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Stacy Hurst, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage & Tourism
Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Announces New Officers

Stacy Hurst will succeed Suzanne Clark as board chair for the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame. read more >
Courtney Pledger has persevered through five not always smooth years as chief of Arkansas PBS, formerly the Arkansas Educational Television Network. “I’m nothing if not stubborn,” Pledger said.
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Courtney Pledger Commits Herself To Arkansas, and Awaits Her Raise

Despite being wooed for other positions, Pledger, executive director and CEO of Arkansas PBS, has transformed the public media station in her five-year tenure. read more >

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Rescheduled to 2022

The annual Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is postponed for a second time, with organizers citing the surge of COVID-19 cases as the cause, to April 20, 2022. read more >
Nate Disarro
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Disarro Replays Big Hits of State’s Business Elite

Nate Disarro figures he profits at least three times when he tells the success stories of Arkansas’ captains of business. That’s a big part of his job running Content Titan of Little Rock. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations

The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its 2020 class. read more >
Education / Nonprofits / Tourism

Waltons Fly STEM Camp to Bentonville

The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C., will expand its She Can STEM Summer Camp to Thaden Field in Bentonville for two weeks next summer. read more >
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Announces New Inductees

The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame announces its fifth annual group of inductees — seven women and one organization — who will be honored at a ceremony on Aug. 29 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. read more >
Olivetan Benedictine Sisters

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Olivetan Benedictine Sisters, Ministry and Medicine

The Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro believes God has called on its members to meet the needs of northeast Arkansas for over a century, and they have risen to the occasion each and every time. read more >
Dr. Joanna Seibert

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Dr. Joanna Seibert, Health Care Pioneer

It’s been almost 50 years since Dr. Joanna Seibert graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine and almost 20 years since she was ordained an Episcopal deacon. Yet in all that time, she’s never experienced a conflict between science and the sacred. read more >
Elsijane Trimble Roy from 1936

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Judge Elsijane Trimble Roy, Legal Trailblazer

Judge Elsijane Trimble Roy, as Arkansas’ first female circuit judge, first female supreme court justice and the first female federal judge appointed in Arkansas, left a lasting legacy upon the state, opening many doors for other women in the legal field. read more >
Dr. Ruth Hawkins

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Dr. Ruth Hawkins, Honoring History and Heritage

Ruth Hawkins is a storyteller at heart, and her own tale — like Mark Twain’s — has a river running through it. read more >
Dorothy Stuck

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Dorothy Stuck, Force for Equality

Dorothy Stuck used her unique voice to help people, simply because she believed in them, becoming a force for desegregation in the sometimes intertwined fields of politics and journalism. read more >
Bernice Jones

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Bernice Jones, Philanthropic Leader

Keeping up with the Joneses has a double meaning in northwest Arkansas, where Bernice Jones and her husband Harvey blazed a philanthropic trail that won’t soon be forgotten. read more >
Maya Angelou

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Maya Angelou, Writer and Activist

By the time Dr. Maya Angelou's words were published in her first book, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," the writer, poet, singer, dancer, filmmaker, actor and activist had already put her whole heart into quite a lot in her 42 years of life. read more >
Holly Fish, chairman of the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame EGP, PLLC

Note from Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Chair Holly Fish

If one of these stories creates a spark in a young female mind and leads her to achieve her hopes and dreams, we’ve done our job. read more >
June B. Freeman

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: June B. Freeman, Advocate for the Arts

June Biber Freeman’s lifelong love for the arts led her to become an influential and supportive member of Arkansas’ growing arts scene. read more >
Brinda J. Jackson

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame: Brinda J. Jackson, Groundbreaking Architect

When Brinda J. Jackson became the first African-American valedictorian of Lake Village High School in 1979, a racial slight turned her youth’s crowning achievement into a painful, all-night cry. read more >
The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame 2017 contemporary inductees, clockwise from top left: June Freeman, Ruth Hawkins, Brinda Jackson, Dorothy Stuck, Dr. Joanna Seibert and Pat Lile.
Construction / Education / Health Care

Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame Inducts 10 for 2017 Class

The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame on Friday announced ten inductees to its third class, which includes three posthumous honorees and one organization. read more >
Sister Judith Marie Keith, representing the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, a congregation of Catholic nuns who founded convents in Little Rock (1851) and Fort Smith (1853), where they established continuing educational and medical missions.
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Slideshow: 9 Inductees Honored at Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame

Eight women and a congregation of Catholic nuns were the second class of inductees honored by the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame at a banquet in Little Rock on Aug. 25. read more >

Pat Walker: Philanthropist

Charitable foundation founder … healthcare advocate … rancher … mother and grandmother … Sunday school teacher … named one of the Most Distinguished Women in Arkansas … multiple award-winner and honorary society member. Her family name appears on theaters, senior centers, medical facilities and education programs. read more >