The Frances Brodie Award was created in honour of Frances Brodie, who started the first World Women's Curling Championship in 1979, and also presided over the Ladies Committee of the International Curling Federation, now known as the World Curling Federation.
Prisen blev stiftet til ære for Frances Brodie, som var drivkraften bag oprettelsen af det første VM i curling for kvinder i 1979, og som også var formand for kvindeudvalget under International Curling Federation.