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• March 25, 2012 4:00 p.m. Holiday Inn University of Memphis, presentation of seven awards honoring local women for community activism followed by reception, $25. Reservations must be made/paid by March 9. Reception following with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. Make checks payable to Women of Achievement and mail to:
PO Box 41096,
Memphis, TN 38174
Email questions to dclubb@memphiswomen.org
More than 300 people attended the silver anniversary edition of the Women of Achievement awards in 2009 at The University of Memphis Holiday Inn to celebrate the latest list of seven honorees — Africa Gonzales, Nancy Williams, Sonja White, Caroline Turn, Jodie Vance, Gloria Kahn, and the late Alma Hansen.
In a special tribute to local potter Mimi Dann, award plates representing all 25 years of Women of Achievement award ceremonies were displayed on tables across the front of the dais. Ms. Dann has made the unique works of art each year as a donation to Women of Achievement and to the more than 175 women who have been awarded.
The audience included numerous former awardees, more than a dozen local elected officials, and several founders of the organization.
The first Women of Achievement ceremony was held in 1984 at the New Daisy Theatre on Beale Street. The event has been held in other locations, including the Peabody Hotel, but has settled on the hotel at the University for several years.
Awards are given to six living women each year for Determination, Initiative, Vision, Courage, Steadfastness and Heroism. In addition a women of the past — or, in some cases numerous women of the past such as Tennessee suffragists and Memphis yellow fever martyrs — is honored in the category of Heritage.
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