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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P.E.O., Chapter MI Paaske, Mildred G. Kimball Pabon, Marta Virgen Pace, Gene E. Packer, Jean H. Packwood, Joyce Norton Palmerhall, Juanita Palubinskas, Alice Pamerleau, Susan Pancholi, Shanta Pancratz, Ruby Parish, Carol A. Parker, Kathleen Parks, Rosa Parr, Mary Lou Parsons, Diane Parsons, Kathy Parsons, Kristy Hodges Parsons, Lauren Parsons, Martha Rosetta Borschell Parsons, Stephanie Fortman Parsons, VaLinda Henze Pascasio, Pilar Pashek, Ann E. Paskach, Betty M. Pasley, Jonette Parizek Pate, Anna Lidia Patkin, Sara Trusler Patrick, Carol Cord Patrick, NaDyne Nepper Patrick, Peggy A. Pattee, Alma Rock Patterson-Engelhorn, Deb Patterson, Frances Clarke Patterson, Harriet Coleman Patterson, Lucile Riggs Patterson, Mary Anderson Patton, Diane Botts Paul, Alice Paul, Barbara Paul, Eva Arthur Paul, Mary Martin Pauli, Kathryn Paulson, Christina Fay Paulson, Doris Fay Wearmouth Paulson, Janiece Larsen Paulson, Lori Sue Robinson Paulson, Serena Sue Paulson, Sonja Joe Pavone, Concetta Vecchio Paxton, Gertrude Curtiss Payer, Janet Supernois Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Pearson, Kathleen Pearson, Maria Pearson, Mary Jane Barlow Pearson, Patricia Pease, Damaris Pease, Sally C. Pederson, Delores M. Pederson, Sally Pederson, Wineva S. Peeler, Alyson M. Peeler, Georgene Peeler, Lauren Elizabeth Peeler, Melissa Ann Peet, Louise Jenison Peitz, Eileen Groene Pellegreno, Ann Pellett, Nancy Fredrechsen Pendray, Carolyn Penick, Frieda Van Iten Penkhus, Margaret E. Pennell, Ellen Pennings, Karen Pennings, Rhonda Renee Percival, Bonnie Perkins, Faye Perkins, Georgina Gordon Muir Perkins, Helen Perlstein, Kim Perry, Betty J. Eeten Perry, Emily L. Perry, Jennie Anne Ford Persels, Becky Pesek, Elizabeth Pesek, Katherine Peters, Randi Petersen, Mary Louise Petersen, Neva M. Petersen, Norma Lea Holland Peterson Book, Elsie Peterson, Cheryl Peterson, Dana Alexandra Peterson, Darline Sue Peterson, Dorothy Hortense White Peterson, Elizabeth W. Peterson, Ellen B. Peterson, Idelle Peterson, Jane W. Peterson, Jean Austin Peterson, Lisa Peterson, Loraine Peterson, Nicole S. Peterson, Penelope A. Neff Peterson, Penelope L. Peterson, Rena M. Peterson, Sydney Kate Petrick, Janice Warren Petrzalek, Helen Model Pettinger, Celestine Pettinger, Florence Pettitt, Geri Backes Petty, Sherry Pfaff, Lois Pfeifer, Whitney Johnson Pfeiffer, Nancy Nelson Pfeifle, Teri L. PhD, Angela L Bowman Phelan, Colleen McCarty Phelps, Irene J. Phenix, Amy Phillips, Jana L. Phillips, Lisa Phillips, Lora Phillips, Peggy Sullivan Phothisane, Kim Khamtanh Phye, Connie Burns Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of Cedar Rapids Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club Pi Beta Phi Class of 1969 Pi Beta Phi Pledge Class of 1940 Pi Beta Phi Woods Sisters Pi Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi Picht, Shirley Elliott Picken, Dorothy Parrish Pickett, Johnny Pickett, Kate D. Pickett, Mary S. Pickett, Ruth M. Pickford, Meg Rutherford Pierce, Doris Onalee Pierson, Lilly May H. Pierson, Loraine S. Pietrucha, Sophie Gelczis Pilgrim, Shirley Piotrowicz, Joyce Piper, Bernice Pippert, Elizabeth Brown Pippert, Emma Pelzer Pippert, Magda Halsor Pitcher, Susan Warburton Pitts, Edith Verdon Pivac, Dragojla Placeway, Lola Plagge, Selma M. Plasencia, Ila Platt, Lee Lou Pleasants, Barbara Pletcher, Carol Robbins Pletcher, Cynthia Robbins Pletcher, Judy Pokrak Pochop, Elizabeth Schlesser Podhajsky, Linda Lee Lyon Pohlman, Lynette Points, Ruth Polito, Marilyn Pollard, Macy Marie Pollmann, Susanne Polster, Nancy Pomerantz, Leslie Ann Pool, Lillie J. Poorman, Dara Jo Waddell Poorman, Margaret Jo Waddell Poppen, Marilyn Popple, Jennifer Porter, Florence Hazel Kintzley Porter, Marylee Porter, Ruth Larson Post, Amy Kirby Poterucha, Bonnie Pothast, Betty Potter, Rosanne Pounds, Evelyn Pour-El, Marian Boykan Povich, Lynn Powell, Jackie Powell, Jacqueline Lee Jess Powell, Lois Susan Coffman Powell, Sarah Calhoun Powell, Velma Alt Power, Bernice Margis Powers, Helen H. Powers, Jewett Prall, Jessie Ervin Pratt, Helen Johnson Pratt, Judy Wright Pratt, Margaret D. Pratt, Pauline Evarts Price, Betty I. Price, Lucile B. Price, Mary Harriett Scheerer Proffitt, Gail McClure Profitt, Janet Pronty, Helen Proteus Club Proudfoot, Florence W. Provow, Celia May Griffin Prueitt, Frances Ann Pruetz, Dorothy Jean Elizabeth Puls, Paula J. Pulver, Debra Lea Furman Punke, Alma Purdy, Dorothy Purdy, Marcia Menefee Putsch, Lois Reis Pyle, Mamie Shields