SPIRIT OF ACHIEVEMENT PAST HONOREES
- 2007
- Princess Yasmin Aga Khan
- Lois Pope
- Alma Powell
- Margaret Russell
- Lynn Sherr
- Sharon Stone
- 2006
- Candace Bushnell
- Christiane Celle
- Deirdre Imus
- Elizabeth Stribling
- Fran Weissler
- Nina Zagat
- 2005
- Lidia Matticcio Bastianich
- Fran Drescher
- Midori
- Judith Ripka Berk
- Dr. Judith Rodin
2004
- Tovah Feldshuh
- Patricia Field
- Susan Lucci
- Trisha Meili
- The Hon. Ann Richards
- 2003
- Christie Brinkley
- Sarah Hughes
- Susan Isaacs
- Betsey Johnson
- Trish McEvoy
2002
- Judith Miller
- Libby Pataki
- Daryl Roth
- Susan Stroman
- Vera Wang
2001
- Marie Brenner
- Blythe Danner
- Pamela Dennis
- Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey
- Liz Smith
- 2000
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Iris Cantor
- Abby Joseph Cohen
- Cindy Crawford
- Judge Judy Sheindlin
- 1999
- Penny Marshall
- Leslie Stahl
- Meryl Streep
- Lilly Tartikoff
- Julie Taymor
- 1998
- Rosamond Bernier
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Susan Molinari
- Liz Tilberis
- 1997
- Sarah Brady
- Linda Ellerbee
- Rosie O'Donnell
- Dr. Carolyn Runowicz
- Sylvia Weinstock
1996
- Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Zoe Caldwell
- Matilda Raffa Cuomo
- Rachael Worby
- 1995
- Dr. Susan Love
- Paige Rense
- Marlo Thomas
- Heather Whitestone
- 1994
- Mary Higgins Clark
- Katie Couric
- Linda A. Fairstein
- Lauren Hutton
- 1993
- Dr. Ellen Baker
- Dr. Susan Band Horwitz
- Paula Zahn
- Eugenia Zukerman
- 1992
- Tina Brown
- Judith Jamison
- Dr. Ruth Macklin
- Jehan Sadat
- 1991
- June Anderson
- Donna Karan
- Evelyn H. Lauder
- Anna Quindlen
- Faye Wattleton
- 1990
- Nien Cheng
- Nora Ephron
- Jessye Norman
- Sally Jessy Raphael
- Wendy Wasserstein
- Marion Wiesel
- 1989
- Gertrude B. Elion
- Joan Hamburg
- Sherry Lansing
- Carroll Petrie
- 1988
- Barbara Goldsmith
- Nancy S. Graves
- Gov. Madeleine M. Kunin
- Diane Sawyer
- Marie Schwartz
- 1987
- Gail Lumet Buckley
- Kitty Carlisle Hart
- Lena Horne
- Joan Lunden
- Dr. Isabelle Rapin
- Susan Rothenberg
- Adrienne Vittadini
- 1986
- Glenn Close
- Hon. Elizabeth Hanford Dole
- Betty Friedan
- Hon. Amalya L. Kearse
- Judith Leiber
- Bernadette Peters
- 1985
- Pat Harper
- Senator Paula Hawkins
- Paloma Picasso
- Eve Queler
- 1984
- Ellen V. Futter
- Mrs. William Linder
- Shirley MacLaine
- Judith Rossner
- Diane Von Furstenberg
- 1983
- Elizabeth Ashley
- Georgette Klinger
- Jessica Savitch
- Gloria Steinem
- Twyla Tharp
1982
- Jane E. Brody
- Margaret L. Kempner
- Patricia McBride
- Jane Pauley
- Elsa Peretti
- 1981
- Pia Lindstrom
- Natalia Makarova
- Mary McFadden
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Shelley Winters
- 1980
- Suzanne Farrell
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Dr. Sarah A. Nunneley
- Liv Ullman
- 1979
- Dr. Frank Field
- Pamela Field
- Dr. Storm Field
- Anne Jackson
- Eli Wallach
- 1978
- Dorothy Loudon
- Colleen McCullough
- Dr. Lucille Shapiro
- 1977
- Pat Collins
- Cynthia Gregory
- Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman
