Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [2009]

Status Most Admired Gallup

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

5

1

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

10

2

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

2

3

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

4

4

Michelle Obama

First Lady

55.83% (613 of 1098 votes)

9

5

Condoleezza Rice

U.S. Secretary of State

42.11% (24 of 57 votes)

3

6

Queen Elizabeth II Windsor

Monarch

57.96% (91 of 157 votes)

1

7

Elin Nordegren

Model

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

6

7

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

7

7

Margaret Thatcher

World Leader

46.81% (44 of 94 votes)

8

7

Maya Angelou

Poet

43.75% (21 of 48 votes)