Virginia Allan

Educator
business person
civil servant

Virginia Allan (1916–1999) was an American educator and women's employment advocate.

Biography

Allan was born in Wyandotte, Michigan on October 21, 1916. She received both an AB and MA from the University of Michigan, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. After completing her education and working on a World War II assembly line, Allan began her career as an educator teaching English in the Dearborn and Detroit school systems.^[1] She went on to serve as the Chair of President Nixon's Taskforce on Women's Rights and Responsibilities in 1969. In 1972, she was named the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. She was also the Director of the Graduate School of Women's Studies at George Washington University from 1977 to 1983.^[2] Upon her retirement in 1993, she moved to Sarasota, Florida, where she died on August 8, 1999.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "BHL: Virginia R. Allan papers". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
^ "Virginia Allan" (PDF). Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ "Virginia Allan | University Libraries". libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
^ "Virginia Allen Interview Transcript | University Libraries". libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
^ "A Few Good Women Oral History collection, 1938-2000 (bulk 1969-2000) PSUA 1". www.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.

Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

1980s

1983	Harriette Simpson Arnow N. Lorraine Beebe Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe Elizabeth Margaret Chandler Mary Stallings Coleman Wilma T. Donahue Grace Eldering Josephine Gomon Martha W. Griffiths Dorothy Haener Laura Smith Haviland Mildred Jeffrey Pearl Kendrick Helen W. Milliken Rosa Parks Anna Howard Shaw Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Sojourner Truth
1984	Virginia Allan Helen J. Claytor Caroline Bartlett Crane Marguerite de Angeli Emma Genevieve Gillette Icie Macy Hoobler Magdelaine Laframboise Martha Longstreet Elly M. Peterson Jessie Pharr Slaton Mary C. Spencer Bertha Van Hoosen
1986	Patricia Boyle Elizabeth C. Crosby Gwen Frostic Elmina R. Lucke Marjorie Swank Matthews Marjorie Peebles-Meyers Mary Chase Perry Stratton Helen Thomas
1987	Marion Isabel Barnhart Patricia Hill Burnett Ethel Calhoun Georgia Emery Betty Ford Rosa Slade Gragg Clara Raven
1988	Louise (Sally) Langdon Brown Ethelene Crockett Marcia J. Federbush Frances Alvord Harris M. Jane Kay Nugent Agnes Mary Mansour Helen M. Martin Sarah Goddard Power
1989	Clara Arthur Anna Sutherland Bissell Alexa Canady Anne R. Davidow Bernadine Newsom Denning Isabella Karle Jean Ledwith King Olga Madar Mary Anne Bryant

1990s

1990	Emily Helen Butterfield Erma Henderson Dorothy Leonard Judd Elba Lila Morse Fannie M. Richards Emelia Christine Schaub Mary P. Sinclair Merze Tate Delia Villegas Vorhauer
1991	Rachel Andresen Mary Beck Jan BenDor Janet K. Good Jo Jacobs Virginia Cecile Blomer Nordby Dorothy Comstock Riley Edith Mays Swanson
1992	Cora Brown Mary Lou Butcher Sarah Emma Edmonds Violet Temple Lewis Luise Ruth Leismer Mahon Gilda Radner Martha Romayne Seger Ann M. Shafer Sylvia M. Stoesser Lucy Thurman Charleszetta Waddles
1993	Edith Vosburgh Alvord Catherine Carter Blackwell Jean W. Campbell Katherine Hill Campbell Lenna Frances Cooper Roberta A. Griffith Bina West Miller Jeanne Omelenchuk Sippie Wallace Edna Noble White Irene Clark Woodman
1994	Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac Ruth Carlton Flossie Cohen Bertha A. Daubendiek Genora Johnson Dollinger Flora Hommel Sarah Van Hoosen Jones Aleda E. Lutz Helen Walker McAndrew
1995	Yolanda Alvarado-Ortega Irene Auberlin Hilda R. Gage Lucia Voorhees Grimes R. Louise Grooms Odessa Komer Laura Freele Osborn Jacquelin E. Washington
1996	Carrie Frazier Rogers-Brown Anna Clemenc Waunetta McClellan Dominic Margaret Muth Laurence Claudia House Morcom Betsy Graves Reyneau Shirley E. Schwartz Joan Luedders Wolfe
1997	Ellen Burstyn Marion Corwell-Shertzer Four Sisters of Charity Della McGraw Goodwin Alice Hamilton Nancy Harkness Love Maryann Mahaffey Sharon E. Sutton Matilda Dodge Wilson
1998	Connie Binsfeld Hilda Patricia Curran Marie Dye Eleanor Josaitis Dorrie Ellen Rosenblatt Ella Merriman Sharp Martha Jean Steinberg Ruth Thompson Lily Tomlin
1999	Patricia Beeman Olympia Brown Doris DeDeckere Margaret Drake Elliott Elizabeth Homer Eleonore Hutzel Ella Eaton Kellogg Emily Burton Ketcham Ardeth Platte

