2007 HALL OF FAME WINNER Belle C. Buchanan Evans (1854 - 19 ) She was born and graduated from high school in Piqua. She served as the first female physician in Piqua in the 1880’s, an era when medicine was almost completely dominated by men. She received her medical degree from Pulte Medical College in 1883 as a homoeopathic physician. She began practice in Piqua in 1883, specializing in the diseases of women and children. She set up a dispensary on the public square for the care of those in need. Dr.
2009 HALL OF FAME WINNER Mary E. Hall (c.1850’s - 1905) Hall was born in Piqua prior to the Civil War. She first served as a teacher in the Piqua High School from 1869 to 1877. In 1872, she briefly resigned her position as a teacher over the issue of low wages paid to women teachers. In June of 1877, she became the first woman administrator in the school system, serving as principal of the high school until 1905. In 1896, she was one of the charter members of the Piqua Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
