SIGNATURE EVENTS

HERstory & HERitage

March 8, 2025

The YWCA is changing their signature event to one of respect and inclusion regarding the holders of HERSTORY, our grandmothers. Spring of 2025, the YWCA and their bazillion community partners will hold an art and music festival, in downtown Hamilton that will speak to daughters, mothers, and wives as equally as sons, fathers, and husbands. So, mark your calendar. You won't want to miss this party.

Every year since 1986, the YWCA Hamilton has honored local women at the annual Outstanding Women of Achievement celebration. Honorees were chosen from submitted nominations and include women who live and/or work in Butler County. These women have made an exceptional impact in our community and contribute to the YWCA Hamilton’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. Your sponsorship of this event is an ideal opportunity to show your support for the women who help make Butler County a better place to live. All proceeds go to support programs of the YWCA.

• 2014 - Lunatic Fringe Salon
• 2013 - AGLOW International Ministry
  
• 2012 - Dr. Lee Knisley Sanders
  
• 2011 - Germaine Vonderhaar
  
• 2010 - Sherry Armstead
  
• 2009 - Zellene Miller
  
• 2008 - Kay Wright
  
• 2007 - Kathy Carmack
  
• 2006 - Altrusa Club Of Hamilton
  
• 2005 - Jane Rose Green
  
• 2004 - Joan Witt
  
• 2003 - Barbara Toman
  
• 2002 - Pat Irwin
  
• 2001 - Ann Antenen
  
• 2000 - Adeline Zoller
  
• 1999 - Ercel Eaton
  
• 1998 - Janet Clemmons
  

1986

Muriel Allen Bertsch Sr.

Mary Colette R.S.M.

Patricia Hoard

Irene Moore

Lindsey Mary Ann Willis

(Sanders)

1987

Peggy Collins

Avis W. Cullen

Eva D. Lande

Jackie Parrish

Joan Witt 

1988

Lois S. Friedlander

Cubie Lee Johnson

Mary Law

Thelma West-Schraer

Edna Stieg

1989

Esther Rudder Benzing

Marilyn Bowling

Anne B. Carr

Evalie Koehler

Marge Stewart

1990

Estella Beckett

Jolynn Hurwitz

Betty Lou Nein

Louella Thompson

Katherine Rumph-Butler

1991

Jill (Whittaker) Gaynor

Shirley Rosmarin

Joyce B. Thall

Luella Walker-Engel

Adeline Zoller 

1992

Patricia F. Burg

Barbara Condo

Eva Kessler

Lynn Oswald

Leslie Herndon Spillane

1993

Tina Osso

Mildred Probst

Virginia Ritan

Mildred Whitehead

Lisa Willbrand

1994

Barbara K. Eshbaugh

Jacklyn Flannery

Katherine J. Pollicitn

Jane S. Rose Green

Rita E. Yokers

1995

Barbara E. Blair

Kathy D. Carmack

Honi Cohen

Clare A. Easton

Marcia R. Koenig

Polly Landers

Antoinette Lipscomb

Ursula Pridemore

Rita I. Ringel

Marcia G. Wehr 

2017

Jennifer Acus-Smith

Marianne Cotugno

Ann Dennett

Kelli Lyon Johnson

Shaquila Mathews

Jennifer McQueen

2018

Letitia Block

Ramona Cheek

Alisa Miller

Holly Owens

Linda Reilman

Kelly Spivey

Alexis Taylor* Emerging Leader

2019

Sibyl A. Harris Miller* Dr. Julia Goodman Award

Krystal Tipton

Danielle Webb

Amy Hyde-Klaiber

Ashley Hyde Tuley

Grace Phair* Emerging Leader

2020

Ella Cope*Emerging Leader

Joni L. Copas

Lauren Copas Smallwood

Dr. Kathleen Lang

Debra Rothstein* Dr. Julia Goodman Award