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Idaho's Women of Influence

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  • Marilynne Robinson (1943 - d.)
    Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in...
  • Velma V. Morrison (1920 - 2013)
    Velma Morrison was a long-time supporter of Boise State University and was pivotal in the establishment of a performing arts center in Boise. The Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts on the...
  • Helen Chenoweth-Hage (1938 - 2006)
    Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. She remains the only Republic...
  • Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (1851 - 1941)
    Before pursuing a career in medicine, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, M.D. was a grade school teacher in both Wisconsin and Idaho. It was her experience caring for her ill brother that strengthened her desir...
  • Marjorie Reynolds (1917 - 1997)
    Marjorie Reynolds (née Goodspeed; August 12, 1917 – February 1, 1997) was an American film and television actress who appeared in more than 50 films, including the 1942 musical Holiday Inn, in which sh...

Idaho's Women of Influence is a database originally compiled in 2014 by researchers Annie Gaines and Mike Bullard. The women listed are considered by the university to be some of the most accomplished in Idaho's history. It is a living database continually updated by librarians, educators, museum staff, tribal authorities, women’s organizations. The database is provided by the University of Idaho Library, and is open to credibly sourced submissions from the general public.

This list is not to be confused with the East Idaho Women of Influence, sponsored by the East Idaho Business Journal and the Adams Publishing Group.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho%27s_Women_of_Influence