Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame: Joan Hurst

Joan Hurst
Joan Hurst

As part of Women’s history month, Alaska Public Media brings you the voices of influential Alaskan women who have helped shape and define the social, cultural and political discourse in Alaska. 15 women were recently inducted into the Alaska women’s hall of fame at a ceremony in Anchorage. Former lt governor Fran Ulmer was inducted herself in 2009. She was on hand to introduce one of this year’s inductees-the late Youth development and child advocate Joan Hurst. Barb Dubahvich accepted the award.

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