March is Women's History Month and is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history.
This year’s National Women’s History Month theme is “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion."
The theme recognizes women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive future, we need to eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions.
During 2024, we recognize the example of women who are committed to embracing everyone and excluding no one in our common quest for freedom and opportunity. They know that people change with the help of families, teachers and friends, and that young people in particular need to learn the value of hearing from different voices with different points of view as they grow up.
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The Women’s History Month Committee seeks women from the El Camino College campus and community to honor at this year’s Distinguished Women's Event.
The committee welcomes nominations of all individuals from a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds, and from those who have a demonstrated history of contributing to the El Camino College and/or to the surrounding community.
Those honored will:
Please nominate a woman of distinction who has contributed to the El Camino College
and/or larger campus community by completing the attached Nomination Form.
Friends, family, colleagues, or students may make nominations, or individuals may
nominate themselves. Those nominated need only work at El Camino College or reside or work in the communities within the El Camino College district: El Segundo, Hawthorne,
Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Torrance.
Nominees will be considered based on their contributions to women’s and girls’ causes or to service at the college or community level that supports this year’s National Women’s History Month theme: “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.”
1997
Beatrice Brody
Nadine Hata
Lila Hummel
Geraldine Karpel
Anita Martinez
June Nelson
Janet Read
Nyoakee Salway
Mary Toth
Linda Wadleigh
1998
Maria Brown
Jolene Combs
Jan Dennis
Pat Dreizler
Katy Geissert
Jane Hardester
Ola Huntley
Charlotte Lesser
Helen Rodgers
Janice Watanabe
1999
Sister Michele Morris
Carol Georges
Helen Nakano
Elizabeth Williams
Bonnie Anderson
Sara Blake
Leslie Back
Elaine Moore
Virginia Pfiffner
Alice Grigsby
2000
Dorothy Anderson
Linda Arroyo
Susan Dever
Judy Gibson
Judith Harris
Barbara Jaffe
Andrea Micallef
Gloria Miranda
Ann Phillips
Cora Travers
2001
Judy Dishon
Gloria Dumais
Ellen Griffin
Judy Kasabian
Carolin Keith
Donna Manno
Terry Moore
Elizabeth Nash
Adrienne Sharp
Fumiko Hachiya
2002
Lucinda Aborn
Edelma Campos
Dina Cramer
Peggy Castle Doherty
Peggy L. Halberg
Bozena Morton
Lynnda Nelson
Raquel Ortiz
Mercedes Thompson
Janet Young
2003
Catherine Bise
Wanda Brown
Diane Gross
Priscilla Ferguson
Lea Ann King
Sue Oda-Omori
Donna Richey
Stephanie Rodriguez
Megan Roi
Regina Smith
2004
Ruth Banda-Ralph
Pamela Fees
Dawn Reid
Luukia Smith
Marcia Wade
Joyce E. Dorn
Jane Harman
Robin McGee
Jennifer Obidah
Shawna Thorup Wasserman
2005
Alana Angel
Jeanne Bellemin
Patricia Feldman
Sharen Kokaska
Susan Meyer
Cynthia Mosqueda
Barbara Perez
Angela Simon
Julia Stewart
Bobbi Villalobos
2006
Deborah Brusavich
Lily Craig
Mary Davis
Jill Evensizer
Shirley Giltzow
Barbara Grover
Elizabeth Shadish
Jean Shankweiler
Claudia Striepe
Katherine Townsend
2007
Peggi Collins
Ann M. Garten
Wilma Hairston
Beverly A. Hutchinson
Darlene Love
Kathryn Romero
Tammie Scott
2010
Regina (Bradford) Martin
Josie Cheung
Nancy Cobb
Jan Dennis
Diana Dunlap
Rebecca Foo
Katie Gleason
Amy Grant
Cheryl Kroll
Ethel Pattison
2011
Portia Cohen
Lynn Fielding
Gloria Gray
Barbara Johnson
Teresa Matsushima
Susana Prieto
Virginia Rapp
Sandra Suarez
Nina Velasquez
Lynn Walker
2012
Heidi Ann Ashcraft
Janice Ball
Arlene Bautista
Ora Bryant
Linda Mobley
Jeanie Nishime
Jane Smolens
Sue Ellen Warren
2013
Antoinette Brown-Leon
Bonnie Coronado
Mattie Eskridge
Leslie Fletcher
Christina Gold
Heidi Maerker
Penny Rahmeyer
Lisa Raufman
Marna Smeltzer
2014
Anita Avrick
Terry Castillo
Kristie Daniel-DiGregorio
Natalie Gouché
Dorothy Jeszenka
Rosalinda Martinez
Carol Raines-Brown
Lori Suekawa
Jacquie Thompson
2015
Darlene Daniels
DeDe Hicks
Sandra Horwitz
Chris Jeffries
Teri Kuwahara
Amy LaCoe
Jean McMillan
Maureen Ann Reilly
Susan Stolovy
Debbie Turano
2017
Alexis Estwick
Naomi McElvain
Teresa Palos
Ann Patterson
Chandra Shaw
Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga
2018
Anne-Marie Mowad
Soshanna Potter
Dottie Wine
Helen Young
2019
Breeanna Bond
Beth Crosse
Brenda Magid
Dipte Patel
2020/2021
Sharonda Barksdale
Anna Brochet
Dorene Coles
Patricia Jackson-Kelly
PFLAG Manhattan Beach
Cresentina Killduff
2022
No event
2023
Darilyn Rowan (in memoriam)
Francesca Bishop
Griselda Castro
Horoko Eddow
Janet Carraman
Monisha Garner
Patty Gibson
Linda McLoughlin Figel
Rebecca Gloyer
2024
Mele Makalo
Rachel Pittock
Argelia Andrade
Jackie LaBouff (in memoriam)
Candy Paula
Colonel Mia L. Walsh
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