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6 unusual facts about Woman of the Year


Feminism in culture

In a film from popular culture although not in women's film, an early reference to the "feminist movement" is heard from Katharine Hepburn in the 1942 movie Woman of the Year.

Flop-hit

Some recent Broadway productions that fall into the category of flop-hit are Woman of the Year, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, The Will Rogers Follies, and Sunset Boulevard, the latter of which ran more than two years on Broadway in the mid-90s without paying back any of its more than US$10 million outlay.

Lucille Carroll

In 1942, Hepburn signed a contract with MGM to appear in a picture, Woman of the Year, the first of many in which she appeared with Spencer Tracy.

Woman of the Year

They have several minor disagreements about not being together enough, but a bigger problem occurs when Tess volunteers to take on the care of a Greek refugee child, Chris (George Kezas), without consulting Sam.

These changes were made by Louis B. Mayer, producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz and director George Stevens.

For the Parks and Recreation episode, see "Woman of the Year" (Parks and Recreation)


Acura Legend

On the Parks and Recreation episode, "Woman of the Year" (set in 2010, 14 years after the Legend was discontinued) Jean-Ralphio brags about his "pre-owned Acura Legend".


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Audra Levi

In 2002, the Los Angeles Area Alumnae Panhellenic Association (LAAPA) awarded Audra with their Woman of the Year award for her ongoing volunteer involvement with Alpha Chi Omega.

Bartley Green

Bartley Green has produced sportsmen and women including Fliss Johnson, a former pupil of Woodgate Primary School, who became the English Ladies Amateur Golf Champion in May 2005 and won the BBC Midlands Sports Woman of the Year Award.

Daily Mail Inspirational Woman of the Year

The Daily Mail Inspirational Woman of the Year is an annual award by the UK newspaper the Daily Mail, mainly through its Femail magazine.

Diane Harper

In May 2013 Harper received the Prix Monte-Carlo Woman of the Year award in Monte Carlo for her contributions and discoveries defining the role of HPV in the pathology of cervical cancer.

Julie Plank

Plank joined the Mystics following a season with the Minnesota Lynx, assistant coaching Olympian Seimone Augustus and 2008 Sixth Player/Woman of the Year, Candice Wiggins.

Kieu Chinh

In 2009, Chinh was honored as the 2009 Woman of the Year for her work in film and community service by State Senator Lou Correa.

Kinetico

Kinetico is a sponsor of Katie Spotz, endurance athlete, youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean and a Glamour 2010 Woman of the Year.

Lois Gaston

In March 2009 she was named the 44th Assembly District Woman of the Year by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino.

Louise Tracy

These included the Hearing Advancement Award from the Lions Club Hearing Foundation in 1951, the Testimonial of Merit/Woman of the Year award from the La Sertoma International organization in 1953, and the Sixth Annual Award of the Save the Children Foundation in 1955.

Margaret Millar

In 1965 she was awarded the Woman of the Year Award by the Los Angeles Times.

María Lavalle Urbina

She was the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including Woman of the year (1963), The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (1973), The Justo Sierra Medal from the state of Campeche (1981), The Belisario Dominguez Medal from the Mexican Senate (1985) and the René Cassin prize from the Mexican Tribuna Israelita.

Morgan Llywelyn

Her fiction has received several awards and has sold more than 40 million copies, and she herself is recipient of the 1999 Exceptional Celtic Woman of the Year Award from Celtic Women International.

Rhea Pillai

In 2003, she was honored as the "Woman of the Year", along with Raveena Tandon, Anoushka Shankar and Ritu Beri, on International Women's Day.

Sue Jenkins

Sue was voted 'Woman of the Year' in 2008 for her Charity work and was honoured by This Is Your Life in 2001.

Vaçe Zela


International awards include "Golden Disk", "Woman of the year" in Cambridge, England for '97-'98, "Golden Microphone" from the Ministry of Culture of Kosovo, etc.