Esther Gordy Edwards

Esther Gordy Edwards was a staff member and associate of her younger brother Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. Edwards created the Motown Museum, Hitsville U.S.A., by preserving the label's Detroit studio. She also served as president of the Motown Museum and has been called the "Mother of Motown". Edwards was posthumously inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2022.