Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame

Her nickname may have been "Silent Hattie," but when Sen. Caraway spoke, her voice was loud and clear. Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate — as well as the first to preside over the Senate, chair a Senate committee and preside over a Senate hearing.

Hate can overcome us, or it can motivate us. When Daisy Gatson Bates' mother was raped and murdered and the attackers weren't prosecuted, it lit a fire under Daisy. Learn how tragedy inspired Daisy Gatson Bates to battle inequality and become a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement.

Learn more about Alice Walton’s work as the founder and chair of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and her hope to uplift the image that Arkansans have of themselves.

When we give of ourselves, we pave the way for others. Dr. Edith Irby Jones was a trailblazer on so many fronts: the first African-American to attend UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the first black female resident at Baylor University and the first female president of The National Medical Association.

Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the first African-American U.S. Surgeon General and UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences professor emerita, shares how others supported her education at Philander Smith College and how Dr. Edith Irby Jones inspired her medical career.

Love, science and even dancing — whatever aspect of life she encounters, UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Dr. Sue Griffin believes in pursuing it to the fullest. Learn more about Dr. Griffin’s extraordinary work in neurobiology and how her neurodegenerative disease research has led to significant breakthroughs in the early detection and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

For Dr. Joanna Seibert - longtime Arkansas Children's Hospital and UAMS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences physician and Episcopal deacon - the scientific and the sacred are closely linked. Learn more about how Dr. Seibert became Arkansas’s first trained pediatric radiologist, her extensive research contributions, and how - in her retirement - she continues to use her expertise to serve.

“Aim for the stars. At the very worst, you’ll land on the moon.” As an engineer and graphics designer for the U.S. Navy, Raye Montague lived by those words from her eighth-grade history teacher. Find out more about the woman who created the first computer generated draft of a U.S. Navy ship.

As a singer, dancer, activist, poet, writer and educator, Maya Angelou used her art to give voice to an amazing perspective, inspiring generations to think about their own histories in ways they had never considered before.

Although her career took her elsewhere, Academy Award-winning actress and songwriter Mary Steenburgen has always been proud of her Arkansas roots. Learn about Steenburgen's acting career — spanning film, television and the stage — and what it's taken to balance her loves, life and business.