Idaho's Women of Influence

Jennie Hughes Smith (Jennie Eva Hughes)

Born: 1877-06-20
PioneerIdaho Alumni

Nellie Stockbridge

Born: 1868
Artist

Mary Kirkwood

Born: 1905
Artist

Abigail Scott Duniway

Born: 1834-10-22
Politician

Betty Penson-Ward (Butler)

Born: 1914-05-15
Author

Edith Miller Klein

Born: 1915-08-04
Politician

Dr. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (Mary Craker)

Born: 1851-01-12
Medical PractitionerProhibition

Carol Ryrie Brink (Caroline Sybil Ryrie)

Born: 1895-12-28
Author

Helen Chenoweth-Hage (Palmer)

Born: 1938-01-27
Politician

Mary Allen Wright

Born: 1868-12-03
PoliticianEducator

Gracie Bowers Pfost

Born: 1906-03-12
Politician

Dorice Taylor

Born: 1901-06-11
PromoterAuthor

Sarah Palin (Heath)

Born: 1964-02-11
Politician

Verda Rebecca White Barnes

Born: 1907-02-23
Politician

Louise Shadduck

Born: 1915-10-14
Politician

Emma Yearian (Russell)

Born: 1866-02-21
PioneerPolitician

Julia Jean "Lana" Turner

Born: 1921-02-08
ActressArtist

Benedicte Wrensted

Born: 1859-02-10
PhotographerArtist

Permeal Jane French

Born: 1867-05-08
EducatorPolitician

Christine Holbert

Born: 1952-11-09
Author

Lee Morse (Lena Corinne Taylor)

Born: 1897-11-30
MusicianArtist

Marjorie Reynolds (Goodspeed)

Born: 1917-08-12
ActressArtist

Margaret Ritchie

Born: 1895
Educator

Mary Brooks (Elizabeth Thomas Peavey)

Born: 1907-11-01
Politician

Belle Sweet

Born: 1879-01-05
LibrarianEducator

Marilynne Robinson

Born: 1943-11-26
AuthorArtist

Dr. Minnie Frances Howard

Born: 1872-08-12
Medical PractitionerPhilanthropist

Molly B'Damn (Maggie Hall)

Born: 1853-12-26
Pioneer

Velma V. Morrison

Born: 1920-08-01
Philanthropist

Margaret Cobb Ailshie

Born: 1883-03-27
PhilanthropistPublisher