Marin Women's Hall of Fame

Writing Women Into History - Founded 1987

Throughout its rich history, Marin county has been the home of many

outstanding women as diverse as its vistas.

In 1987, a group of women founded the Marin Women's Hall of Fame with

the mission to discover and honor women in our community who serve as

role models and demonstrate excellence in a wide range of endeavors.  The

Marin Women's Hall of Fame was the first organization in Marin County

to recognize the achievements and contributions made by its extraordinary

women citizens.  These are the women leaders who have devoted their lives

to excellence.  They have made such a significant contribution to the overall

well-being of our county and its residents; the life, culture, mores and even

the landscape.

In March, during Women's History Month, an annual dinner is held to

celebrate our Honorees..  Throughout the year the Board of Directors of the

Marin Women's Hall of Fame prepares videotaped histories, compiles

biographies and commissions photographic portraits of all the honorees.  

Honorees include local luminaries as well as many lesser known women

whose accomplishments are no less remarkable.  Throughout all the years
the Marin Women's Hall of Fame has proudly recorded the history of women's

accomplishments in Marin that has affected people locally, nationally and globally.

In addition to honoring these notable women of Marin, the Women's Hall of

Fame also seeks to "write women back into history" by creating and making

available the biographies which spotlight accomplishments usually ignored

by the media.  The Hall of Fame works to integrate such important history and

history-in-the-making by proactively developing new initiatives and programs

that serve the needs and issues of tweens through elders.  The goal is to make

HERstory...not just read about it.

Enjoy reading the life story of each of the honored women, nominate a woman

or contact the Marin Women's Hall of Fame through this website.  Thank you

for your visit.

"History is interesting but HERstory is fascinating."

Click here to read about our Founders

Click here to read about our Board of Directors