Glenna Goodacre was born on 28 August 1939 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. She was married to Cyrus Lee (Mike) Schmidt Jr. and William Goodacre. She died on 13 April 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
She was a sculptor who created the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington, DC. It stands in a grove of trees near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. She also designed the front of the Sacagawea dollar coin.