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Deidre Thomas, Agenia Clark, and Bob Tuke
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Rachel Ailor, Hilda McGregor, and Sheila Shields
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Felicia Anchor, Irwin Venick, Carol Stein, Ellen Jacobs, Barbara Chazen, and Hershell Warren
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Beth Crutchfield-White and Carleton Crutchfield
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Barbara Chazen and Ellen Jacobs
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Honoree Clare and Hunter Armistead
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Laura Cooper, Nashville Mayor John Cooper, and Art Rebrovick
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Jeff Eskind, Donna Eskind, honoree Annette Eskind, Laurie Eskind, and Steve Eskind
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Honoree Carrie Gentry (front) and Ryan Gentry, Cassandra Walker, Howard Gentry, Carol Gentry Johnson, and Cass Teague
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Jenny Hannon, Eleanor Willis, and Hunter Armistead
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Honoree Janet and Jim Ayers
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Honorees Janet Ayers and Annette Eskind
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Susie Mackie, Jerry Williams, Aubrey Harwell, and Marie Maxwell
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Elizabeth Rapisarda, Debbie Hill, and Connie Miller
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Honoree Rosetta Miller-Perry
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Allysceaeioun Britt Spears and Phyllis Moore
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Jack Turner, Deb Varallo, and Luvenia Harrison
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Jennifer Wilbeck and Betsy Kennedy
On Thursday, October 17, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee honored seven trailblazing Women of Wonder at the 26th Annual Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award luncheon at the Music City Center's Davidson Ballroom.
Each year this prestigious award honors a person or persons who, like the late Joe Kraft, demonstrate a commitment to community, home and hearth, and individuals in need.
This year's honorees included:
Clare Armistead- style icon, philanthropist, and fundraiser
Janet Ayers-philanthropist and education patron
The late Colleen Conway-Welch-longtime VU School of Nursing Dean
Inez Crutchfield-Tennessee State University educator, political insider, and Civil Rights activist
Annette Eskind-champion of adoption, and education/social reformer
Carrie Gentry-TSU educator and Civil Rights activist
Rosetta Miller-Perry- founder of The Tennessee Tribune and Civil Rights activist