For a woman who solved a glaring problem despite widespread inertia, apathy, or ignorance around her:
Click on name to read more about each honoree.
- Ruth Knight Allen, 1995
- JoeAnn Ballard, 2002
- Carol Barnett, 2011
- Joan Turner Beifuss,* 1986
- Shera Bie, 1994
- Barbara Boucher, 2023
- Jalena Bowling, 2001
- Mercy Mahal-Ko “Mahal” Burr, 2020
- Willie Pearl Butler,* 1987
- Deborah Cunningham,* 1997
- Mars Child, 2003
- Angie D’Agastino, 1985
- Bernice Donald, 2000
- Virginia Dunaway, 1990
- Rebecca Jane Edwards, 2008
- Lucille Ewing,* 1988
- Denny Glad,* 2001
- Polly Glotzbach, 2003
- Rachel Coats Greer, 2019
- Rachel Sumner Haaga, 2018
- Carolyn Chism Hardy, 2012
- Claudia Haltom, 2016
- Onie Johns, 2010
- Dorothy “Happy” Jones,* 1992
- Rev. Rebekah Jordan, 2007
- Harriet McFadden, 2003
- Margot McNeeley, 2014
- Mary E. Mitchell, 2019
- Ines Negrette, 2017
- Rev. Rosalyn R. Nichols, 2005
- Joyce North, 1989
- Debbie Norton, 2001
- Carol Prentiss, 2004
- Ola Mae Ransom, 1993
- Felica Richard, 2013
- Shelia Tankersley, 1998
- Regina Walker, 2006
- Doris Walker,* 1996
- Nancy Williams, 2009
- Shelia Williams, 2015
- Bert P. Wolff, 1999
* = deceased