Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame to Induct Two Notable Women

Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) and Frances Cabaniss Roberts (1916–2000) will be inducted into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame (AWHOF) at its annual induction ceremony March 7. 

Unsuccessful as a writer while living, Hurston died in poverty and obscurity in 1960. She was buried in an unmarked grave and would have been forgotten had not Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” helped revive her writings. Hurston’s writings, all in print today, are now taught in schools across the country. 

Roberts was a founding faculty member of the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Much of her life was spent as an activist for the preservation and continued use of historical buildings. She was the driving force behind the Old Town and Twickenham historical districts, Huntsville’s Constitution Hall Village, the Huntsville Historical Society and the Huntsville Preservation Society.  

The event will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Alumnae Auditorium at Judson College. 

To participate in the AWHOF luncheon following the induction, contact the Judson office of development at 334-683-5109.