Aileen Riggin, 1920 at age 14, when she won an Olympic Gold Medal
The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame is a non-profit, volunteer organization that recognizes those who have brought credit, prominence, or contributions to the heritage or history of Rhode Island.[1]
History
The organization was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1965 to recognize the contributions of citizens of the state of Rhode Island. Since 2013, it has had a partnership with the Heritage Harbor Museum.[2] Though the organization recognizes the contributions of any citizen, a separate listing of women inductees is maintained.[3]
Criteria
The eligibility criteria for membership requires that significant contributions to the history or heritage of Rhode Island and is open to those born in the state, those who are residents when their notability occurred, and those who have permanent homes in Rhode Island.[4]
Inductees
The hall inducts new members annually and includes both contemporary and historical Rhode Islanders.[4]
Served as White House Deputy Counsel, Deputy Undersecretary in the United States Department of Education, president of Lesley University and president of the WalMart Foundation
Co-founder and a director of the Rhode Island College Dance Company and master swimmer, setting 800-meter freestyle and the 1500-meter long course world records in her age category
Amateur landscape architect, who spearheaded landscape design at Brown University, the Japanese Gardens at Roger Williams Park, and the renovation of India Point Park.
Benefactor of the Rhode Island School of Design and president of the RISD Corporation, recipient of the first honorary degree awarded by the institution
Pioneer in the travel and tourism industry serving on state and national tourism advisory committees; first woman in the country to serve as a station manager in the airline industry
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^"Noreen Stonor Drexel". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Catherine O'Reilly Collette". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Abby Aldrich Rockefeller". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Wilma Briggs". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Billie Ann Burrill". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Martha McSally". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Lucy Rawlings Tootell". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Karen L. Adams". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^"Eileen Gillespie Slocum". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mary C. Wheeler". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Jane Stuart". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Kathleen S. Connell". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Susan Farmer". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Caroline Hazard". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Annie Smith Peck". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Maud Howe Elliott". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Marjorie Joy Vogel". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Anna Garlin Spencer". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mary Emma Woolley". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"M. Therese Antone". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Nancy Gewirtz". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Barbara H. Roberts". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Sarah Elizabeth Doyle". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Norma Ann (Bergquist) Garnett". West Warwick, Rhode Island: Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home. December 15, 2005. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Norma Ann Garnett". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Idawally "Ida" Lewis". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^Cordeiro, Bill (November 29, 2003). "Alice A. Sullivan". Providence, Rhode Island: East Providence High School. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Alice A. Sullivan". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Sara DeCosta (Hayes)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Lynne Jewell (Shore)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Helen Johns (Carroll)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Kathryn "Katie" King". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Harriet "Holly" Metcalf". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Aileen Riggin". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Lila Sapinsley". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Sarah Helen Whitman". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Julia Ward Howe". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Victoria S. Lederberg". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Elizabeth Buffum Chace". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Leona McElroy Kelley". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Prudence Crandall". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Doris Duke". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Mary Elizabeth Sharpe". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Harriet Ware". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Doris M. Holloway Abels". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Beatrice O. "Happy" Chace". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Helen Metcalf Danforth". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Ann Smith Franklin". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Sarah Updike Goddard". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Mary Dyer". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Sylvia K. Hassenfeld". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Anne M. Hutchinson". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Margaret Langdon-Kelly". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Maria Spacagna". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Helen A. Bert". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Catherine T. Hammett". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Arlene Violet". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Elizabeth "Lizzie" Murphy". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Barbara-Jeanne Seabury". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mary C. Mulvey". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Nancy A. Potter". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mary Brennan's Public Service". Congressional Record: Senate. 142 (9). Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office. January 24, 1996. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^"Mary P. Brennan". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Gladys Williams Brayton". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Ade Bethune". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Marion F. Avarista". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^"Sister Mary Bernard". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^"Sister Eileen Murphy". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Eleanor M. McMahon". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Olive F. Wiley". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Katharine Gibbs". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Eleanor Slater". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Katherine Urquhart Warren". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Anna M. Tucker". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Anna A. Tucker". Obituaries Expressions and Tributes. 2012. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Florence Kerins Murray". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Diane L. Coutu". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Antoinette F. Downing". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Frances G. Knight". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Princess Red Wing". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^Komoroski, Jessica Lynn (2011). "The Life and Times of Gertrude Meth Hochberg". Honors Projects in History and Social Sciences. Paper 10. Smithfield, Rhode Island: Bryant University: 4. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Gertrude Hochberg". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Matilda Sissieretta Jones". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Catherine Robinson". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Margaret F. Ackroyd". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Ruth Buzzi". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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^"Jean Madeira". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Joanne Carner". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mrs. Austin T. Levy". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Mary T. Thorpe". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"E. Doris Brennan (Weir)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Paula Deubel-Phillips". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Paula Deubel". Sports-Reference: Olympic Sports. 2000. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Carole Garnett (Wheeler)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Clara Lamore (Walker)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Janet Moreau (Stone)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Albina Osipowich (Van Aken)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Lois Testa (Lynch)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^"Eileen Farrell". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Ruth Hussey (Longenecker)". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^"Glenna Collett Vare". Riverside, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
Further reading
Grzyb, Frank L.; DeSimon, Russell J. (2014). Remarkable Women of Rhode Island. American Heritage. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN978-1-62619-537-0.