KUAR | By Maggie Ryan
Seven women and one organization were inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame on Thursday.
Former Deputy Director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Sandra Keiser Edwards, Chairman of Eagle Bank & Trust Company Cathy Hastings Owen, former Lake City Mayor Pat Steele Qualls, longtime civil activist Nan Snow and retired Judge Joyce Williams Warren are the 2023 contemporary inductees.
The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle, a philanthropic organization that combines resources to fund research and projects that enrich the lives of women in Arkansas, received the group inductee award. Mathematician Dorothy McFadden Hoover and civil rights activist Adolphine Fletcher Terry are this year's historical inductees.
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Attendees of Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame gathered at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock