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Women of Achievement Awards

Nominations for 2024 Women of Achievement are now open

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Women of Achievement Hall of Fame

Vera Katz - 1985
Barbara Roberts, Norma Paulus - 1986
Nancy Ryles, Susan Hammer - 1987
Marsha Congdon, Betty Roberts - 1988
Mary Wendy Roberts, Nancy Wilgenbusch - 1989
Clarice Parr-Sandoz, Y. Sherry Sheng - 1990
Ursula K. LeGuin, Gail Shibley - 1991
Susan Helms, Joan Biggs - 1992
Ann Aiken, Tricia Smith, Judith Armatta - 1993
Mary Alice Ford, Annabelle Jaramillo, Ellen Lowe, Janet Stevenson - 1994
Myrlie Evers Williams, Kate Brown - 1995
Dianne Middle, Cheryl Perrin, Judith Ramaley - 1996
Margaret Carter, Patricia Davis Hinrichs, Nellie Fox-Edwards - 1997
Amy Aldrich Bedford, Bev Clarno, Joan Priscilla Kilbourn - 1998
Avel Gordly, Kathryn Harrison, Katherine Huff O’Neil - 1999
Elmo Bloom, Roslyn Hill, Sue Shaffer - 2000
Clariner Boston, Margaret Jean Hallock, Kathleen Margerum - 2001
Connie Ashbrook, Susan Castillo, Katherine Jensen - 2002
Phyllis Lee, Diane Rosenbaum, Jerralynn Ness - 2003
Joan Brown-Kline, Victoria Burton, Martha Young - 2004
Johanna Brenner, Harriet Isom, Serena Ota St. Clair - 2005
Donalda Dodson, Joan Palmateer, Dr. Cherri Pancake - 2006
Reverend Mary Overstreet, Carmen Ramirez, Dr. Gretchen Schuette - 2007 
Dr. Nancy Golden, Congresswoman Darlene Hooley, Sydney Sherwood, Dr. Keren Brown Wilson - 2008
Gert Boyle, Arlene Schnitzer - 2009
Gretchen Kafoury, Dr. Melody Rose, Latricia Tillman - 2010
Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Minalee Saks, Dr. Rita Sullivan - 2011
Robin Morris Collin, Jane O'Keeffe, Gina Warren, Serena Stoudamire Wesley - 2012
Gun Denhart, Mary Katherine "Kappy" Eaton, Cecilia Girón, Sheila North - 2013
Peg Malloy, Lisa Schroeder, Cheryl Strayed, Jill Tanner, Joanne Verger - 2014
Jan Campbell, Donna Maxey, Kay D. Toran, Gwendolyn Trice - 2015
Nancy Campbell Mead, Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura - 2016
Dr. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Dr. Guadalupe Guajardo, Liliana Luna, Anita Yap - 2017
Susan Stoltenberg - 2018
Belinda Carroll, Sharon Gary-Smith, Justice Adrienne Nelson, Andrea Paluso - 2019
Laila Hajoo, Debra Porta, Laura Salerno Owens, Amira Streeter - 2020
Senator Ginny Burdick, Karol Collymore - 2022
Mari Watanabe, LaNicia Duke, Fatuma Mohamed - 2023