1890s
Ida Redbird (15 mar 1892 – 10 aug 1971 | Laveen AZ – Gila River Indian Reservation AZ) potter, herbalist, interpreter, first president of Maricopa Pottery Maker’s Association
Sarah Yeiter Mason (31 mar 1896 – 28 nov 1980 | Pima AZ – Los Angeles CA) screenwriter, script supervisor
Lorna McLean Marshall (14 sep 1898 – 08 jul 2002 | Morenci AZ – Peterborough NH) author, anthropologist
1900s
1910s
Annie Dodge Wauneka (11 apr 1910 – 10 nov 1997 | Navajo Nation AZ – Flagstaff AZ) Navajo, health / education activist, Navajo Nation Council leader
Zenna Chlarson Henderson (01 nov 1917 – 11 may 1983 | Tucson AZ – Tucson AZ) author, teacher, sci-fi / fantasy writer
Isabelle Fiske Calhoun (19 sep 1919 – 28 apr 2014 | Tucson AZ – White River Junction VT) artist, WWII cartoonist, co-founder Rochester (VT) Quarry Hill Creative Center
1920s
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva (07 sep 1928 – Polacca AZ) Hopi-Tewa potter / ceramic artist
Joan Ganz Cooney (30 nov 1929 – Phoenix AZ) tv producer, children’s tv network founder, children’s literacy activist
1930s
Jayne Cortez (10 may 1934 – 28 dec 2012 | Fort Huachuca AZ – Manhattan NY) poet, activist, small press publisher, spoken-word artist
Janet Burroway (21 sep 1936 – Tucson AZ) poet, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author, children’s book writer
1940s
Patrizia von Brandenstein (15 apr 1943 – Phoenix AZ) production designer, first female Academy Award winner for production design
Ruth A. Davis (28 may 1943 – Phoenix AZ) US Diplomat, first African-American female Director of the Foreign Service Institute and General Director of the Foreign Service, Chief of Staff at US Department of State Africa Bureau
Masumi Hayashi (03 sep 1945 – 17 aug 2006 | Rivers AZ – Cleveland OH) artist, photographer, murder victim, panoramic photocollage specialist
Alice Elizabeth Notley (08 nov 1945 – Bisbee AZ) poet, critic, editor, biographer, essayist
Alice Williams Cling (21 mar 1946 – Cow Springs AZ) Navajo potter, ceramicist
Linda Marie Ronstadt (15 jul 1946 – Tucson AZ) singer, activist, actress, musician, memoirist, songwriter, record producer
Linda Lomahaftewa (03 jul 1947 – Phoenix AZ) painter, educator, printmaker, Hopi / Choctaw
Stephanie Lynn [Stevie] Nicks (26 may 1948 – Phoenix AZ) musician, singer-songwriter, autobiographical author
Teri Suzanne (18 aug 1948 – Globe AZ) author, bilingual actress, children’s songwriter, freehand-cut paper artist, founded Performing Arts Group (P.A.G.) first bilingual family theatre program, multi-media producer of edutainment products
Patricia Bean McConnell (16 nov 1948 – Phoenix AZ) author, ethologist, storyteller, human / animal interaction specialist / researcher
1950s
Jeanne Frances Loring (04 may 1950 – Tucson AZ) author, lecturer, essayist, geneticist, stem cell biologist, developmental neurobiologist, patient education advocate
Brenda Hillman (27 mar 1951 – Tucson AZ) poet, translator, professor, non-violent activist
Kathy Smith (11 dec 1951 – Arizona US) personal trainer, fitness / nutrition program presenter / videomaker
Vanessa Paukeigope Santos Morgan Jennings (05 oct 1952 – Gila River Indian Community AZ) Kiowa-Apache-Gila River Pima bead artist, dollmaker, regalia maker, clothing designer, cradleboard maker, National Heritage Fellowship recipient (1989)
Nicole Conn (29 oct 1959 – Mesa AZ) film director, producer, screenwriter
Jeanmarie Simpson (20 nov 1959 – Ray AZ) actress, playwright, feminist, peace activist, theater artist