The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame has opened the nomination process for honorees to be inducted in the March 2023 ceremony.
The organization seeks nominations from organizations, businesses, or individuals of women who meet the following criteria: their achievements have had a significant statewide impact, those achievements significantly improved the lives of women in Maine, and their contribution has an enduring value for women, according to a news release from Brent Wooten, director of enrollment marketing at the University of Maine at Augusta.
Complete nomination details, criteria and requirements are available at uma.edu. The deadline for nominations is Saturday, Dec. 10. An independent panel of judges reviews the nominations with careful consideration to select one or two honorees for induction each year.
Most recent recipients have included Darylen McQuirk Cote, Gov. Janet Mills, Joanne D’Arcangelo, Betty-Jane Stanhope Meader, Joyce Taylor Gibson, Dean Leigh Saufley, and Jessica Meir. For a complete list of honorees, visit Maine Women’s Hall of Fame at bpwmefoundation.org.
The Maine Women’s Hall of Fame was established in 1990 by the BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation. The induction ceremony is usually held at the UMA on the third Saturday of March, in observance of Women’s History Month. UMA maintains a permanent Maine Women’s Hall of Fame display of photographs and citations for all honorees in the Bennett D. Katz Library.
The BPW/Maine Futurama Foundation maintains an active scholarship program. Since 1962, when the first small scholarship was presented, it has been helping Maine women achieve economic self-sufficiency by awarding scholarships to outstanding and deserving women. Recipients of these scholarships have gone on to contribute to the economic well-being of their families and Maine.
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