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