Nancy Vivian Rawls (January 24, 1926 – April 13, 1985) was a former Foreign Service officer, U.S. diplomat, United States Ambassador to Togo (February 11, 1974 – August 8, 1976) and to Côte d'Ivoire, (1979–1983).
After a tour of duty in West Germany, she was assigned to African countries, first to Liberia and then to Kenya.
After a year of special studies at the National War College from 1970 to 1971, she became director of the State Department's policy planning staff for the Bureau of African Affairs in 1971.
Rawls was one of the first U.S. Foreign Service women to rise to ambassadorial level and was the first woman to serve as ambassador in two African countries.
She was then appointed as Senior Deputy to the Director General of the Foreign Service.