--- description: Hillary Clinton was again named America's 'Most Admired Woman,' according to a new Gallup poll title: Hillary Clinton Continues Reign as America's 'Most Admired Woman' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Politicians](/tag/politicians/) ## Politicians Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Is Named America's 'Most Admired Woman' by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 1:02 AM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 30, 2014 1:02 AM CUT Americans named Hillary Clinton the woman they admire most of anywhere in the world, a new poll [found](http://www.gallup.com/poll/180365/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-extend-run-admired.aspx "undefined"), for the 17th time in 18 years. When Gallup asked a random sampling of Americans who is the living female they admire most, 12% named Clinton. The former Secretary of State was followed by Oprah Winfrey at 8% and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafazi at 5%.  Gallup Gallup Obama was named the most admired man, garnering 19% of votes. The presidential contender held the top women’s spot every year between 1997 and 2014 except following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, when the title was awarded to Laura Bush. Clinton also held the designation when she was First Lady in 1993 and 1994. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Is Named America's 'Most Admired Woman'","datePublished":"2014-12-30T01:02:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:42:43.640Z","description":"The presidential contender beat out Oprah","url":"https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/","keywords":["Politicians","Living","Hillary Clinton","women","politics","Gallup"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politicians/","name":"Politicians"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/","name":"Hillary Clinton Is Named America's 'Most Admired Woman'"}}]}] ```