Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Women [2011]

Status Most Admired Gallup

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8

1

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First Lady

52.23% (2351 of 4501 votes)

3

2

Oprah Winfrey

TV Personality

61.61% (207 of 336 votes)

6

3

Michelle Obama

First Lady

55.83% (613 of 1098 votes)

21

4

Sarah Palin

Politician

20.49% (2077 of 10136 votes)

12

5

Condoleezza Rice

U.S. Secretary of State

42.11% (24 of 57 votes)

20

6

Laura Bush

First Lady

23.08% (3 of 13 votes)

10

7

Margaret Thatcher

World Leader

46.81% (44 of 94 votes)

15

7

Ellen DeGeneres

Comedienne

33.59% (86 of 256 votes)

5

8

Queen Elizabeth II Windsor

Monarch

57.96% (91 of 157 votes)

13

8

Michele Bachmann

U.S. Congressman

41.63% (219 of 526 votes)

1

9

Aung San Suu Kyi

Advocate

100% (2 of 2 votes)

2

9

Jennifer Lopez

Vocalist

77.00% (9188 of 11932 votes)

4

9

Barbara Bush

First Lady

59.01% (95 of 161 votes)

7

9

Gabrielle Giffords

U.S. Congressman

54.05% (40 of 74 votes)

9

9

Angela Merkel

World Leader

48.39% (15 of 31 votes)

11

9

Maya Angelou

Poet

43.75% (21 of 48 votes)

14

9

Angelina Jolie

Actress

39.30% (90 of 229 votes)

19

9

Kate Middleton

Royalty

30.38% (79 of 260 votes)

22

9

Diane Sawyer

Commentator

20.0% (1 of 5 votes)

16

10

Nancy Pelosi

U.S. Congressman

33.10% (2638 of 7969 votes)

17

10

Barbara Walters

Commentator

32.79% (20 of 61 votes)

18

10

Nancy Davis Reagan

First Lady

32.53% (27 of 83 votes)