She was named one of the Women of the Year by "Glamour" (1992), one of America's most influential women by "Vanity Fair" (1998), one of the 100 Most Important Women in America by "Ladies' Home Journal" (1999), one of "Time" magazine’s 50 Women Who Made American Political History (2017), and Most Valuable Player by the American Association of Political Consultants, and given the Margaret Sanger Award by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.