Rankin Awards
The Jeannette Rankin Civil Liberties Award acknowledges individuals and organizations who demonstrate the strength of character and commitment to principles exemplified by Jeannette Rankin-ACLU’s first vice president in the 1920’s-and embodied in ACLU’s mission and vision.
2024 Awardees – members of the Montana Legislature’s 2023 American Indian Caucus
2020 Awardees – Ivan and Ivy MacDonald
2019 Awardees – Ana Suda, Mimi Hernandez, Melissa Smylie
2018 Awardees – Judith Heilman, Carol Juneau, Denise Juneau
2017 Awardee – Shahid Haque-Hausrath
2016 Awardee – Scott Crichton
2014 Awardees – Lauglin McDonald and Wolf Point Plaintiffs Ronald Jackson, Ruth Jackson, Robert Manning, Patricia McGeshick, Lawrence Wetsit, Lanette M. Clark, and Bill Whitehead
2013 Awardees – Justice Jim Nelson and Jim Goetz
2012 Awardees – Planned Parenthood and Barrie Sue Sugarman
2011 Awardee – Ron Waterman
2010 Awardees – NCBI/Respect Club, Dave Strohmaier & Stacy Rye, and Missoula City Council
2009 Awardees – Marietta Jaeger Lane and Justice William Hunt
2008 Awardees – Rosemary Boschert, Tom Towe, and Elsie Fox
2007 Awardees – Jeff Renz and Clem Work
2006 Awardees – Ken Freemont-Smith, The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, Charles Caughlan, Vern Klingman, and Marvin Granger
2003 Awardee – Joe McDowell
2002 Awardees – Carol Williams and Polly Holmes
2001 Awardees – Eve Malo, Clair Sinclair, The Montana Youth Leadership Forum, and June Hermanson
2000 Awardees – Dorothy Eck, Sue Bartlett, The Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, and John Kuglin
1999 Awardees – Linda Gryczan and Bob Campbell
1998 Awardee – Earl Old Person
1997 Awardees – Neil Haight and Gordon Bennett
1996 Awardees – Vivian Brooke and Clyde Jarvis
1995 Awardees – Steve Powell, Diane Benjamin, and Dr. Jim Armstrong
1994 Awardees – Pat Regan, Chet Blaylock, and Cathy Carlson
1993 Awardees – Janine Pease Pretty On Top and Pat Williams
1992 Awardees – Francis Bardanouve and The Montana Library Association
1991 Awardee – Honorable John C. “Skeff” Sheehy
