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 >
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 >
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 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 >
The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for its 2020 class. read more >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Ruth Hawkins is a storyteller at heart, and her own tale — like Mark Twain’s — has a river running through it. read more >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Business leader … innovator … philanthropist … Member, University of Arkansas Business Hall of Fame … Fortune 500 board member … fashion icon. Honored as Arkansas Business Woman Owner of the Year and her company was named Arkansas Business of the Year. read more >
