Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2014 VISION for a woman whose sensitivity to women’s needs led her to tremendous achievements for women: Elaine Blanchard Elaine Blanchard is a writer, mother, minister, nurse, hospice counselor and actor. But most of all she is a storyteller. Elaine believes in the power of story to help us share our humanity …
Women of Achievement 2009 INITIATIVE for a woman who seized the opportunity to use her talents and created her own future: Jodie Vance Jodie Vance, publisher of the Memphis Downtowner magazine, must have been imbued with the enterprising spirit early in life. For what else could have led her to see the possibilities of a …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT2013 VISIONfor a woman whose sensitivity to women’s needsled her to tremendous achievements for women: Judy Wimmer Judy Wimmer has long had the vision of a peaceful and loving community free of prejudice and with respect for all. This vision has led her to bring her creative and enlightened leadership to many projects …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2013 HERITAGE for a woman whose achievements still enrich our lives: Susanne Coulan Scruggs Susanne Coulan Scruggs could have easily filled her days and social calendar with teas and luncheons and the activities of her six children and her husband, a prominent Shelby County attorney and judge. Instead, Susanne devoted much of …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2010 HERITAGE for a woman whose achievements still enrich our lives: Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie was a contemporary of more famous women fliers like Amelia Earhart and Pancho Barnes. She began her career in the early barnstorming days, walking wings and parachute jumping in her own flying circus. After she …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2011 HERITAGE for a woman whose achievements still enrich our lives: Louise Fitzhugh Best known to many as the author and illustrator of the well-loved children’s classic, Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh leaves a lasting legacy through her groundbreaking depictions of children that challenged sex role stereotypes long before such issues had …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2007 VISION for a woman whose sensitivity to women’s needs led her to tremendous achievements for women: Donna Fortson In the early 1980s, downtown minister Jesse Garner saw Donna Fortson as a woman with the ideal characteristics to lead the First Presbyterian Church soup kitchen. He recalls: “Something about Donna struck me …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT2013 STEADFASTNESSfor a woman with a lifetime of achievement: Jane Walters Jane Walters has spent over 40 years improving the lives of countless children, their families, and through that work the City of Memphis and the State of Tennessee through her work in the field of education. Born into a musical family, she …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2005 VISION for a woman whose sensitivity to women’s needs led her to tremendous achievements for women: Ruby Bright Ruby learned early in life that if she could imagine something, she could make it happen. As a teenager growing up in Byhalia, Mississippi, Ruby took a walk with her father one Saturday …
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT2005 STEADFASTNESSfor a woman with a lifetime of achievement: Mildred Schwartz Mildred Salomon Schwartz has led her life intentionally and actively involved in the community, business, religion, golf and most of all, her friends and family. Her life began in tiny Newellton, Louisiana, where her family was one of six Jewish families in …