TIME Magazine Woman of the Year

Beginning in 1927, TIME Magazine has picked an annual "Person of the Year" to be featured on its cover.

As of this date (August, 2013), how many women have been named Person of the Year? If it weren't for 1975, that number would be incredibly low.

How many have been named Person of the Year by herself, that is, other than as part of a group? Still incredibly low.

Until 1999, the official designation was "Man of the Year." Then it became "Person of the Year." No woman has been named to the honor as a single individual since that change.

Woman of the Year - By Herself

Here are the women who've been named TIME Person of the Year, each by herself:

• 1936: Wallis Simpson
• 1952: Elizabeth II
• 1986: Corazon Aquino

Woman of the Year - By Name, Part of a Group

Some women have been honored as Person of the Year by name, but as part of a pair or group. Here are those women:

• 1937: Soong May-ling, named with her husband, Chiang Kai-shek, then Premier of the Republic of China
  
  
• 1975: "American Women" in general were awarded the honor, with some specific women named. These women represent more than half of the named women who've been given the "Person of the Year" honor.
  • American Women
  • Susan Brownmiller
  • Kathleen Byerly
  • Alison Cheek
  • Jill Conway
  • Betty Ford
  • Ella Grasso
  • Carla Hills
  • Barbara Jordan
  • Billie Jean King
  • Carol Sutton
  • Susie Sharp
  • Addie Wyatt
• 2002: The Whistleblowers included several named women and several groups that arguably included women:
  • Cynthia Cooper
  • WorldCom
  • Coleen Rowley
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Sherron Watkins
  • Enron
• 2005: The Good Samaritans included Melinda Gates along with her husband, Bill Gates, and Bono

Anonymous Women, Part of Groups

Some groups that include women anonymously, in addition to some included above:

• 1956: Hungarian Freedom Fighters
• 1966: The Inheritor: A generation: the man — and woman — of 25 and under
• 1969: The Middle America (aka The Silent Majority)
• 2003: The American Soldier
• 2006: You (individual content creators on the web)
• 2011: The Protestor (including Arab Spring, Occupiers, Tea Party and more)

No, in 1960, the list of 15 named US Scientists awarded the honor didn't include a single woman.