The American Woman Award

Every year, WREI honors individuals who have achieved great distinction and who, by conscious effort and example, promote equity for women with the American Woman Award.

To see biographies and photographs from our former winners, please click on a link below. There are also photographs from our most recent galas.

Past Recipients:

	Andrea Jung Chairman of the Board and CEO, Avon Products, Inc. 2005
	Ann Dibble Jordan Social Worker; Cultural and Education Leader 2004
	Marsha Johnson Evans Admiral, U.S. Navy; President and CEO, American Red Cross; Executive Director, Girl Scouts of America 2003
	Chamique Holdsclaw Olympic Athlete; Star of the Washington Mystics Basketball Team 2002
	Cathleen Black President, Hearst Magazines 2001
	Alice Rivlin Economist; Vice Chair, Federal Reserve Board MacArthur Fellow 2000
	Sally Ride Astronaut 1999
	Barbara Kennelly Congresswoman from Connecticut 1998
	Muriel Siebert First woman on the New York Stock Exchange 1997
	Nancy Kassebaum Baker Senator from Kansas 1996
	Nita Lowey Congresswomen from New York 1995
	Constance Morella Congresswomen from Maryland 1995
	Ellen Goodman Pulitizer Prize-winning columnist, The Boston Globe 1994
	Marian Wright Edelman Founder and president, Children’s Defense Fund 1993
	Donna De Varona Olympic Athlete; sports commentator; Co-founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation 1992
	Sarah McClendon Newspaperwoman 1991
	Johnetta B. Cole President, Spelman College 1990
	Corinne (Lindy) Clairborne Boggs Congresswoman from Louisiana Ambassador to the Vatican 1989

 

Photos from the American Woman Awards Dinners and Galas:

	Andrea Jung 2005
	Ann Dibble Jordan 2004
	Marsha Johnson Evans 2003
	Chamique Holdsclaw 2002