Marian Wright Edelman - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

  • 1985 MacArthur Fellowship
  • 1985 Barnard Medal of Distinction
  • 1986 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Bates College
  • 1988 Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism
  • 1992 Boy Scouts of America, Silver Buffalo Award
  • 1995 Community of Christ International Peace Award
  • 1996 The 2nd Annual Heinz Award in the Human Condition
  • 2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • A Marlboro County library named in honor of Edelman, opened on February 22, 2010, in her hometown of Bennettsville, South Carolina.
  • 2011 Rathbun Visiting Fellow at Stanford University

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