Awards and Honors

1957-58 – Chester Bowles Asian fellow in India
1972 – Ohio Governor's journalism award
1972 – Named Woman of the Year, McCall's magazine
1973 – Recipient of the first Doctorate of Human Justice from Simmons College, Boston
1975 – Bill of Rights award, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
1977 – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars fellow
1993 – Named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York
1995 – Featured in Biography, a television series on the Arts & Entertainment network
1995 – Lifetime Achievement Award (for promoting girls’ self-esteem) by Parenting Magazine
1998 – Pegasus Award by the Ohioana Library Association for unique and outstanding achievements by an Ohioan
1998 – Profiled on Lifetime TV’s Intimate Portraits series
2002 – PEN Center West Literary Award of Honor
2004 – Penney-Missouri journalism award, the nation’s oldest and best known feature writing and editing competition
National Gay Rights Advocate Award
Liberty Award from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
Ceres Medal from the United Nations
Front Page Award
Clarion Award
Nine citations from World Almanac as one of the twenty-five most influential women in America
Women's Sports Journalism Award
Emmy Citation for excellence in television writing
University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism.