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Advertising
Arts & Entertainment
Books
Broadcasting
Corporate Communications
Digital Media
Film/Photography
Magazines
Marketing
Newspapers
Online Media
Public Relations
Radio
Television
Special Awards

Advertising

2008  Susan Gianinno
2006  Renetta McCann
2005  Nina DiSesa
2004  Ann Fudge
2003  Daisy Exposito-Ulla
2002  Peggy Conlon
2001  Andrea Alstrup
2000  Linda Kaplan Thaler
1999  Linda Srere
1998  Sally Minard
1997  Mary Lou Quinlan
1996  Charlotte Beers
1995  Shelly Lazarus
1994  Ruth A. Wooden
1993  Paula Forman
1992  Helayne Spivak
1991  Penny Hawkey
1990  Louise McNamee
1989  Kim Armstrong
1988  Carolyn Carter
1987  Elaine S. Reiss
1986  Marcella Rosen
1985  Laurel Cutler
1984  Tamara K. Homer
1983  Patricia Martin
1982  Caroline R. Jones
1981  Jane Brown Maas
1980  Franchellie Cadwell
1979  Joan Lipton
1978  Rena R. Bartos
1977  Nadeen Peterson
1976  June Thursh
1975  Shirley Polykoff
1974  Joan Murray
1973  Jo Foxworth
1972  Mary Andrews Ayres
1971  Jane Trahey

Arts & Entertainment

2008  Anna Deavere Smith
2007  Thelma Golden
2006  Geena Davis
2005  Edie Falco
2004  Bernadette Peters
2003  Jane Rosenthal
2002  Eve Ensler
2001  Lois Smith
2000  Judith Jamison

Books

2007  Joan Didion
2006  Candace Bushnell
2005  Linda Fairstein
2004  Susan Petersen Kennedy
2003  Carolyn K. Reidy
2002  Kati Marton
2001  Jane Friedman
2000  Patricia Cornwell
1999  Nan Talese
1998  Anthea Disney
1997  Esther R. Newberg
1996  Amy Tan
1995  Toni Morrison
1994  Naomi Wolf
1993  Terry McMillan
1992  Frederica S. Friedman
1991  Lynn Nesbit
1990  Phyllis E. Grann
1989  Nancy Evans
1988  Genevieve Young
1987  Wendy Weil
1986  Alice Walker
1985  Barbara Taylor Bradford
1984  Susan Brownmiller
1983  Maya Angelou
1982  Joyce Carol Oates
1981  Letty Cottin Pogrebin
1980  Frances Fitzgerald
1979  Barbara Tuchman
1978  Barbara Seaman
1977  Gloria Emerson
1976  Sylvia Porter
1975  Elizabeth Janeway
1974  Marya Mannes

Broadcasting

2008  Robin Roberts
2007  Meredith Vieira
2005  Christiane Amanpour
2004  Paula Zahn
2003  Sheila Nevins
2002  Carole Black
2001  Judy McGrath
2000  Patricia Fili-Krushel
1999  Katie Couric
1998  Phyllis McGrady
1997  Rosie O'Donnell
1996  Geraldine Laybourne
1995  Cokie Roberts
1994  Sarah Frank
1993  Lesley Stahl
1992  Sylvia Chase
1991  Joan Lunden
1990  Lynn Sherr
1989  Betty Rollin
1988  Carolyn Wall
1987  Jane Pauley
1986  Charlayne Hunter-Gault
1985  Mary Alice Williams
1984  Diane Sawyer
1983  Kay Koplovitz
1982  Kay J. Wight
1981  Pegeen Fitzgerald
1980  Pamela Hill
1979  Betty Furness
1978  Barbara Walters
1977  Ann Berk
1976  Marlene Sanders
1975  Madeline Amgott
1974  Rita Sands
1973  Lucy Jarvis
1972  Melba Toliver
1971  Aline Saarinen

Corporate Communications

2007  Susan Lyne
2006  Beth Comstock

Digital Media

2007  Arianna Huffington

Film/Photography

2006  Katherine Oliver
1999  Meryl Streep
1998  Bette Midler
1997  Nora Ephron
1996  Whoopi Goldberg
1994  Mary Ellen Mark
1993  Penny Marshall
1992  Callie Khourie
1991  Annie Leibovitz
1979  Harriet Rabb
1975  Aileen Corbett

