Medal of Honor | Meritorious Service Medal (United States) | Meritorious Service Medal | Bronze Star Medal | National Defense Service Medal | Newbery Medal | Distinguished Service Medal | Air Medal | Brownlow Medal | Distinguished Service Medal (Army) | Defense Superior Service Medal | Presidential Medal of Freedom | National Medal of Science | Congressional Gold Medal | Caldecott Medal | Vietnam Service Medal | Commendation Medal | Distinguished Conduct Medal | medal | IRI Medal | Davy Medal | Queen's Police Medal | Military Medal | Medal | Vietnam Campaign Medal | Defense Distinguished Service Medal | Achievement Medal | King's Medal of Merit | Fields Medal | 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal |
In 2000 she was awarded the Pixie O'Harris Award as a formal acknowledgment of this contribution and was also the 2002 recipient of the national Dromkeen Medal for services towards children's literature.