| 2004
2001 | Dame Margaret Anstee (Wales)
Served the United Nations for over four decades, rising to the rank of Under-Secretary General. Served as Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme in eight countries.
Dame Silvia Cartwright (New Zealand)
First woman appointed Judge of the High Court of New Zealand;
Governor-General of New Zealand |
| 2000 | Chiaki Mukai (Japan)
Cardiovascular surgeon and ground-breaking Japanese astronaut and space scientist |
| 1999 | Vigdis Finnbogadotir (Iceland)
Fourth President of the Icelandic Republic, the first woman to be democratically elected head-of-state in a parliamentary democracy |
| 1996 | Sylvia Alice Earle (USA)
Oceanographer, marine biologist, conservationist and ocean floor explorer |
| | Catherine Hamlin (Australia)
Gynecologist and cofounder of a hospital in Ethiopia which treats outcast women suffering complications from childbirth |
| | Elisabeth Rehn (Finland)
Member of Finnish and European Parliaments and first female Minister of Defense in the world |
| | Simone Veil (France)
French and European public official, leader of human rights and status of women issues internationally |
| 1995 | Helen Caldicott F.R.A.C.P. (Australia)
Humanitarian leader in medical and nuclear education, and public advocate for nuclear disarmament and peace |
| | Georgia Neese Gray (USA) (deceased)
First woman appointed United States Treasurer |
| 1994 | Rita Süssmuth (Germany)
President of the German Bundestag; recognized for her commitment to youth and family |
| 1993 | Rita Levi-Montalcini (Italy)
Professor of medicine and 1983 Nobel prize winner |
| | Fiona Stanley (Australia)
Specialist in children's health, particularly focusing on the Aboriginal people of Australia |
| 1992 | Corazon Aquino (Philippines)
First woman president of the Philippines during an historic transition of government |
| | Roberta Bondar (Canada)
Canada's first woman astronaut. One of six Canadian astronauts selected for training in 1983 at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Part of the 1992 Space Shuttle Discovery crew |
| | Kathryn S. Fuller (USA)
Environmentalist and President of the World Wildlife Fund |
| | Millicent Hughes-Fulford (USA)
First woman civilian scientist in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, June 1991 |
| | Gaby Kennard (Australia)
Successfully retraced and completed Amelia Earhart's flight by circumnavigating the world solo in a single-engined aircraft; awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia |
| 1990 | Kay Cottee (Australia)
First woman to complete a solo, nonstop and unassisted circumnavigation of the globe by sea |
| | Ellen Fairclough (Canada)
Former Secretary of State and Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister; introduced equal pay for equal work |
| | Margaret Chase Smith (USA) (deceased)
Former US Senator; awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| | Jehan Sadat (Egypt)
Advocate for women's rights and education; wife of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat |
| 1989 | Jeana Yeager (USA)
First US woman to copilot a nonstop, non-refueled flight around the world 1988 |
| 1988 | Margaret C. Snyder (USA)
Former Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) |
| | Liv Ullman (Norway)
Actress and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF |
| 1985 | Sally Ride (USA)
First US woman in space |
| 1984 | Celeste Holm (USA)
Actress and UNICEF Board Member |
| 1982
| Teresa Albanez (Colombia)
Former United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Registration Director for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| 1973 | Helvi Sipilä (Finland)
Assistant Secretary General of the UN for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs |
| 1970 | Angie Brooks-Randolph (Liberia)
President of the 24th United Nations (UN) Assembly |
