Most Admired Women

When Gallup in their annual poll asked "What woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice?" the combined first and second choices showed Hillary Rodham Clinton making a remarkable comeback into the top spot. Oprah Winfrey came in second with Laura Bush close behind. Others in the top ten this year were Condoleezza Rice, Barbara Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II, Madeleine Albright, Nancy Reagan, and Elizabeth Dole.

Others who've made the list in recent years include Jennifer Lopez, Maya Angelou, Barbara Walters, Rosalynn Carter, Elizabeth Taylor, Julia Roberts, Madonna, Sandra Day O'Connor, Rosa Parks, Tipper Gore, Christine Whitman, Mother Teresa (usually appearing at #1 until her death), and Princess Diana.

More people selected a friend or relative than any individual other than the #1 selection, 22% named others not on these lists, and 31% didn't name anyone or expressed no opinion.

More details on the most admired women poll from Gallup: George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton Most Admired in 2003

More on some of these admired women:
• Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Hillary Rodham Clinton Quotes
• Hillary Clinton
• Laura Bush
• Barbara Bush
• Margaret Thatcher
• Margaret Thatcher Quotes
• Margaret Thatcher
• Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas, 1963
• Maya Angelou Quotes
• Maya Angelou Books
• Maya Angelou
• Mother Teresa Quotations

• More Women's History Biographies - on this site
• More Women's History Biographies - on the Women's Issues site