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