2000s
- 2000: Julie Andrews, Beryl Bainbridge, Shirley Bassey, Beulah Bewley, Marie Descartes, Vivien Duffield, Anne Evans, Glynne Evans, Geraldine Keegan, Judith Kilpatrick, Jill Macleod Clark, Patricia Morgan-Webb, Lorna Muirhead, Mary Peters, Anne Rafferty, Marlene Robottom, Miriam Rothschild, Steve Shirley, Patricia Symmonds, Elizabeth Taylor, Dorothy Tutin
- 2001: Ingrid Allen, Eileen Atkins, The Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, Wendy Davies, Karlene Davis, Jill Ellison,
Jean Else, Julia Higgins, Sharon Hollows, Thea King, Sheila McKechnie, Sally Powell, Lesley Rees, Mary Richardson, Dela Smith, Marilyn Strathern, Janet Trotter - 2002: Margaret Barbour, Laura Cox, The Baroness Deech, Catherine Elcoat, Judith Mayhew, Jessica Rawson, Janet Ritterman, Marjorie Scardino, Meg Taylor, Sheila Wallis
- 2003: Elizabeth Blackadder, Yvonne Buckland, Pamela Coward, Pauline Green, Louise Johnson, Helen Mirren, Elizabeth Neville, Anna Pauffley, Julia Polak, Ruth Robins, Anita Roddick, Rita Weller, Jenifer Wilson-Barnett
- 2004: Florence Baron, Enid Bibby, The Baroness Brittan of Spennithorne, Alexandra Burslem, Hilary Cropper, Sandra Dawson, Jacqueline Docherty, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gloster, Joan Harbison, Pauline Harris, Patricia Hodgson, Elisabeth Hoodless, Olwen Hufton, Deirdre Hutton, Gillian Morgan, The Baroness Neuberger, The Baroness Olivier, Denise Platt, Jane Roberts, Marion Roe, Gail Ronson
- 2005: Carol M. Black, Maureen Brennan, Linda Dobbs, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Kelly Holmes, Carol Kidu, Ellen MacArthur, Mary Macdonald, Julia Macur, Sarah Mullally, Gillian Pugh, Nancy Rothwell, Jennifer Smith, Caroline Swift, Jean Thomas, Fanny Waterman
- 2006: Averil Cameron, Liz Forgan, Anna Hassan, Carole Jordan, Susan Leather, Julie Mellor, Janet Nelson, Daphne Sheldrick, Ruth Silver, Vivienne Westwood
- 2007: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Yasmin Bevan, Marcela Contreras, Mary Douglas, Ann Dowling, Evelyn Glennie, Joan Higgins, Janet Husband, Mary Keegan, Barbara Kelly, Emma Kirkby, Ann Leslie, Mary Marsh, Mary Perkins, Josephine Williams
- 2008: Joan Bakewell, Christine Beasley, Hilary Blume, Lynne Brindley, Kay Davies, Margaret Drabble, Janet Finch, Clara Furse, Eleanor King, Donna Kinnair, Monica Mason, The Baroness O'Loan of Kirkinriola, Judith Parker, Sonia Proudman, Fiona Reynolds, Elizabeth Slade, Barbara Stocking, Mary Tanner, Jacqueline Wilson
- 2009: Jenny Abramsky, Sally Davies, Elizabeth Fradd, The Baroness Gould of Brookwood, Barbara Hakin, Wendy Hall, Anne Owers, Linda Partridge, Philippa Russell, Rosalind Savill, Victoria Sharp, Joan Stringer, Mitsuko Uchida
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