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The San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame recognizes women who have contributed significantly to San Diego County, California. The first women were inducted in 2002.

Inductees

San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Year	Area of achievement
Rulette Armstead			2004	First African-American and first woman to become assistant police chief at the San Diego Police Department.
Charlotte Baker		1855-1936	2009	First woman physician to practice medicine in San Diego.
Alice Barnes			2003	Educator and activist, she was a leader in the United Farm Workers, American Indian Movement, and feminist movement. After 25-years as an elementary school teacher, she quit to become a full-time activist for social justice.
Belle Benchley		1882–1973	2007	In 1927 she became the world's first woman zoo director, serving at the San Diego Zoo.
Jane Booth		-2008	2012	Photographic archivist at the San Diego Historical Society. Organized, maintained, and made accessible archival material related to women's history.
Madge Bradley		1904–2000	2002	First woman judge in San Diego County.
Clara Breed		1906–1994	2007	City librarian of San Diego who founded numerous branch libraries and the Serra Cooperative Library System.
Barbara Bry			2012	Entrepreneur and non-profit director. Founded organizations such as Athena, which support women in technology and science, and Run Women Run, to encourage the election of pro-choice women in San Diego politics.
Margaret Burbidge		1919-	2003	First woman to be the Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Refused to be awarded the Annie J. Cannon Prize because it was only presented to women in astronomy, which she believed was discriminatory. She also developed some of the instruments in the Hubble space telescope.
Nona Cannon			2006	Co-founder of the Women's Studies Department at San Diego State University.
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng			2009	Director of the Chinese Studies Institute at San Diego State University.
Evelyn L. Clarke			2005	Women's rights activist. Active in the San Diego National Women’s Political Caucus and Older Women's League.
Midge Constanza		1932–2010	2011	First woman to be appointed as the Assistant to the President of the United States, serving Jimmy Carter.
Joan Craigwell			2009	Nurse and Vietnam War veteran.
Ingrid Croce		1947-	2012	Restauranteur, singer, philanthropist, and author, Croce is the wife of late sing-songwriter Jim Croce. Her opening of Croce's Restaurant in the Gaslamp Quarter helped spur the revitalization of the neighborhood. She founded San Diego Restaurant Week! and was awarded San Diego's City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award, the highest honor bestowed upon philanthropists in the city.
Alemi Daba			2002	Ethiopian refugee who moved to San Diego in 1998 after suffering abuse and the execution of her husband. Started helping refugee communities in the area. Director of Women and Children at the Alliance for African Assistance.
Edith Chesleigh Dabbs		1918-2009	2009	Began teaching ESL classes in 1956 and continued until 2003 for San Diego Community College. She created a scholarship for low-income single mothers who were graduating.
Jeri Dilno			2006	Born in San Diego, she received undesirable discharge from the military in 1961 for being a lesbian. Became active in LGBT rights. Helped organize the first gay pride march in Philadelphia in 1972. Has helped plan pride parades in San Diego and was the first woman director of The Center. She was president of the San Diego Democratic Club and co-chair of the LGBT Caucus for the California Democratic Party.
Makeda Dread-Cheatom			2012	Founded the WorldBeat Center in Balboa Park and the Give a Hug Foundation. She also hosts a radio show on XETRA-FM.
Bonnie Dumanis	1951-		2008	First woman District Attorney in San Diego. Also, first lesbian DA in the United States.
Jane Dumas			2002	Kumeyaay leader.

External links

• Official website