Founders - Marin Women's Hall of Fame

History is interesting, but HERstory is fascinating!

The year was 1987. Six women had been collaborating on several women focused projects. As they worked together, the topic of creating a record of the substantial contributions women have made to the life, culture, mores, even the landscape of Marin County were discussed. They discovered that there were virtually no records of women's achievements. That strengthened their resolve to redress the situation and write Marin women into our county history. They began to establish and organize a comprehensive method of institutionalizing the amazing, creative, life-changing contributions that Marin County women have made to the quality of our lives.

And so, "Marin Women's Hall of Fame" was formed, echoing the same effort in place at the historic Suffragette site in Seneca Falls, New York. The founders detailed plans: how to discover these women, how to objectively guage their contributions; how to shine a bright light upon their accomplishments so the public could become aware of these outstanding women. One frightening thought was when they contemplated what if they gave this "party" and nobody cared - or came! 23 years of successful celebrations have confirmed that they had made the right decisions and were heading in the right direction.

As the project progressed, women from the Women's Commission and from American Association of University Women joined the cause. The Commission and YWCA provided "seed money" as sponsors for the first dinner and award ceremony. The steering committee made community contacts for nominations and judging. Dominican College hosted the "sell out" crowd. the "little idea that could" was launched.

The original Founders were Bonnie Rose Hough and Ann Kennedy who were affiliated with the YWCA; Commissioner Rita Levy and Patricia Warren affiliated with the Marin Women's Commission and Nancy Nakai and Anne Latta, community representatives.

And, so it began...HERstory!

[ Back ]

Nominate An Exceptional Woman

Click here to nominate a Marin Women's Hall of Fame Honoree!

Forms accepted throughout the year

Deadline for every year is November 1st for the following March event!

N.B. The form will download as a PDF-save it as a WORD Document.

When you re-open in WORD, you will be able to type in the document.

Then you can complete information, sign and mail to MWHF.

Ready To Travel?

BOOK AIRLINE TRAVEL:
www.marinwomentravel.com

AND when you want and need a
PERSONAL touch, rely on the
professional services of
A "LIVE" TRAVEL AGENT at
TRAVELWIZENOW.COM
1-866-408-9493

Ask for Alyse and give her this code:
MWHF2011-12
Your business trips or vacations can
translate into DONATIONS for MWHF
with (Code: MWHF2011-12) CRUISE,
GROUP TOUR, FAMILY REUNION,
GETAWAY...anyplace you want to go!
You can also call 415-455-4900
and leave a message...we will call you back!

Happy Trails and Thank You!

Watch Interviews of Nominees

PLEASE CHECK YOUR

LOCAL PROGRAM SCHEDULES

Southern Marin:

2011 GALA & Awards Ceremony

To Be Aired On:

Sat 05/28/11 08:00 AM

Sun 06/05/11 05:00 PM

Community Media Center of Marin
Channel 26

North Marin:
Novato PTV Channel 26

SCHEDULE TBD

All Marin: G-Channel

YOU are a LIFE-CHANGING experience...

Find us on Facebook

Upcoming Events

TEENS & LEADERS

CONNECT Conference

JANUARY 21, 2012

"Power UP...Explore

Unlimited Potential"

was a HUGE SUCCESS

112 students and

103 mentors enrolled!!!

THANK YOU to our

wonderful SPONSORS:

Marin Community
Foundation

Circle Bank ~ Autodesk

Do A Little ~ Bellam
Self Storage & Boxes

Marin County Board of
Supervisors

Carrie Schwab Pomerantz

Linda McCarthy &
Microsoft

Dr. Lois Epstein, M.D.

TEENS & LEADERS
CONNECT thanks the
following PARTNERS:

Big Brothers-Big Sisters

LifePlan ~ Girls Circle

Young Men's Ultimate

Weekend

Dominican University

Bound 4 College

Conservation Corps
North Bay

In Your Home Care
For Life

College of Marin

Do A Little

GRATITUDE MATTERS

IN OUR

"THANK TANK"

2011 Honorary

Co-Chairs for

"TEENS & LEADERS
CONNECT" - JAN 21, 2012

Honoree, CHERYL JENNINGS
ABC-TV, Channel 7 News

DR. ANDREW MECCA, DrPH
Lifeplan Institute, California
California Mentor Foundation

Honoree, DEBORAH SANTANA
Author and Founder of:
www.doalittle.org

KIMBERLY KASELIONIS
Circle Bank, President & CEO

Dr. MARK SCHILLINGER, D.C.
Young Men's Ultimate Weekend

WOMEN & MEN NEEDED to be
MENTORS for teenagers - One
Day could help change a life
forever! 415-455-4900

Click HERE to REGISTER:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TOGETHER FUND

Donations Welcome for

TEENS & LEADERS
CONNECT

Click Here to make donation...

For more information on upcoming or
past events, please see our Events page.

Read Our Newsletter

Hallmark

winter_'07

spring_'08

Past Events

"Heart of Marin" Ceremony and Award Luncheon" ~ '09
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Marin Center Exhibit Hall

"Tea And Thee" ~ Fall '08
November 19, 2008
Embassy Suites, San Rafael

"Reach For The Stars"

Annual Celebration Gala
Embassy Suites, San Rafael

Make A Donation

Help us keep recognizing extraordinary Marin Women!

PLEASE...make a tax-deductible
donation ~ send your check to:

Marin Women's Hall of Fame
P.O. Box 4142
San Rafael, CA 94913-4142