Magazines

2008  Ruth Reichl
2007  Pamela Fiori
2006  Cynthia Leive
2005  Amy Gross
2004  Martha Nelson
2003  Kate White
2002  Anna Wintour
2001  Valerie Salembier
2000  Ann Jackson
1999  Dorothy Kalins
1998  Rochelle Udell
1997  Anne Sutherland Fuchs
1996  Martha Stewart
1995  Elizabeth Tilberis
1994  Ann S. Moore
1993  Jaqueline McCord Leo
1992  Elizabeth Valk Long
1991  Grace Mirabella
1990  Tina Brown
1989  Ellen Levine
1988  Myrna Blyth
1987  Susan L. Taylor
1986  Kate Rand Lloyd
1985  Helen Gurley Brown
1984  Patricia Ryan
1983  Jane Bryant Quinn
1982  Cathleen Black
1981  Judith Daniels
1980  Ruth Whitney
1979  Marcia Ann Gillespie
1978  Patricia Carbine
1977  Beatrice Buckler
1976  Lynn Povich
1975  Geraldine Rhoads
1974  Shana Alexander
1973  Gail Sheehy
1972  Pat Coffin
1971  Gloria Steinem

Marketing

2007  Lisa Caputo

Newspapers

2008  Linda Greenhouse
2007  Cindy Adams
2006  Jill Abramson
2005  Marjorie M. Scardino
2004  Alix M. Freedman
2003  Gretchen Morgenson
2002  Helen Thomas
2001  Joanne Lipman
2000  Katharine Graham
1999  Debby A. Krenek
1998  Janet Robinson
1997  Laura Landro
1996  Liz Smith
1995  Carolyn Lee
1994  Maureen Dowd
1993  Alessandra Stanley
1992  Aileen Mehle
1991  Karen Elliott House
1990  Marian Burros
1989  Gail Collins
1988  Anna Quindlen
1987  Beverley Stephen
1986  Dorothea M. Brooks
1985  Flora Lewis
1984  Enid Nemy
1983  Mary McGrory
1982  Karen W. Arenson
1981  Beth Fallon
1980  Suzanne Garment
1979  Barbara Yunker
1978  Jane E. Brody
1977  Ada Louis Huxtable
1976  Gay Pauley
1975  Judy Klemesrud
1974  Charlotte Curtis
1973  Ellen Shanahan
1972  Marilyn Bender
1971  Theo Wilson

Online Media

2005  Wenda Harris Millard
2004  Nell Merlino
2002  Meg Whitman
2001  Pamela Thomas-Graham
2000  Candice Carpenter
1999  Esther Dyson
1997  Red Burns

Public Relations

2008  Joannie C. Danielides
2005  Charlotte R. Otto
2004  Debra Shriver
2003  Maurie Perl
2002  Madeline de Vries
2001  Judy Corman
2000  Ranny Cooper
1999  Joyce Hergenhan
1998  Pilar Crespi
1997  Betty Hudson
1996  Patrice Tanaka
1995  Patricia Matson
1994  Gail Blanke
1993  Jean L. Farinelli
1992  Lou Rena Hammond
1991  Terrie Williams
1990  Michelle H. Jordan
1989  Frances Friedman
1988  Marilyn Laurie
1987  Margaret Booth
1986  Meredith Fernstrom
1985  Eleanor Lambert
1984  Judy Lynn Prince
1983  Charlotte Kelly Veal
1982  Jeannette E. Paladino
1981  Letitia Baldridge
1980  Barbara Hunter
1979  Elaine R. Pitts
1978  Dr. Dorothy Gregg
1977  Muriel Fox
1976  Jean Schoonover
1975  Charlotte Klein
1974  Susanne Loeb
1973  Sondra Gorney
1972  Caroline Hood
1971  Bess Myerson

Radio

2006  Joan Hamburg

Television

2008  Anne Sweeney

Special Awards

2008  Diane von Furstenberg
Lifetime Achievement Award
2006  Ellen DeGeneres

Humanitarian Award
2003  Christy Ferer
For Service Communications

2008

Joannie C. Danielides
Diane von Furstenberg*
Susan Gianinno
Linda Greenhouse
Ruth Reichl
Robin Roberts
Anna Deavere Smith
Anne Sweeney

2007

Cindy Adams
Lisa Caputo
Joan Didion
Pamela Fiori
Thelma Golden
Arianna Huffington
Susan Lyne
Meredith Vieira

2006

Jill Abramson
Candace Bushnell
Beth Comstock
Geena Davis
Ellen Degeneres*
Joan Hamburg
Cynthia Leive
Renetta McCann
Katherine Oliver

2005

Christiane Amanpour
Nina DiSesa
Linda Fairstein
Edie Falco
Amy Gross
Wenda Harris Millard
Charlotte Otto
Marjorie Scardino

2004

Alix M. Freedman
Ann Fudge
Susan Peterson Kennedy
Nell Merlino
Martha Nelson
Bernadette Peters
Debra Shriver
Paula Zahn

2003

Christy A. Ferer*
Gretchen C. Morgenson
Sheila Nevins
Maurie Perl
Carolyn K. Reidy
Jane Rosenthal
Daisy Expósito-Ulla
Kate White