2000s

2000	Loney Clinton Gordon Katherine G. Heideman Dauris Gwendolyn Jackson Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy Marjorie J. Lansing Chuan-Pu Lee Marilyn Fisher Lundy Katharine Dexter McCormick Kathleen N. Straus Clarissa M. Young
2001	Cora Reynolds Anderson Lucile E. Belen Theresa Maxis Duchemin Aretha Franklin Francie Kraker Goodridge Marian Bayoff Ilitch Mary Ellen Riordan Joesphine Stern Weiner
2002	Hortense Golden Canady Julia Wheelock Freeman Lillian Mellen Genser May Stocking Knaggs Naomi Long Madgett Lucille Hanna McCollough Lana Pollack Martha Louise Rayne Muriel Dorothy Ross
2003	Mary Agnes Blair Verne Burbridge Nellie Cuellar Alice Scanlan Kocel Joyce Lewis Kornbluh Eliza Seaman Leggett Ida Lippman Marion Weyant Ruth Bernice Steadman Pamela Withrow Ruth Zweifler
2004	Geraldine Bledsoe Ford Jennifer Mulhern Granholm Lystra Gretter Florine Mark Cathy McClelland Constance Mayfield Rourke
2005	Margaret Chiara Eva Lois Evans Georgia A. Lewis Johnson Lida Holmes Mattman Olivia Maynard Deborah Stabenow Caroline Thrun Margaret Sellers Walker Elizabeth Weaver
2006	Cynthia Yao Mary Esther Daddazio Margery Feliksa Nancy Hammond Viola Liuzzo Marge Piercy Dora Hall Stockman Martha Strickland Clark Helen Hornbeck Tanner
2007	Mary Brown Gertrude Buck Emma Cole Haifa Fakhouri Carolyn Geisel Jane Briggs Hart Abigail Rogers Kathleen Wilbur Woman's Hospital Association (charter members)
2008	Carol Atkins Patricia Cuza Carol King Vicki Neiberg Jane Johnston Schoolcraft Leta Snow Sister Mary Francilene Van de Vyver
2009	Carol Atkins Grace Lee Boggs Margaret Chandler Ruth Ellis Edna Ferber Glenda Lappan Kay Givens McGowan Elizabeth Phillips Jessica Rickert Betty Tableman Marlo Thomas

2010s

2010	Mary Aikey Laura Carter Callow Augusta Jane Chapin Sandra Laser Draggoo Annie Etheridge Sherrill Freeborough Dorean Marguerite Hurley Koenig Terry McMillan Edith Munger Cynthia J. Pasky
2011	Lois A. Bader Jumana Judeh Marilyn Kelly Valeria Lipczynski Edelmira Lopez Kary Moss Rose Mary Robinson Tricia Saunders
2012	Gladys Beckwith Patricia Caruso Mary Jane Dockeray Judith Karandjeff Les Meres et Debutantes Club of Greater Lansing Serena Williams L. Anna Ballard Eva McCall Hamilton Mary E. McCoy
2013	Elizabeth W. Bauer Judith Levin Cantor Paula Cunningham Joan Jackson Johnson Gladys McKenney Marina von Neumann Whitman Con-Con Eleven Elizabeth Eaglesfield Harriet Quimby
2014	Elizabeth Lehman Belen MaryLee Davis Jeanne Findlater Dorothy A. Johnson Julie Krone Mary Carmelita Manning Barbara Roberts Mason Marylou Olivarez Mason Andra M. Rush Mary Ellen Sheets Lucille Farrier Stickel
2015	Jocelyn Benson Maxine Berman Sue Carter Janet C. Cooper Mabel White Holmes Candice Miller Esther K. Shapiro Maggie Walz Myra Wolfgang Linda M. Woods
2016	Elizabeth Sparks Adams Anan Ameri Daisy Elliott Faith Fowler Evelyn Golden Olivia Letts Mary Free Bed Guild Diana Ross Lou Anna Kimsey Simon Charlotte Wilson
2017	American Legion NUWARINE Post 535 Ella Mae Backus Clara Bryant Ford Lisette Denison Forth Mary Kay Henry Verna Grahek Mize Bernice Morton Rosie the Riveter Rosemary C. Sarri Elizabeth Wetzel
2018	Agatha Biddle Mona Hanna-Attisha Clara Stanton Jones Angela K. Wilson Kym L. Worthy
2019	Margaret Kirchner Stevenson Lucile A. Watts Martha Baldwin Gilda Z. Jacobs Vernice Davis Anthony Terry Blackhawk

2020s

2020	Najah Bazzy Elizabeth Jackson (Michigan) Glenda Price Martha Teichner Atlas Ruth Westbrook Dorothy Zehnder
2021	Rosalind Brewer Debra White-Hunt Lila Neuenfelt Fannie B. Peck Sarah Elizabeth Ray Diana Sieger
2022	Esther Gordy Edwards Carol Hutchins Mary Kramer (Michigan) Mary Locke Petermann Danielle Camille Woods
2023	Gretchen Whitmer Denise Langford Morris Kelly Rossman McKinney Traverse City Ladies Association