Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Na ia mauaina le tele o faʻaaloalo i lona olaga e aofia ai le Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree i le 1948 mai le Drexel Institute. I le 1904 Saint Louis International Exposition
Na manumalo Oakley i le pine auro i le ata mo ana ata vali vai mo le "The Story of Vashti", ma le pine siliva i le teuteuga o le puipui mo ona ata i le All Angels' Church. I le 1905, na avea ai o ia ma tamaʻitaʻi muamua na mauaina le Gold Medal of Honor mai le Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. I le 1915, na tuuina atu ai ia Oakley le Medal of Honor i le vaega o ata vali i le 1915 Panama <unk> Pacific International Exposition i San Francisco mo lana ata o le 1912 o le tusisolo o Philadelphia Florence Earle Coates o le "The Tragic Muse".