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 Friedan
Author / Feminist Leader

Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice of Canada

Isabel Allende
Chilean Author

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Portia Simpson Miller
Prime Minister of Jamaica

Christiane Amanpour
Journalist

Katharine Graham
Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post

Khatool Mohammadzai
General, Air Force of Afghanistan

Maya Angelou
American Poet & Author

Madam Gu Xiulian
Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China

Anne Murray
Canadian Performing Artist

Louise Arbour
Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague

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

Hanna Suchocka
Prime Minister of Poland

Dame Sandra Dawson
First Woman Master Oxbridge College

Maya Ying Lin
Vietnam & Civil Rights Memorial Architect

Patricia Summitt
Sports Legend

Anita DeFrantz
Catalyst of the International Olympic Movement

Tzipi Livni
Israeli Foreign Minister

Maria Tallchief
U.S. Prima Ballerina

Donna de Varona
Olympic Champion, Advocate for Women in Sports

Bette Bao Lord
Author / Stateswoman

Valentina Tereshkova
First Woman in Space

Sylvia Earle
American Oceanographer, Explorer & Author

Dr. Susan Love
Breast Cancer Advocate

Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of Great Britain

Nawal El Moutawakel
First Moroccan and first African Muslim Woman to win Olympic Gold

Clare Boothe Luce
Author / Stateswoman

Simone Veil
French Political Leader

Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American Performer / Humanitarian

Wangari Maathai
Environmental Activist & Nobel Peace Laureate, Kenya

Alice Walton
Philanthropist

Anna Fendi
Italian fashion empire builder

Graca Machel
First Lady of Mozambique & South Africa

Barbara Walters
Journalist

Ella Fitzgerald
American Jazz Artist

Susana Malcorra
Foreign Minister of Argentina

Betty Ford
President, The Betty Ford Center

Wilma Mankiller
Chief of the Cherokee Nation