Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - He maha nga honore i whakawhiwhia ki a ia i roto i tona oranga tae atu ki te tohu Doctorate of Laws Degree i te 1948 mai i te Drexel Institute. I te 1904 Saint Louis International Exposition, i wini a Oakley i te mētara koura mo ana peita wai mo "Te Korero o Vashti", me te mētara hiriwa mo te whakapaipai pakitara mo ana pakitara i te Hahi o nga Anahera Katoa. I te tau 1905, ko ia te wahine tuatahi i whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Koura Whakahonore mai i te Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. I te tau 1915, i whakawhiwhia a Oakley ki te Tohu Whakahonore i te waahanga peita i te 1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exposition
i San Francisco mo tana whakaahua i te tau 1912 o te kaitoi o Philadelphia a Florence Earle Coates hei "The Tragic Muse".