Plaza of Heroines

Welcome to the Plaza of Heroines

The Plaza of Heroines is a mosaic of bricks and granite pavers forming the entryway to Carrie Chapman Catt Hall on Iowa State’s central campus.

The center of the plaza features a large granite paving stone honoring Carrie Chapman Catt, a distinguished alumna of Iowa State’s class of 1880, leader of the U.S. women’s suffrage movement, crusader for international peace and an advocate for the expansion of women’s rights throughout the world. Surrounding that stone are smaller granite pavers and bricks that honor more than 4,000 women who have made an impact on individuals, families, communities and society.

Plaza bricks

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To honor a woman on the Plaza of Heroines, submit an order today or contact the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics for more information.

To update the profile of a woman you have previously honored on the plaza, email the Catt Center with your changes.

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Maas, Tomma Lou Mabee, Jennifer Maberry, Sallie Belle Sparks Mabie, Thelma MacDonald, Edith Craig Mace, Edna Mack, Barbara Mack, Lisa MacRae, Mabel L Macumber Follmer, Ruth F. Macumber, Iris E. Macvicar, Margaret Agnes Love Madden, Beverly Maddock, Helen Marie Maddux, Katherine Garlan Maddux, Linda S. Madill, Luella Madsen, Henriette Muller Madsen, Judy K. Madsen, Laura Larsen Pedersen Mahoney, Helen Kiepe Mahoney, Mary Hovel Maifeld, Caroline Main, Mary Rose Majerczyk, Emily Jo Majors, Mary J. Malliet, Catherine Grant Malliet, Natalie Berg Malone, Pollie Carter Manahl, Frances Manatt, Jacquelyne Nesset Mancini, Ruth Elizabeth Mandel, Ruth Manera, Esther McShea Maneval, Mary Maney, Ardith Louise Maney, Ethel Louise Bradstreet Maney, Laurel Ellen Maney, Ruth Maclean Maney, Sarah Hall Mangels, Verlene Mangold, Harriet Irene Daker Mangold-Kyro, Christine Mangold, Leonore Viktora Mann, Clara S. Mann, Jona J. Manncase, Alice Manning, Julie Mansfield, Arabella Manternach, Joanne K. Marcheski, Leona Krupa Mariano, Maria Marino, Lisa Buck Marrujo de O’Hara, Carolyn Grace Marsh, Monica Marsh, Susan E. Marshall, Leslie Spikes Marshall, Mary Marshall, Ruth Marston, Alice Day Marten, Ella Marie Jensen Martens, Clara Wyatt Marticke, Linda Marticke, Norma Lea Martin, Addie McClean Martin, Anne Elizabeth Easton Martin, Catherine Morrison Martin, D. Anne Martin, Estella Irene Martin, Mona L Martin, Sarah D. Martin, Valentina Martin, Vera Delahoyde Martin, Wanda M. Martinson, Kathryn Martinson, Nancy Lynn Mashaw, Mattie T. Mason, Frances Anne Williams Mason, Kate Mason, Nelle Fern Eatinger Mateer, Juanita Carol Mather, Katherine Roewe Mathes, Sharon Ann Mathews, Dorothy Bates Mathews, Eleanor R. Mathias, Janna Faye Mathis, Dorothy Mathre, Judith (Helin) Matson, Denise Matson, Marjorie J. Matthews, Denise (Groth) Maulsby, Doris Gail Dodge Maurer, Grace Raffety Maurer, Mary Gillette Mawk, Kathleen Maxwell, Evangeline G. Maxwell, Helen Logan Maxwell, Kay May, Elaine May, Judy May, Sandra Rogers Mayer, Mary Grace Mayer, Mary Mayerfeld, Diane B. Mayfield, Elizabeth S. Mayfield, Kate Stewart Mayfield, Margie Morrow Mayfield, Virginia D. McAfee, Denise Jilovec McBride, Mary A. McCall, Mary Love (Bowlsby) McCalmont, Cynthia Maupin McCance, Mike McCarley, Jenna McCarroll, Carita Hedrick McCartan, Katie McCarthy, Margaret Clark McCarthy, Mary McCartney, Rhoda Huxsol McCaskill, Claire McCaw, Marjorie Ballou McCay, Rose Casady McClain, Jeoraldean Sandra McClanahan, Peggy S. McClean, Hannah Cox McClean, Nada Klopping McClung, Virginia E. McClure, Gertrude McClurg, Harriet Elizabeth Dawkins McCord, Helen McCorkle, Vivian McCormack, Sylvia Love McCormick, Eileen McCoy, Jenny Dolphin McCunn, Bettie McDonald, E. Dawn McDonald, Ruth Hall McDonough, Kimberly M. McElwee, Melissa McGaffee, Margaret Phillips McGilliard, Jan L. 