2002

Carole Black
Peggy Conlon
Eve Ensler
Madeline de Vries
Kati Marton
Helen Thomas
Meg Whitman
Anna Wintour

2001

Andrea Alstrup
Judy Corman
Jane Friedman
Joanne Lipman
Judy McGrath
Valerie Salembier
Lois Smith
Pamela Thomas-Graham

2000

Candice Carpenter
Ranny Cooper
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia D. Fili-Krushel
Katharine Graham
Judith Jamison
Ann Jackson
Linda Kaplan Thaler

1999

Katie Couric
Esther Dyson
Joyce Hergenhan
Dorothy Kalins
Debbie A. Krenek
Linda Srere
Meryl Streep
Nan Talese

1998

Pilar Crespi
Anthea Disney
Phyllis McGrady
Bette Midler
Sally Minard
Janet Robinson
Rochelle Udell

1997

Red Burns
Nora Ephron
Anne Sutherland Fuchs
Betty Hudson
Laura Landro
Esther R. Newberg
Rosie O’Donnell
Mary Lou Quinlan

1996

Charlotte Beers
Whoopi Goldberg
Geraldine Laybourne
Liz Smith
Martha Stewart
Amy Tan
Patrice Tanaka

1995

Shelly Lazarus
Carolyn Lee
Patricia Matson
Toni Morrison
Cokie Roberts
Elizabeth Tilberis

1994

Gail Blanke
Maureen Dowd
Sarah Frank
Mary Ellen Mark
Ann S. Moore
Naomi Wolf
Ruth A. Wooden

1993

Jean L. Farinelli
Paula Forman
Jacqueline McCord Leo
Penny Marshall
Terry McMillan
Lesley Stahl
Alessandra Stanley

1992

Sylvia Chase
Fredrica S. Friedman
Lou Rena Hammond
Callie Khourie
Elizabeth Valk Long
Aileen Mehle
Helayne Spivak

1991

Penny Hawkey
Karen Elliott House
Annie Leibovitz
Joan Lunden
Grace Mirabella
Lynn Nesbit
Terrie Williams

1990

Tina Brown
Marian Burros
Phyllis E. Grann
Michelle H. Jordan
Louise McNamee
Lynn Sherr

1989

Kim Armstrong
Gail Collins
Nancy Evans
Frances Friedman
Ellen Levine
Betty Rollin

1988

Myrna Blyth
Carolyn Carter
Marilyn Laurie
Anna Quindlen
Carolyn Wall
Genevieve Young

1987

Margaret Booth
Jane Pauley
Elaine S. Reiss
Beverly Stephen
Susan L. Taylor
Wendy Weil

1986

Dorothea M. Brooks
Meredith Fernstrom
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Kate Rand Lloyd
Marcella Rosen
Alice Walker

1985

Barbara Taylor Bradford
Laurel Cutler
Helen Gurley Brown
Eleanor Lambert
Flora Lewis
Mary Alice Williams

1984

Susan Brownmiller
Tamara K. Homer
Judy Lynn Prince
Enid Nemy
Patricia Ryan
Diane Sawyer

1983

Maya Angelou
Kay Koplovitz
Patricia Martin
Mary McGrory
Jane Bryant Quinn
Charlotte Kelly Veal

1982

Karen W. Arenson
Cathleen P. Black
Caroline R. Jones
Joyce Carol Oates
Jeannette E. Paladino
Kay J. Wight

1981

Letitia Baldrige
Judith Daniels
Beth Fallon
Pegeen Fitzgerald
Jane Brown Maas
Letty Cottin Pogrebin

1980

Franchellie Cadwell
Suzanne Garment
Frances Fitz Gerald
Barbara Hunter
Pamela Hill
Ruth Whitney

1979

Betty Furness
Marcia Ann Gillespie
Joan Lipton
Elaine R. Pitts
Harriet Rabb
Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Yuncker

1978

Rena R. Bartos
Jane E. Brody
Patricia Carbine
Dr. Dorothy Gregg
Barbara Seaman
Barbara Walters

1977

Ann Berk
Beatrice Buckler
Gloria Emerson
Muriel Fox
Ada Louise Huxtable
Nadeen Peterson

1976

Gay Pauley
Sylvia Porter
Lynn Povich
Marlene Sanders
Jean Schoonover
June Thursh

1975

Madeline Amgott
Aileen Corbett
Elizabeth Janeway
Charlotte Klein
Judy Klemesrud
Geraldine Rhoads
Shirley Polykoff

1974

Shana Alexander
Charlotte Curtis
Susanne Loeb
Joan Murray
Rita Sands

1973

Jo Foxworth
Sondra Gorney
Lucy Jarvis
Eileen Shanahan
Gail Sheehy

1972

Mary Andrews Ayres
Marylin Bender
Pat Coffin
Melba Toliver

1971

Gloria Steinem
Theo Wilson

*Indicates Special Awards