorees |
Jill Beach |
|
Honorees |
Maritza Ejenbaum |
|
Honorees |
Luisa Maria Güell |
|
Honorees |
Anne T. Herriott |
|
Honorees |
Sharon Langer |
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Honorees |
Louise Todaro |
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Posthumous |
Dr. Toni Margulies Eisner |
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Posthumous |
Estelle Greene |
| 2000 |
Pioneers |
Marilyn Hoder-Salmon, Ph.D. |
| Â |
Pioneers |
Enid Pinkney |
|
Pioneers |
Leah A. Simms |
|
Pioneers |
Nilsa Velazquez |
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Honorees |
Joy Bruce, M.D. |
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Honorees |
Evelyn Cohan |
|
Honorees |
Maria C. Garza |
|
Honorees |
Dorothy Powell Lee |
|
Honorees |
Gepsie Morisset-Metellus |
|
Honorees |
Edith G. Osman |
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Honorees |
Nancy Rivera |
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Honorees |
Shaloma Shawmut-Lessner |
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Honorees |
Pamela A. Stack |
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Honorees |
Rosetta J. Vickers |
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Posthumous |
Elaine Gordon |
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Posthumous |
Nora Swan |
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Posthumous |
Girthia Williams-Hart |
| 1999 |
Pioneers |
Castell V. Bryant |
|
Pioneers |
Janet M. Canterbury |
|
Pioneers |
Elvira Dopico |
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Honorees |
Anita M. Bock |
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Honorees |
Lilia GarcÃa |
|
Honorees |
Sandra E. Gibson |
|
Honorees |
Kathleen Gordon |
|
Honorees |
Janet F. Launcelott |
|
Honorees |
Nadine C. Patrice |
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Honorees |
Jacqueline Redondo |
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Honorees |
Sister B. Edita Rojo |
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Honorees |
Aubrey W. Simms |
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Posthumous |
Hildegard Herbster |
| 1998 |
Pioneers |
Ruth Wolkowsky Greenfield |
|
Pioneers |
Mary Stanley-Low Machado |
|
Pioneers |
Sheba Major Martin |
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Honorees |
Marleine Bastien |
|
Honorees |
Laura Bethel |
|
Honorees |
Kathy Gómez |
|
Honorees |
Mona Bethel Jackson |
|
Honorees |
Daniella S. Levine Cava |
|
Honorees |
Diana Montes de Oca López |
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Honorees |
Mary K. Lynch |
|
Honorees |
Maria Márquez |
|
Honorees |
Robin Reiter- Faragalli |
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Posthumous |
Meredith Pleasant Sparks |
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Special Award |
Silvia M. Unzueta |
| 1997 |
Pioneers |
Betsy Kaplan |
|
Pioneers |
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
|
Pioneers |
Marie Wiggins Washington |
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Honorees |
Dorothy R. Baker |
|
Honorees |
Ileana M. Cruz |
|
Honorees |
Ernestine Smith Davis |
|
Honorees |
Ellen C. Freidin |
|
Honorees |
lleana Fuentes |
|
Honorees |
Bernadette Pardo Phillips |
|
Honorees |
Maria E. Roberts |
|
Honorees |
Dorothy M. Wallace |
|
Honorees |
Shirley Merlin West |
|
Posthumous |
Lillie P. Dorsett |
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Posthumous |
Margery Hemsing Rankin |
| 1996 |
Pioneers |
Elizabeth Metcalf |
|
Pioneers |
Olimpia Rosado |
|
Pioneers |
Francena Thomas |
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Honorees |
Frances Bohnsack |
|
Honorees |
Larcenia Bullard |
|
Honorees |
Linda Dakis |
|
Honorees |
Margarita Rohaidy Delgado |
|
Honorees |
Tananarive Due |
|
Honorees |
Vickie Jackson |
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Honorees |
Betty Kaynor |
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Honorees |
Ivette Arteaga Morgan |
|
Honorees |
Janice O'Rourke |
|
Honorees |
Deborah Reyes |
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Posthumous |
Meg O'Brien |
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Posthumous |
Belen Saborido |
| 1995 |
Celebration Dedicated to |
Katy Sorenson |
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Pioneers |
Josefina Carbonell |
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Pioneers |
Cynthia Williams Curry |
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Pioneers |
Ruth Owens Krusé |
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Honorees |
Alina Becker |
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Honorees |
Angela Bellamy |
|
Honorees |
Annie Betancourt |
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Honorees |
Cheryl Little |
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Honorees |
Consuelo de Armas Otero |
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Honorees |
Suzette Pope |
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Honorees |
Frankie Shannon Rolle |
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Honorees |
Marian Harris Shannon |
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Honorees |
Dorothy Thomson |
| 1994 |
Celebration Dedicated to |
Janet Reno |
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Pioneers |
Ann-Marie Adker |
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Pioneers |
Mattie Belle Davis |
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Pioneers |
Mercy Diaz Miranda |
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Honorees |
Bonnie Askowitz |
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Honorees |
Betty T. Ferguson |
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Honorees |
Bea Hines |
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Honorees |
Barbara lbarra |
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Honorees |
Bonnie Lano Rippingille |
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Honorees |
Marie RodrÃguez |
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Honorees |
Kathleen Ruggiero |
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Honorees |
Miriam Singer |
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Honorees |
Frederica Wilson |
| 1993 |
Celebration Dedicated to |
Kate Hale |
