Legacy and honors Willa Cather

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an american arts commemorative series medallion depicting cather



1955, willa cather pioneer memorial , educational foundation (now willa cather foundation) founded support study of life , work, , maintain many sites in hometown of red cloud, nebraska.
1962, cather elected nebraska hall of fame.
1973, u.s. postal service honored willa cather issuing stamp bearing image.
1981, u.s. mint created willa cather half-ounce gold medallion.
1986, cather inducted national cowgirl museum , hall of fame.
2000, cather named member of inaugural class of virginia women in history.
2006, willa cather foundation received national endowment of humanities grant develop work, includes maintaining slice of nebraskan prairie “catherland,” curating cather childhood home, holding cather conferences, , publishing cather newsletter.
2011, cather inducted new york writers hall of fame.




^ nebraska hall of fame members . nebraskahistory.org. 
^ u.s. issues 2 more gold medallions in artists series . philadelphia inquirer. philadelphia, pa: knight ridder. november 4, 1984. p. r13. 
^ virginia women in history . lva.virginia.gov. retrieved 2016-12-13. 
^ lee, hermoine (july 11, 2013). willa cather: hidden voice . new york review of books. retrieved january 24, 2014. 






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