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.