International Hall of Fame
Since 1985, the International Hall of Fame Awards Gala has been the most important annual event for the organization, honoring the women leaders tackling urgent issues facing the world. The awardees are transformative figures whose contributions to society are outsized on a global scale.
| Madeleine Albright U.S. Secretary of State |
Betty Ford President, The Betty Ford Center |
Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister of Jamaica |
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| Isabel Allende Chilean Author |
Betty Friedan Author / Feminist Leader |
Khatool Mohammadzai General, Air Force of Afghanistan |
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| Christiane Amanpour Journalist |
Julia Gillard Former Prime Minister of Australia |
Anne Murray Canadian Performing Artist |
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| Maya Angelou American Poet & Author |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka United Nations Under-Secretary-General |
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| Louise Arbour Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague |
Katharine Graham Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post |
Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
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| Frances Arnold Nobel Laureate |
Madam Gu Xiulian Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China |
Ana Palacio Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain |
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| Corazon Aquino President of the Republic of the Philippines |
Alma Guillermoprieto Author and Journalist |
Rosa Parks Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement |
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| Mary Barra Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company |
Helen Hayes First Woman of the American Theater |
Julie Payette Canadian Astronaut/Engineer |
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| Shirley Temple Black Child Star & U.S. Diplomat |
Audrey Hepburn International Film Star |
Nancy Pelosi First woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Lindy Boggs U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican |
Jeanne Holm Major General, U.S. Air Force |
Silvia Pinal Legendary Mexican Actress & Politician |
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| Roberta Bondar First Canadian Woman Astronaut |
Gale Anne Hurd Hollywood Film Producer & Screenwriter |
Leontyne Price Opera Diva |
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| Rosalind Brewer Chief Executive Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance |
Judith Jamison American Choreographer |
Condoleezza Rice U.S. Secretary of State |
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| Gro Harlem Brundtland Prime Minister of Norway |
Paula Adina Johnson Pioneering Doctor and Champion for Women’s Health |
Sally Ride U.S. Astronaut / Scientist |
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| Dr. Linda Buck Nobel Laureate |
Lynn Johnston Canadian Illustrator |
Mary Robinson President of Ireland |
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| Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist |
Virginia “Ginni” Rometty Executive Chairman, IBM |
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| Demet Sabancı Çetindoğan Turkish Entrepreneur, Media and Retail Mogul |
Nancy Landon Kassebaum U.S. Senator |
Wilma Rudolph U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist |
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| Eugenia Charles Prime Minister of Dominica |
Billie Jean King Tennis Legend & Social Pioneer |
Fatma Samoura Secretary General, FIFA |
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| Violeta de Chamorro President of Nicaragua |
Coretta Scott King American Civil Rights Activist |
Donna Shalala US Secretary of Health & Human Services and Academic Leader |
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| Madam Chen Zhili President, All-China Women’s Federation |
Heidi Klum German fashion and lifestyle mogul |
Muriel Siebert First Female Member,the New York Stock Exchange |
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| Julia Child Chef, Author & TV Star |
Dr. Mathilde Krim AIDS Researcher / Scientist |
Mary Simon National Inuit Leader of Canada |
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| Maureen Harding Clark Judge, International Criminal Court, Ireland |
Annie Leibovitz American Photographer |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia |
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Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Dr. Ellen Li Women’s Rights Activist, Hong Kong |
Donna Strickland Nobel Laureate |
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| Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Minister, Supreme Court of Justice, Mexico |
Maya Ying Lin Vietnam & Civil Rights Memorial Architect |
Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister of Poland |
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| Nandita Das Indian actress and filmmaker |
Tzipi Livni Israeli Foreign Minister |
Patricia Summitt Sports Legend |
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| Dame Sandra Dawson First Woman Master Oxbridge College |
Bette Bao Lord Author / Stateswoman |
Maria Tallchief U.S. Prima Ballerina |
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| Anita DeFrantz Catalyst of the International Olympic Movement |
Dr. Susan Love Breast Cancer Advocate |
Valentina Tereshkova First Woman in Space |
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| Donna de Varona Olympic Champion, Advocate for Women in Sports |
Clare Boothe Luce Author / Stateswoman |
Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of Great Britain |
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| Sylvia Earle American Oceanographer, Explorer & Author |
Wangari Maathai Environmental Activist & Nobel Peace Laureate, Kenya |
Simone Veil French Political Leader |
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| Nawal El Moutawakel First Moroccan and first African Muslim Woman to win Olympic Gold |
Graca Machel First Lady of Mozambique & South Africa |
Alice Walton Philanthropist |
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| Gloria Estefan Cuban-American Performer / Humanitarian |
Susana Malcorra Foreign Minister of Argentina |
Barbara Walters Journalist |
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| Anna Fendi Italian fashion empire builder |
Wilma Mankiller Chief of the Cherokee Nation |
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| Ella Fitzgerald American Jazz Artist |
Beverley McLachlin Chief Justice of Canada |