Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) is an American nonprofit publishing organization that was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1972.

Five years later in Nairobi, groups of women came together similarly to in Copenhagen but with the addition of more countries and their delegates.

The recipients of this award are: Dana Densmore first became a board member and officer of WIFP when the organization was founded in 1972.

In 1968, when the women's liberation bloomed, Densmore had been a systems programmer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Allen earned her Ph.D. in 1988 from Howard University in Washington, DC, with a dissertation on the history of women's media.

Anderson is a native Washingtonian, instructor, lecturer, parent, and performance and fiber artist.

She is a member of the American Guild for Musical Artists (AGMA) and the National Council for Negro Women.

Anderson serves as an Associate Artistic Team Member of Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Productions.