Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month and is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history.
Celebrating Women of Distinction
This year’s National Women’s History Month theme is “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future”.
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Distinguished Women Award
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:
- Have their portraits installed in the El Camino College Women’s Wall of Fame gallery located in the Schauerman Library
- Have their names engraved on a perpetual plaque in the gallery
- Receive a certificate of recognition during the Distinguished Women's Event
The National Women’s History Alliance states,"In this pivotal moment of history, we are called to confront a range of overlapping global challenges: climate change, economic insecurity, healthcare disparities, and threats to democratic participation. These issues are deeply intertwined – and women, particularly from marginalized communities, often experience their impacts most acutely.
Yet women have also led the charge toward lasting solutions.
This year's theme, Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future, expands our understanding of sustainability beyond just environmental concerns. It encompasses financial sustainability, community resilience, leadership succession, and intergenerational equity.
Whether developing green technologies, advancing economic justice, strengthening education systems, or building civic power – women are designing blueprints for sustainable transformation.
This theme affirms that shaping a sustainable future means fostering systems that support both people and the planet".
Nominees must work at El Camino College and/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.
Friends, family, colleagues, or students may make nominations, or individuals may
nominate themselves.
Nominee will be considered based on:
• their contribution(s) to women’s and girls’ causes at the college or community level;
• how they embody this year’s National Women’s History Month theme: “Leading the Change:
Women Shaping a Sustainable Future."
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
2025
Mildred E. Black • Autumn Blakley • Patricia Fairchild • Ivory Freeman • Isabel Gonzalez
• Maribel Hernandez • Amina Humphrey
Zoom Backgrounds
Celebrate with these Zoom virtual backgrounds (click to open, right-click the image and save to your computer).
Accommodations
If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, or have questions about the physical access provided, email [email protected] as soon as possible, but no later than seven days prior to the event.