8人入选堪萨斯荣誉大道：州长凯利在州议会大厦揭晓，篮球发明人奈史密斯与首位女性首席大法官在列
位于堪萨斯州肖尼县的托皮卡市，州长劳拉·凯利（Laura Kelly）10月29日在堪萨斯州议会大厦举行的仪式上宣布，8位杰出人物新入选堪萨斯荣誉大道（Kansas Walk of Honor）。堪萨斯历史学会、议会大厦保护委员会成员、入选者家属以及为纪念牌提供资金的私人捐赠者出席了仪式。
8位新入选者是：篮球发明人詹姆斯·奈史密斯博士（Dr. James Naismith）、民权倡导者露辛达·托德（Lucinda Todd）、美国首位女性财政部长乔治亚·尼斯·克拉克·格雷（Georgia Neese Clark Gray）、记者与废奴主义者克拉丽娜·尼科尔斯（Clarina Nichols）、航空企业家奥利夫·安·比奇（Olive Ann Beech）、普雷里班德波塔瓦托米部落主席明妮·埃文斯（Minnie Evans）、堪萨斯州首位女性首席大法官凯·麦克法兰（Chief Justice Kay McFarland），以及劳工权益倡导者玛丽·斯库比茨（Mary Skubitz）。
凯利在仪式上说，这批入选者一直是堪萨斯历史的重要组成部分：他们打破壁垒、挑战不公、引领产业，为后代打开大门；他们的贡献塑造了堪萨斯州和美国，他们的名字将永远镌刻在州议会大厦周边的人行道上，让他们的故事长久流传。
堪萨斯历史学会执行主任帕特里克·佐尔纳（Patrick Zollner）说，过去15年里，荣誉大道已表彰17位来自各行各业、对本州和美国产生重大影响的堪萨斯人，学会很高兴把这8位新成员加入其中。
奈史密斯1891年发明篮球，后来成为堪萨斯大学首任篮球主教练，他创立的这项运动后来传遍世界。托德是教育工作者和民权倡导者，她挑战学校种族隔离，其家庭是具有里程碑意义的布朗诉托皮卡教育委员会案（Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka）的当事家庭之一。
格雷是堪萨斯州里奇兰人、沃什本大学毕业生，1949年经杜鲁门总统任命成为美国首位女性财政部长，她的签名在杜鲁门政府任期结束前印在所有美国货币上。尼科尔斯是记者、废奴主义者和妇女权利倡导者，她的努力帮助在堪萨斯建州时期为已婚妇女财产权、妇女子女监护权和公立学校平等争取到宪法保护。
比奇来自堪萨斯州韦弗利，是航空业先驱，她把比奇飞机公司建成一家大型制造商，成为首位领导财富500强企业的女性，公司产品供应美国国家航空航天局和美国军方。埃文斯是普雷里班德波塔瓦托米部落主席，她捍卫部落主权、通过印第安索赔委员会追索条约权利，并帮助挫败了联邦终止印第安部落地位的努力。
斯库比茨是劳工权益倡导者，她帮助领导了1921年的亚马逊军团游行：数千名与罢工煤矿工人有关的女性走上堪萨斯煤田抗议不公平劳工做法，推动了八小时工作制、平等和童工法等改革。麦克法兰来自堪萨斯州科菲维尔，是堪萨斯司法界先驱，成为首位被任命为堪萨斯州最高法院法官的女性，也是首位担任首席大法官的女性；她致力于增进公众对法律的理解，并支持允许音频、视频和印刷摄影进入堪萨斯法庭、扩大公众接近法庭的渠道。
堪萨斯荣誉大道位于州议会大厦周边的人行道上，表彰在州和全国层面作出重大贡献、与堪萨斯有深厚联系的人物。该项目2011年设立，由堪萨斯历史学会负责，新入选者由州长选定。
来源：堪萨斯州州长办公室公告（Ad Astra Radio 转载），2026年10月30日
Eight Added to Kansas Walk of Honor: Governor Kelly Unveils Honorees at the State Capitol, Including Basketball Inventor Naismith and First Woman Chief Justice McFarland
In Topeka, a city in Shawnee County, Kansas, Governor Laura Kelly announced on October 29 at a ceremony at the Kansas State Capitol that eight prominent individuals have been added to the Kansas Walk of Honor. Members of the Kansas Historical Society and the Capitol Preservation Committee, family members of the honorees, and private donors who funded the plaques attended the ceremony.
The eight new honorees are basketball inventor Dr. James Naismith, civil rights advocate Lucinda Todd, Georgia Neese Clark Gray, the first woman to serve as United States Treasurer, journalist and abolitionist Clarina Nichols, aviation executive Olive Ann Beech, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation tribal chairwoman Minnie Evans, Chief Justice Kay McFarland, the first woman to serve as chief justice of Kansas, and labor rights advocate Mary Skubitz.
Kelly said the honorees have always been an important part of Kansas history: they broke down barriers, challenged injustice, led industries, and opened doors for generations to follow, and their contributions have shaped Kansas and the nation, which is why their names will forever be embedded in the sidewalks around the Statehouse, ensuring their stories live on in perpetuity.
Patrick Zollner, executive director of the Kansas Historical Society, said that over the last fifteen years the Walk of Honor has honored seventeen Kansans from all walks of life who have made a significant impact on the state and the country, and that the society is pleased to include these eight new honorees.
Naismith invented basketball in 1891 and later became the University of Kansas' first head basketball coach, establishing a sport that would reach audiences around the world. Todd was a civil rights advocate and educator who challenged school segregation and was among the families involved in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case.
Gray, a Richland, Kansas, native and Washburn University graduate, became the first woman to serve as United States Treasurer after President Harry S. Truman appointed her in 1949, and her signature appeared on all U.S. currency throughout her tenure until the end of the Truman Administration. Nichols was a journalist, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate whose efforts helped secure constitutional protections for married women's property rights, women's rights in child custody, and equality in public schools during the formation of Kansas.
Beech, a pioneering aviation executive from Waverly, Kansas, built Beech Aircraft into a major manufacturer and became the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, supplying products for NASA and the United States military. Evans, tribal chairwoman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, defended tribal sovereignty, pursued treaty claims with the Indian Claims Commission, and helped defeat federal efforts to terminate American Indian tribes, including the Potawatomi.
Skubitz was a labor rights advocate who helped lead the 1921 Amazon Army March, in which thousands of women connected to striking coal miners protested unfair labor practices across Kansas coalfields, leading to reforms such as the 8-hour workday, equality, and child labor laws. McFarland, a Kansas judicial pioneer from Coffeyville, became the first woman appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court and the first woman to serve as chief justice; she worked to improve public understanding of the law and supported greater access to Kansas courtrooms by allowing audio, video, and print photography.
Located on the sidewalks surrounding the Kansas Statehouse, the Kansas Walk of Honor recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions at the state and national levels and have meaningful connections to Kansas. Established in 2011, the program is overseen by the Kansas Historical Society, with new honorees selected by the governor.
Source: Announcement of the Kansas Office of the Governor, republished by Ad Astra Radio, October 30, 2026
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图片来源：图：位于堪萨斯州肖尼县托皮卡市的堪萨斯州议会大厦，堪萨斯荣誉大道即环绕州议会大厦周边的人行道。照片：Elli，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Kansas State Capitol in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas; the Kansas Walk of Honor runs along the sidewalks surrounding the Statehouse. Photo: Elli, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