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Pioneers |
Jean Jones Perdue |
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Pioneers |
Verneka Sturrup Silva |
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Pioneers |
Teresa Zubizarreta |
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Honorees |
Liz Balmaseda |
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Honorees |
Hazel Crawford |
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Honorees |
Cornelia "Corky" Dozier |
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Honorees |
Audrey Finkelstein |
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Honorees |
Thelma Gibson |
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Honorees |
Karen Gievers |
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Honorees |
Monna Lighte |
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Honorees |
Natacha Seijas |
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Honorees |
Mercedes Cros Sandoval |
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Posthumous |
Jane Wood Reno |
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Posthumous |
Irene Elizabeth Williams |
|
Posthumous |
Rayna Youngerman |
|
Posthumous |
Anonymous Rafter |
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Posthumous |
Boatwoman |
| 1992 |
Pioneers |
Leona H. Cooper |
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Pioneers |
Cristina Saralegui |
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Pioneers |
Molly Turner |
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Honorees |
Nikki Beare |
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Honorees |
Ronni Bermont |
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Honorees |
Conchy Bretos |
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Honorees |
Luisa GarcÃa-Toledo |
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Honorees |
Antonia Williams Gary |
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Honorees |
Marilyn Holifield |
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Honorees |
Alice W. Johnson |
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Honorees |
Katherine Fernández Rundle |
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Honorees |
Roberta Boyce Stokes |
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Awards |
Lydia Cabrera |
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Awards |
Dorothy Shula |
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Awards |
Essie Silva |
| 1991 |
Pioneers |
Lourdes Aguila |
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Pioneers |
Yvonne Burkholz |
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Pioneers |
Helen Miller |
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Honorees |
Regina Jollivette Frazier |
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Honorees |
Penny Gardner |
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Honorees |
Sally Heyman |
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Honorees |
Elena de Jongh |
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Honorees |
Cindy Lederman |
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Honorees |
Beverly Nixon |
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Honorees |
Mercedes Rodriguez |
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Honorees |
Amanda Ros |
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Honorees |
Eugenia Thomas |
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Posthumous |
Edith Carroll |
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Posthumous |
Janet Chusmir |
| 1990 |
Celebration Dedicated to |
Gwen Margolis |
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Pioneers |
Alicia Baró |
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Pioneers |
Roxcy Bolton |
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Pioneers |
Barbara M. Carey-Shuler |
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Pioneers |
Celia Cruz |
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Pioneers |
Dorothy Jenkins Fields |
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Pioneers |
Eunice Watson Liberty |
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Pioneers |
Helen Muir |
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Pioneers |
Beverly Phillips |
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Honorees |
Leticia Callava |
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Honorees |
Tanya Dawkins |
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Honorees |
Judith Nelson Drucker |
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Honorees |
Lynn Leight |
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Honorees |
Janet R. McAliley |
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Honorees |
Dianne S. Gaines |
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Honorees |
MarÃa Elena Torano |
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Honorees |
Jessie Trice |
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Honorees |
Marisela Verena |
| 1989 |
Pioneers |
Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
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Pioneers |
Yvonne Santa Maria |
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Pioneers |
Athalie Range |
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Pioneers |
Elizabeth Virrick |
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Pioneers |
Alice Wainwright |
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Honorees |
Ann Bishop |
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Honorees |
Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago |
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Honorees |
Gloria Estefan |
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Honorees |
Gill Freeman |
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Honorees |
Carrie Meek |
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Honorees |
Queen Chiku N'gozi |
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Honorees |
Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin |
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Honorees |
Maria Elvira Salazar |
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Honorees |
Pam Saulsby |
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