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==Legacy== In 1962, Willa Cather was inducted into the [[Nebraska Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.nebraska.gov/willa-cather-national-statuary-hall-selection-committee/|title=Willa Cather National Statuary Hall Selection Committee|website=Nebraska State Historical Society}}</ref> In 1973, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a postage stamp honoring her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-modern-period-1940-present-commemorative-issues-1970-1979-1972-1973-0|title=American Arts Issue|website=postalmuseum.si.edu}}</ref> In 1974, she was inducted into the [[Hall of Great Westerners]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://search.schlowlibrary.org/Record/85263/Description|title=Novels, 1923-1940|first=Willa|last=Cather|date=September 30, 1990|website=search.schlowlibrary.org}}</ref> In 1986, she was inducted into the [[National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame]]βs Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsln.com/news/national-cowgirl-hall-of-fame-celebrates-40-years/|title=National Cowgirl Hall of Fame celebrates 40 years|first=Rhonda|last=Stearns|date=November 17, 2015|website=www.tsln.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/willa-cather/|title=Willa Cather}}</ref> In 1988, she was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref name="auto"/> In 2000, she was named as one of the [[Virginia Women in History]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/va-women-2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922185153/https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/changemakers/va-women-2000 | archive-date=September 22, 2024 | title=Virginia Women in History 2000 Β· Virginia Changemakers }}</ref> In 2023, the U.S. state of [[Nebraska]] donated a bronze [[Statue of Willa Cather|sculpture of Cather]] by [[Littleton Alston]] to the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]]. The statue is installed in the [[United States Capitol]]'s [[Capitol Visitors Center]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/willa-cather-statue|title=Willa Cather Statue|publisher=Architect of the Capitol|accessdate=February 20, 2023}}</ref> {{gallery |width=150 |height=150 |File:Will Cather bust2.jpg|A bust of Cather created in 1962 by [[Paul Swan (dancer)|Paul Swan]] for the [[Nebraska Hall of Fame]]. |File:Willa cather us stamp 1973.jpg|A postage stamp honoring Cather, issued by the [[United States Postal Service]] in 1973. |File:Statue of Willa carther (US capitol).webp|A [[Statue of Willa Cather|statue of Cather]], part of the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]], located in the [[United States Capitol]]'s [[Capitol Visitors Center]]. |File:Cather Prairie big bluestem.jpg|Willa Cather Memorial Prairie in [[Webster County, Nebraska|Webster County]], Nebraska.|alt4=Green and yellow prairie grasses adorn a hill. }}
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