The Texas Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1984 by the Governor's Commission on Women. The honorees are selected biennially from submissions from the public. The honorees must be either native Texans, or a resident of Texas at the time of the nomination.
Exhibit location, hours
The Texas Women's Hall of Fame Museum is located inside Blagg-Huey Library on the
Denton, Texas
Denton is a city in and the county seat of Denton County, Texas, United States. With a population of 139,869 as of 2020, it is the 27th-most populous city in Texas, the 197th-most populous city in the United States, and the 12th-most populous ...
campus of
Texas Woman's University
Texas Woman's University (TWU) is a public coeducational university in Denton, Texas, with two health science center-focused campuses in Dallas and Houston. While TWU has been fully co-educational since 1994, it is the largest state-supported u ...
. It houses a permanent exhibit featuring the accomplishments of each of the honorees.
Inductees
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Awards and decorations of the Texas government
Awards and decorations of the Texas government are bestowed by various agencies of the Texas government to citizens, employees, or service members for acts of accomplishment, meritorious service, eminence in a field, or a specific heroic act.
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Women's halls of fame
History of women in Texas
Museums in Denton County, Texas
Lists of American women
State halls of fame in the United States
Women's museums in Texas
Texas Woman's University
Halls of fame in Texas
1984 establishments in Texas
Lists of people from Texas