Donna Allen

Donna Allen (August 19, 1920 – July 19, 1999) was an American pioneer feminist, civil rights activist, historian, economist, and founder of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.

Biography Allen was born in Petoskey, Michigan, on August 19, 1920, to Caspar and Louis Rehkopf. Allen founded the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press in 1972.

Recipients of this award include:

2001 – Award Created 2002 – no winner on record 2003 – Ammu Joseph, Women's Feature Service 2004 – Rita Henley Jenson, Women's eNews 2005 – Michelle Weldon, Northwestern 2006 – no winner on record 2007 – no winner on record 2008 – Caryl Rivers, Boston 2009 – Carolyn Byerly, Howard 2010 – Pamela Creedon, Iowa 2011 – ? 2012 – ? 2013 – Soraya Chemaly 2014 - Barbara Friedman and Anne Johnston 2015 – Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno 2016 – Stine Eckert 2017 – Carolyn Bronstein 2018 – Petula Dvorak 2019 – Tracy Everbach 2020 – Susan Leath 2021 – Maria Marron

Writings Books Women Transforming Communications: Global Intersections (edited with Ramona R. Rush, Susan J. Kaufman, eds.) (SAGE Publications, 1996). Communications at the Crossroads: The Gender Gap Connection (edited with Ramona R. Rush) (Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1989). Fringe Benefits: Wages or Social Obligations?; (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1964).

Periodicals Media Report to Women; (1972–1987) : Editor.

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