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2009 Alice Award

2009 Alice Award Recipient - Hillary Rodham Clinton

Each year, we pay tribute to a distinguished woman who has made an outstanding contribution in breaking barriers and setting new precedents for women.  This year’s prestigious Alice Award, named after Alice Paul, founder of the National Woman’s Party, was presented to Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton for putting "eighteen million cracks" in the glass ceiling.  

Under her leadership as First Lady, the Sewall-Belmont House, along with the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Star Spangled Banner, was one of the four nationally significant preservation projects named by Congress in the legislation that established the “Save America’s Treasures” program.

 

Read Secretary Clinton's Alice Award Remarks from the State Department Website

 

Event Photos Courtesy of Doug DeMark Photography

 

Paula Stern, Yoriko Fujisaki, and Peggy Cifrino in the President's Room

 

Susan Toffler, Debby McGinn, Andy Card, Peggy Cifrino, and Bobbie Greene McCarthy

 

Michelle Fenty and Executive Director Page Harrington

 

Audrey Sheppard, Peggy Cifrino, Secretary Clinton, Debby McGinn, and Page Harrington

 

Lunch in the garden

 

Secretary Clinton with Peggy Cifrino

 

Senator Mary Landrieu and National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe speak about the importance of funding the work of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum.

 

Past Alice Award Recipients