Legacy and Honors
- 1955, The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation (now the Willa Cather Foundation) was founded to support the study of her life and work, and to maintain many sites in her hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska.
- 1956 – A library branch location was opened in Willa Cather's name. Part of the Omaha Public Library system and is located on the corner of 44th and Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1962, Cather was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
- 1973, the United States Postal Service honored Willa Cather by issuing a stamp with her image.
- 1981, the U.S. Mint created the Willa Cather half-ounce gold medallion.
- 1986, Cather was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
- A residence hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is named after Cather.
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