Awards and Recognitions
During her career, Ann Richards received many awards and honors including: Baylor Distinguished Alumna, the Texas NAACP Presidential Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Rights, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award, the Orden del Aguila Azteca (Order of the Aztec Eagle) presented by the government of Mexico, the Maurice N. Eisendrath Bearer of Light Award from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame honoree for Public Service.
The Ann Richards School in Austin, Texas, which Ann Richards helped to create, is named for her. The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, a college preparatory school for girls in grades 6-12, opened in the fall of 2007 in Austin, and continues to celebrate the life and legacy of Governor Richards.
On November 16, 2006, the City of Austin changed the official name of Congress Avenue Bridge to "Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge."
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