The is given annually by the WBA at its Annual Awards dinner, held in May. The award recognizes a woman for her exceptional achievements in the legal profession and/or for her extraordinary contributions to the advancement of women in the profession.
2010 Nancy Duff Campbell
2009 Elena Kagan
2008 Mary Kennard
2007 Kim Keenan
2006 Judith Miller
2005 Noel Anketell Kramer
2004 Cory Amron
2003 Annice M. Wagner
2002 Carolyn Lamm
2001 Delissa Ridgeway
2000 Eleanor Acheson
1999 Patricia Gurne
1998 Norma Holloway Johnson
1997 Judith Winston
1996 Marcia Greenberger
1995 Pauline Schneider
1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1993 Jamie Gorelick
1992 Elizabeth Dole
1992 Elaine Ruth Jones
1992 Patricia M. Wald
1992 Patricia Schroeder
1991 Sara-Ann Determan
1990 Judith Rogers
1989 Judith Lichtman
1988 Patricia Price Bailey
1987 Betty Southard Murphy
1986 Jean Ramsay Bower
1985 Marna S. Tucker
1984 Patricia McGowan Wald
1983 Gladys Kessler
1982 Florence King
1981 Brooksley Born
1980 Helen Nies
1980 Edna Parker
1979 Joyce Hens Green
1978 Jean Dwyer
1977 Suzanne V. Richards
1976 Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt
1975 Roslyn Bell
1974 A. Patricia Frohman
1972 Margaret A. Haywood
1972 Louise O'Neil
1970 Margaret H. Brass
1969 Catherine B. Kelly
1968 Burnita Shelton Matthews
1967 Una Rita Morris Quenstedt
1966 Elizabeth Bunten
1965 June Green
1964 Marguerite Rawalt
