Housed in the former Carnegie Public Library, it was the Phoenix Women’s Club who made the original application for funding the library’s construction in 1908.
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The Arizona Women’s Commission established the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame in 1981 with 3 or 4 inductees being honoured annually. In 1984 the Women’s Hall of Fame became part of the general Arizona Hall of Fame & Museum and moved into the newly restored Carnegie Library building. Located on a main road in downtown Phoenix, it is a block a way from its parent institution the Arizona Capitol Museum (and State Archives and Research Library).
Photographs of the 60 or so inductees feature in the exhibit as well as a book containing their biographies. The project was on hold during the 1990s but has been resurrected in 2001/02 with some funding assistance from the State Governor’s Commission on Women. It is hoped that the women’s stories from the Hall of Fame will eventually go online.
There is also another display entitled Arizona Women in Government. Originally housed at the Capitol Museum, it came about because of Arizona having one of the highest percentages of women in elected and appointed offices. In 1998 5 women were elected to the State’s top constitutional executive offices, which had never happened before in the US. About 16 women are represented (framed photographs) with some artefacts and memorabilia.