Michelle Obama along with others will be listed into U.S. National Women’s Hall of Fame

This year 9 women will be inducted into the  National Women’s Hall of Fame. Some of the names include former U.S. lady Michelle Obama, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, soccer idol Mia Hamm and NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died last year.

The National Women’s Hall of Fame named the members of its Class of 2021 set to be inducted on October 2 on Monday.

The other names in the list include author Octavia Butler, who died in 2006, Rebecca Halstead, with a nearly three-decade career in the military, poet Joy Harjo, artist Judy Chicago and activist Emily Howland, who died in 1929 and had taught formerly enslaved people how to read and write in refugee settlements where she worked during the American Civil War.

National Women’s Hall of Fame website described the former First Lady as “one of the most influential and iconic women of the 21st century”.

“The National Women’s Hall of Fame will celebrate the inclusion of these extraordinary women into the Hall at the biennial in-person induction ceremony on October 2, 2021.”

The organization said it was closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation in New York state and will plan carefully to ensure that the in-person portion of Induction Weekend is safe for all attendees.

The sale of tickets will not start until the month of April or May. It will host a virtual live ceremony, which anybody can attend free of cost.

“Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most influential and iconic women of the 21st century,” the National Women’s Hall of Fame website said.