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The Alaska Women's Hall of Fame (AWHF) recognizes women natives or residents of the U.S. state of Alaska for their significant achievements or statewide contributions. It was conceived by the board of directors of the Alaska Women's Network (AWN) in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Alaska's statehood.
Henry Tureman Allen (1859–1930), U.S. Army officer who conducted a famous expedition of Alaska's interior in 1885, largely through the Copper and Tanana River drainages Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), frequently passed through Alaska in his travels
Female Athlete of the Year. Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day.
March 2, 2008. (2008-03-02) (aged 48) Anchorage, Alaska. Known for. First female pilot of indigenous Alaskan ancestry. Ellen Evak Paneok (October 17, 1959 – March 2, 2008) was the first Alaskan woman of indigenous ancestry to become a licensed pilot. Paneok was a bush pilot, an author and an artist. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's ...
Annie (Akeya) Alowa was born in 1924, [4] in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island.Savoonga was a Yup'ik Eskimo village forty miles from Russia on the northern Bering Sea. She is the daughter of Horst and Olga Akeya and had eight siblings; Agatha Mokiyuk (née Akeya), Barbara Kogassagoon (née Akeya), Helen Kiyukhook (née Akeya), Lila Akeya, Sarah Tate (née Akeya), Alexander Akeya, Calvin Akeya ...
Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior. Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk. Mary Brant, Mohawk leader. Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them. Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer.
Inuit women tend to go to school more than Inuit men, and this is especially true of college. Some universities in regions where the Inuit are prominent, such as the Nunavut Arctic College, have programs designed specifically for the Inuit. Women, much more often than men, take advantage of these programs. [41]
Women in Alaska politics (4 C, 16 P) W. Women's sports in Alaska (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Women in Alaska" The following 22 pages are in this category, out ...