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San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame 2002 Inductees
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Honorable
Madge Bradley (deceased) was appointed San Diego's
first female judge in 1953 and was the only woman on the
bench in San Diego County until her retirement in 1971.
Madge was born in 1904 in rural Ukiah, California. In 1910
her family moved to San Diego County, where she resided
until her death in 2000. An early position at a title company
brought a young Madge into contact with lawyers, prompting
her to remember, years later, that "they were all rather
smart and that perhaps if I studied law, I, too, could be
smart." She studied law through correspondence courses
from a Chicago university and passed the California State
Bar exam in 1933. By 1945, Madge was named Director of the
San Diego County Bar Association and soon after, was encouraged
to submit an application for appointment to the San Diego
County Municipal Court. During her lifetime, Judge Bradley
received numerous awards from the legal community, service
organizations, and religious groups.
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Alemi
Daba was born in Ethiopia in an Oromo tribal
village. Girls did not go to school, but her contact with
American missionaries enabled her to get an education. Because
Alemi was Christian, she was tortured and imprisoned under
the communist government, which also executed her husband
and other members of her family. Alemi, with her two daughters,
escaped and arrived in San Diego in 1988 as refugees. Soon
after arriving, Alemi launched her energies toward adapting
a new language and culture. She began to assist other refugees,
and emerged as a leader of what is now a refugee community
of 10,000. She has also served as a "peacemaker"
between refugee communities whose countries, in some cases,
have been at war. Currently, Alemi serves as Director of
Women and Children for the Alliance for African Assistance,
helping refugees from around the world resettle in San Diego.
Alemi spearheaded several new programs with the Alliance
to improve access to healthcare and provide special services
for senior citizens and is a spokeswoman for Refugee Women
Hand-in-Hand.
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Lucy Killea, Ph.D is perhaps most well-known for her
eighteen years of service as an elected official, serving
on the San Diego City Council (1978-82); in the California
State Assembly (1982-89); and in the State Senate (1989-96).
Dr. Killea, an American and Latin American historian, was
also one of the first individuals to "recognize the
importance of communication across the California-Mexico
border" and therefore helped to found Fronteras
de las Californias, "a nonprofit liaison with Mexico
funded by the City of San Diego, UCSD, and private corporations."
Dr. Killea's career reflects her commitment to women's issues
and improving women's lives. While serving in the State
Assembly, Lucy helped to create the bipartisan Women's Caucus;
she fought for years to "implement a licensed midwife
program" which passed in 1993; and has been a pro-choice
advocate, maintaining her position even in the face of strong
opposition and public sanction by the Catholic Church.
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Gracia Molina de Pick born to a political
family in Mexico, has lived in San Diego County for over
40 years. Her earliest efforts to secure equality for women
was to help organize and found Partido Popular -
a Mexican political party that fought to secure voting rights
for women. Since Gracia arrived in the United States in
the 1950s, she worked tirelessly to advance the participation
of women and people of color in the democratic process.
Gracia's work to promote women's rights and human rights
is international in scope - she has participated in all
UN World Conferences on Women - but she is also dedicated
to improving the status of women in her own community. Gracia
has served as a mentor, advocate, grassroots political activist,
and teacher to countless numbers of women and men in her
roles as a professor at Mesa College and lecturer at UCSD.
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Jane Dumas is a member of the Jamul Band of Kumeyaay
Indians in East County. She is a well-known and widely respected
elder, teacher, and leader in San Diego's American Indian
community and in San Diego at- large. For decades, Jane
has been speaking in classrooms and at public events, sharing
knowledge of Kumeyaay culture and medicine, and stressing
the value of traditional language and history in today's
urban and American Indian societies. In 1981, Jane helped
found the San Diego American Indian Health Center, and since
1986 she has been described as an "anchor, leader,
peacemaker, and bridge between Indian and non-Indians in
the areas of medicine and education" and believes that
"we can become healthier as both individuals and as
a community by incorporating traditional knowledge and spirituality."
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MISSION
STATEMENT
The
mission of the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame is
to acknowledge and honor women who have significantly
contributed to the quality of life and who have made outstanding
volunteer contributions in San Diego County.
General
Information:
The purpose of the
annual induction of five women into the Hall of Fame
is to make women's actions and accomplishments visible
in San Diego. The women honored every year will be remembered
for their efforts in a Hall of Fame exhibit housed at
the Women's History Reclamation Project. The annual
induction is also a forum for coalition building between
the four co-hosts and dozens of women's organizations
representing San Diego's diverse population. The annual
induction is also a fund-raising signature event for
the four Co-Hosts including the following:
Women's
History Museum and Educational Center
is
a museum, library and archive with a mission to educate
and inspire present and future generations about the
contributions of women. It preserves, shares, and integrates
women's stories for a more complete understanding of
history.
The County of San Diego Commission
on the Status of Women, established in 1970,
is mandated to study and advise the Board of Supervisors
on the needs and problems of women and to eliminate
the practice of discrimination and prejudice on the
basis of gender.
San Diego State University's
Women's Studies Department, the nation's
first women's studies department, established in 1970,
offers a BA, MA and Post-baccalaureate Certificate.
It has a reputation for excellence in curriculum, faculty,
community involvement, and international scholarly liaisons.
The Women's Center, University
of California, San Diego provides education
and support on gender issues affecting the UCSD and
general communities. The Center advances women's intellectual,
professional, and personal goals to increase awareness
of issues affecting women and men.
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