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Melanson, Judy Seidel Melhus, Elizabeth Williamson Mellen, Catherine Becker Menard, Molly Mendenhall, Hope Barton Menefee, Ruth Betts Meneough, Clara Ewing Menezes, Sarah C. Mengeling, Barbara Ann Merchant, Iza White Meredith, Adalyn Parris Merfeld, Julia Diane Mericle, Margaret Hilary Mericle, Maureen M. Merrick, Helen Cramer Merrill, Sarah Rockwell Merritt, Joanne Fritz Merryman, Mary Lois Beane Meschi, Maria E. Mesenbrink, Janis D. Mesenbrink, Marlyn M. Messenger, Esther H. Messer, Carol Metzger, Evelyn Meyer, Barbara Marie Charlier Meyer, Helen Louise Rocho Meyer, Janell Rae Christie Michalski, Ann Michel, Marianne Holland Michelsons, Tereze Mighell, Mary R. Miles, Kristina G. Millen, Pamela Bertram Wiser Miller, Betty Jane Miller, Betty K. Miller, Carole Miller, Catherine R. Miller, Cheryl Luellen Miller, Edna V. Miller, Gladys Esval Miller, Jeanne Ann Miller, Kathryn Madera Miller, Kathryn Ruth Miller, Linda R. Miller, Lois Helen Thomas Miller, Lotus Simon Miller, Madge Miller, Ola Babcock Miller, Pam A Miller, Patricia Ann Miller, Sara K. Miller, Tamara Miller, Wendy Lynn Wheeler Mills, Esther Brewer Mills, Maude K. Mills, Ruth L. Milner, Eleanor O’Beirne Minor, Chris Minot, Marion Elizabeth Minot, Velma Briggs Miranda, Juliette A Mitchell, Edna Clark Mitchell, Judith Ann Mitten, Carol J. Modde, Janice Bonnett Moeller, Norma Joan Twigg Moen, Lucille A. Moen, Rosine P. Mofle, Edna Olson Mohr, Alice M. Mohr, Charlotte Moiseiwitsch, Tanya Molison, Miriam McLain Moll, Megahn E. Moll, Virginia C. Monahan, Amy Monkelien, Kay S. Montag, Rachel Habeger Montgomery, Arline Weston Montgomery, Jana Lee Moody, Lisa Mooney, Shirley Moore, Joan Fitzpatrick Moore, Leah Moore, Marian E. Moore, Mary Cathrine Hansuld Moorhead, Edith Moorman, Ann McWilliams Moothart, Margaret Mary Mooty, Karen R. Moran, Grace S. Mordy, Brooke Davis Morgan, Mary Louise Morgan, Norma L. Morgan, Patricia Anne Morgenroth, Lillian Rose Morhauser, Ethel Jones Morin, Irene D. Morris, Marion E. Morris, Syndey A. Morris, Thelma Burke Morrison, Eugenie McNett Morrison, Florence Jane Morrow, Levinah Ellen Stewart Morse, Deanna Morse, Harriet Morton, Cynthia Ellen Morton, Lois Wright Morton, Pat Koch Moseley Braun, Carol Moseley, Jane E. Moses, Deborah Jean Moses, Lois L. Mosley, Elizabeth Ege Moss, Pat Buckley Mount, Sondra Van Wert Movement, September 29th Moyer, Annie Moyer, Ruth Hughes Muckenhirn, Bernice Leiter Mueller, Ruth Ann Shaw Mueller, Ruth E. Mueller, Wilhelmina Muenchrath, Deb Mulcahy, Anne M. Mulford, Mary Ann Mull, Alice Irish Mull, Elise Wright Mullins, Gesa Zinn Mullins, Helen C. Mullins, Sue Blunt Mundekis, Regina J. Munkvold, Theresa Diane Munn, Joy Ringham Munsen, Betty Bear Munson, Barbara Carol Nelson Munson, Jeanne Munson, Marit Karina Munster, Phyllis L. Murken, Linda Murphy, Gillian Murphy, Karen Ladeen Stiles Murphy, Marilyn O. Murphy, Marjorie May Busse Murphy, Mary Margaret Murphy, Patricia Murray, Alice Van Wert Murray, Alice VanWert Murray, Janette S. Murray, Mary Kathryn Miller Murray, Vivian Kay (Voelker) Musfeldt, Mary Ann Musgrove, Dorothy Cooper Musich, Mandy Mussman, Barbara Jo Gordon Myers, Bertha M. Drilling Myers, Emily R. Myers, Florence Lowman Myers, Iva June Myers, Lucille Boyce Myers, Nancy M. Myers-Ogden, Danette Myers, Ruth Iowa Jones Myott, Julia Lucea Myszewski, Margaret