Women Making History Honorees - League of Women Voters of South Central Texas

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Honoring Women's Contributions to Our South Central Texas Communities

Congratulations to our 2025 Women Making History Honorees:

Teresa Stanley Brown (Initiative)

Angela Lala (Heroism)

Maria Vega (Courage)

Karey Patterson Bresenhan (Vision)

Rev. Andrew Stafford, accepting for his mother, Maezell Thomas Stafford Townsend (Heritage)

Lucille Ann Blume Strickland (Steadfastness)

Brenda Lincke Fisseler (Determination)

Robin Wedgeworth, accepting for her mother, Gladys Giese (Heritage)

Women Making History Honorees

2025:

Courage - Maria Vega
Determination - Brenda Fisseler
Heritage - Gladys Giese
Heritage - Maezell Strickland Townsend
Heroism - Angela Lala
Initiative - Teresa Stanley Brown
Steadfastness - Lucille Strickland
Vision - Karey Bresenhan

2026:

Connie Shortes - Courage
Christi Opiela - Determination
Mary Bristow Willeford - Heritage
Alice Berry - Initiative
Mary Fanett Wheeler - Steadfastness
Tammy Collins - Vision

Award Categories:

COURAGE - For a woman who chose to stand up for what she believed in, fully aware she would face resistance.

DETERMINATION - For a woman who transformed inaction into progress by solving a significant problem that had been neglected, misunderstood, or ignored.

HERITAGE - For a woman whose life has ended but whose impact lives on, enriching our lives today.

INITIATIVE - For a woman who didn't wait for opportunities to come to her but took the initiative to build her own path forward.

STEADFASTNESS - For a woman whose enduring dedication and reliable commitment have produced a lifetime of valuable contributions.

VISION - For a woman whose commitment to women's needs and potential has rallied others to her vision, creating together noteworthy achievements that elevate women.

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