IWF HALL OF FAME
Proud Sponsors of the International Hall of Fame, IWF has celebrated through the years, the inductions of the world’s leading female pioneers.
Each year the International Women’s Forum celebrates the enduring contributions of the world’s top women leaders who are building better tomorrows, setting precedents by their work and example. Over the years, the International Women’s Forum has been privileged to induct into the International Hall of Fame 80 women luminaries.
The International Hall of Fame provides a global stage with which to honor and celebrate the leaders of nations, industry, enterprise, academe, the media, the arts and science. We salute our honorees and believe in the importance of valuing women’s contributions especially in promoting their efforts to build the kind of world that some never thought possible.
Madeleine Albright
U.S. Secretary of State
Isabel Allende
Chilean Author
Christiane Amanpour
Journalist
Maya Angelou
American Poet & Author
Louise Arbour
Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague
Corazon Aquino
President of the Republic of the Philippines
Shirley Temple Black
Child Star & U.S. Diplomat
Lindy Boggs
U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican
Roberta Bondar
First Canadian Women Astronaut
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Prime Minister of Norway
Dr. Linda Buck
Nobel Laureate
Rt. Hon Kim Campbell
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Eugenia Charles
Prime Minister of Dominica
Violeta de Chamorro
President of Nicaragua
Madam Chen Zhili
President, All-China Women’s Federation
Julia Child
Chef, Author & TV Star
Nandita Das
Indian actress and fi lmmaker
Dame Sandra Dawson
First Woman Master Oxbridge College
Anita DeFrantz
Catalyst of the International Olympic Movement
Sylvia Earle
American Oceanographer, Explorer & Author
Nawal El Moutawakel
First Moroccan and first African Muslim Woman to win Olympic Gold
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American Performer / Humanitarian
Ella Fitzgerald
American Jazz Artist
Anna Fendi
Italian fashion empire builder
Betty Ford
President, The Betty Ford Center
Betty Friedan
Author / Feminist Leader
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Katharine Graham
Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post
Madam Gu Xiulian
Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China
Alma Guillermoprieto
Author and Journalist
Helen Hayes
First Woman of the American Theater
Dorothy Height
President, National Council of Negro Women
Audrey Hepburn
International Film Star
Jeanne Holm
Major General, U.S. Air Force
Judith Jamison
American Choreographer
Lynn Johnston, CM, OM
Canadian Illustrator
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
U.S. Senator
Billie Jean King
American Civil Rights Activist
Coretta Scott King
American Civil Rights Activist
Dr. Mathilde Krim
AIDS Researcher / Scientist
Heidi Klum
German fashion and lifestyle mogul
Annie Leibovitz
American Photographer
Dr. Ellen Li
Women’s Rights Activist, Hong Kong
Maya Ying Lin
Vietnam & Civil Rights Memorial Architect
Tzipi Livni
Israeli Foreign Minister
Bette Bao Lord
Author / Stateswoman
Dr. Susan Love
Breast Cancer Advocate
Clare Boothe Luce
Author / Stateswoman
Wangari Maathai
Environmental Activist & Nobel Peace Laureate, Kenya
Graca Machel
First Lady of Mozambique & South Africa
Wilma Mankiller
Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Rt. Hon Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice of Canada
The Most Hon. Portia
Simpson Miller, ON, MP
Prime Minister of Jamaica
Khatol Mohammadzai
General, Air Force of Afghanistan
Anne Murray, CC, ONS
Canadian Performing Artist
Sandra Day O’Connor
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ana Palacio
Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain
Rosa Parks
Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement
Julie Payette
Canadian Astronaut/Engineer
Nancy Pelosi
First woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Silvia Pinal
Legendary Mexican Actress & Politician
Leontyne Price
Opera Diva
Condoleezza Rice
U.S. Secretary of State
Sally Ride
U.S. Astronaut / Scientist
Mary Robinson
President of Ireland
Wilma Rudolph
U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Donna Shalala
US Secretary of Health & Human Services and Academic Leader
Muriel Siebert
First Female Member,the New York Stock Exchange
Mary Simon
National Inuit Leader of Canada
Hanna Suchocka
Prime Minister of Poland
Patricia Summitt
Sports Legend
Maria Tallchief
U.S. Prima Ballerina
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Valentina Tereshkova
First Woman in Space
Simone Veil
French Political Leader
Barbara Walters
Journalist