About the Outstanding Mother Awards
The National Mother’s Day Committee, an entity of the Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council, each year confers “Outstanding Mother” honors to recognize exceptional women for successfully building their careers, nurturing their families and helping improve the lives of others. The funds raised by The National Mother’s Day Committee’s annual “Outstanding Mother Awards” luncheons are donated to support meaningful family-related philanthropies.
Year | National Mothers of the Year |
2023 | Monica Arnaudo, Tracey Travis, Elizabeth Buchanan MORE DETAILS |
2022 | Nancy Berger, Bianna Golodryga, Phyllis Newhouse, Marisa Thalberg, Priya Venkatesh |
2021 | Halle Berry, Natalia Brzezinski, Esi Eggleston Bracey, Kate Hudson, Kris Jenner, Dr. Dara Kass, Andrea Smith, Gail Tifford |
2020 | Dr. Christina Gagliardo, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Darrow Felder-Riley |
2019 | Michelle Gass, Rebecca Minkoff, Gina M. Raimondo, Jill Scalamandre, Jennifer Garner |
2018 | Chelsea Clinton, Artemis Patrick, Jessica Simpson, Jan Singer |
2017 | Jane Hertzmark Hudis, Kate Oldham, Judy Schmeling, Kendra Scott |
2016 | Sarah Jessica Parker, Joy Mangano, Louise Camuto, Gemma Lionello |
2015 | Liz Rodbell, Joanna Coles, Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, Meredith Vieira |
2014 | Mary Dillon, Jill Granoff, Norah O'Donnell, Brooke Shields |
2013 | Margarita Arriagada, Arianna Huffington, Dottie Mattison, Debra Messing |
2012 | Nina Garcia, Gayle King, Karen Hoguet, Lisa Price |
2011 | Susan Sarandon, Joyce Armeli, Donna Karan, Cindi Leive, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand |
2010 | Dr. Holly Atkinson MD, Maureen Chiquet, Mindy Grossman, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Alfre Woodard |
2009 | Mika Brzezinski, Gert Boyle, Maria Shriver, Trudy Sullivan & Deborah Walters |
2008 | Elizabeth Edwards, Caroline Kennedy, Debbie Murtha, Vera Wang, "American Spirit” Award – Fallan Oliver |
2007 | Glenn Close, Eileen Fisher, Linda Armstrong Kelly, Maralyn Lakin, Pam Shriver, “American Spirit” Award – Loretta Gaillard |
2006 | Bobbi Brown, Renee Fleming, Betsey Johnson, Karen Katz, Chita Rivera |
2005 | Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Aerin Lauder, Reba McEntire, Josie Natori, Joy Philbin, Linda Wells |
2004 | Barbara Corcoran, Chris Evert, Sheila C. Johnson, Doris Roberts, Marcy Syms |
2003 | Darlene Dagget, Iman, Carolyn Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Rosanna Scotto, Kathleen Turner |
2002 | Marie Osmond, Soledad O'Brien, Teresa Earnhardt, Jane Elfers, Val Ackerman, Kathy Ireland |
2001 | Sharon S. Bush, Nancy Kerrigan, Karen Murray, Jane Seymour |
2000 | Christie Brinkley, Christine King Farris, Jacquelyn Frazier Lyde, Nancy Marchand, Pamela Valvano, Anita Howe Waxman |
1999 | Robin Chandler Duke, Deidre Coleman Imus, Deloris Jordan, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Yolanda Vega |
1998 | Mary Higgins Clark, Ann Curry, Loida Nicholas Lewis, Pat Moran, Eileen O’Connor, Anna Wintour |
1997 | Carol Browner, Bernadette Castro, Andrea Jung, Libby Pataki, Rachel Robinson, Faye Wattleton |
1996 | Betsy McCaughey Ross, Jane Brody, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Magee Hickey |
1995 | Barbara Boxer, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jane Hanson, Carolyn McCarthy |
1994 | Rita Braver, Judge Phyllis Gange-Jacob, Michael Learned, Nita Lowey, Michele Marsh, Jane Schultz, Christine Todd Whitman |
1993 | Madeleine Albright, Tina Brown, Gretchen Buchenholz, Katie Couric, Marian Wright Edelman, Camille Geraldi, Kathie Lee Gifford, Dr. Bernadine Healy |
1992 | Cathleen Black, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, Lynn Martin, Deborah Norville, Joan Rivers, Cokie Roberts, Paula Zahn |
1991 | Sarah Brady, Pat Collins, Joyce Dinkins, Joan Hamburg, Marge Roukema, Claire Schulman |
1990 | Elizabeth Glazer, Evelyn Handler, Donna Hanover, Ruth Messinger, Peggy Noonan, Judith Peabody, Marilyn Quayle, Annette Strauss |
1989 | Faith Daniels, Donna de Varona, Helen Galland, Dr. Mathilde Krim, Anna Quindlen, Sally Jessy Raphael, Sharon P. Rockefeller, Meryl Streep |
1988 | Patti McDonald, Connie Morella, Judy Muller, Laura Pomerantz, Regina Resnik, Grace Sandness, Ivana Trump |
1987 | Lindy Boggs, Connie Collins, Ann Compton, Brigitte Gerney, Evelyn Lauder, Linda Lavin, Lynn Redgrave, Dr. Rosalyn Yalow |
1986 | Beatrice Coleman, Carmen De Lavallade, Ulrike Derickson, Marilyn Horne, Janet Leigh, Judy Licht, Nancy Lopez, Marjorie Margolies, Dr. Ruth Westheimer |
1985 | Martha Layne Collins, Dr. Anna Fisher, Clara “Mother” Hale, Louisa Kennedy, Susan Lucci, Sarah Palfrey, Madge Sinclair, Frederica Von Stade |
1984 | Polly Bergen, Barbara Bush, Mariette Hartley, Margaret Heckler, Estee Lauder, Barbara Proctor, Ann Sweeney, Judy Woodruff |
1983 | Joan Bennett, Ellen Burstyn, Matilda Cuomo, Paula Hawkins, Barbara Mandrell, Carol Martin, Dr. Adelaide Scanton, Cathy Cash Spellman, Eugenia Zukerman |
1982 | Judy Blume, Geraldine Ferraro, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Arlene Francis, Sally John, Erica Jong, Joan Lunden, Julia Meade, Lynda Johnson Robb, Patricia Schroeder, Joanne Sheptock, Nancy Thurmond |
1981 | Phyllis George Brown, Yvonne Goologong Cauley, Tammy Grimes, Ruth Hinerfeld, Maureen O’Sullivan, Barbara Rosen |
1980 | Bette Davis, Dorothy DeBolt, Anne Jackson, Coretta Scott King, Diana Munson, Pia Lindstrom, Wilma Rudolph |
1979 | Harriet Adams, Charita Bauer, Arlene Dahl, Lenore Hershey, Carol Jenkins, Jane Muskie |