When she died in 1926, the Tombstone Epitaph wrote: “Mrs. Hughes was one of the few pioneer women in the territory who left a lasting impression both in the minds of the citizens and the character of the community.”
Josephine Brawley Hughes spent her entire life fighting for the cases she believed were right: the protection of the home, education, temperance and votes for women. If anything described her, it is these words from her induction into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1990:
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