- Muriel Siebert
- 1976
- Shana Alexander
- Gov. Ella T. Grasso
- Roberta Peters
- Lola Redford
- 1975
- Mrs. Walter A. Hirsch
- Geraldine Page
- Dr. Martha Peterson
- Shirley Verrett
- Judith Viorst
- 1974
- Charlotte Curtis
- Coleen Dewhurst
- Dr. Matina S. Horner
- Louise Nevelson
- Dr. Ora Mendelsohn Rosen
- 1973
- Martina Arroyo
- Joan Ganz Cooney
- Frances Fitzgerald
- Billie Jean King
- Dr. Berta Scharrer
1972
- Marilyn Horne
- Ada Louise Huxtable
- Dr. Mathilde Krim
- Sada Thompson
- Liz Trotta
- Dr. Marina Whitman
- 1971
- Dr. Ida F. Davidoff and Dr. Leo M. Davidoff
- Mary Rosenwald and William Rosenwald
- Eunice K. Shriver and R. Sargent Shriver
- Beverly Sills and Peter B. Greenough
- 1970
- Dr. Virginia Apgar
- Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell
- Lucy Jarvis
- Alice Tully
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler
- 1969
- Mrs. Vincent Astor
- Dr. Mary S. Calderone
- Hon. Shirley Chisholm
- Julie Harris
- Marianne Moore
- 1968
- Dr. Sibylle Escalona
- Rebekah Harkness
- Hon. Patricia Roberts Harris
- Estee Lauder
- Patricia Neal
- 1967
- Dorothy Maynor
- Melina Mercouri
- Anna Moffo
- Mrs. Henry L. Moses
- Dr. Salome Waelsch
- Barbara Walters
- 1966
- Gertrude Berg
- Hon. Constance Baker Motley
- Jane Pickens
- Sylvia Porter
- Aline Saarinen
- Dr. Helen B. Taussig
- 1965
- Carol Channing
- Nancy Dickerson
- Mrs. Avraham Harman
- Mrs. Albert D. Lasker
- Rise Stevens
- Dr. Jane C. Wright
- 1964
- Oveta Culp Hobby
- Mrs. Lytle Hull
- Leontyne Price
- Inez Robb
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers Dorothy Sarnoff
- 1963
- Rachel Carson
- Nanette Fabray
- Mrs. Henry Ittleson
- Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky
- Dr. Pierra Vejjabul
- 1962
- Jacqueline Cochran
- Tobe Coller Davis
- Melissa Hayden
- Helen Hayes
- Sen. Maurine B. Neuberger
- Mrs. David Sarnoff
- 1961
- Betty Comden
- Pauline Frederick
- Lillian Hellman
- Dame Alicia Markova
- Helena Rubinstein
- Caroline K. Simon
- Dr. Janet G. Travell
- 1960
- Anne Bancroft
- Jean Dalrymple
- Dr. Margaret Mead
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Gertrude Samuels
- Pauline Trigere
- 1959
- Dr. Sara M. Jordan
- Mary G. Roebling
- Alta Grant Samuels
- Kim Stanley
- Geraldine Stutz
1958
- Agnes DeMille
- Sophie Gimbel
- Jean Kerr
- Mrs. David M. Levy
- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
- 1957
- Mrs. Moses L. Annenberg
- Pearl Buck
- Mrs. Ira Haupt
- Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid
- Mrs. Lee Strasberg
- Susan Strasberg
- Sally Victor
- 1956
- Mrs. Ralph Bunche
- Joan Harris Bunche
- Susan Fonda
- Heller Halliday
- Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein
- Mrs. Arthur S. Lall
- Karen Lall
- Mary Martin
- Jinx Falkenberg McCrary
- Dr. Fannie L. Thompson
- Isobel Thompson Kogel
- Mrs. Leroy Wagstaff
- 1954
- Marlene Dietrich
- Maria Riva
- Mrs. Charles S. Guggenheimer
- Mrs. Sophie G. Untermeyer
- Nettie Rosenstein
- Claire Rosenstein
- Dr. Virginia Travell Weeks
- Dr. Virginia Davidson Weeks
