Honors and Awards
- 1985 MacArthur Fellowship
- 1985 Barnard Medal of Distinction
- 1986 Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Bates College
- 1988 Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism
- 1992 Boy Scouts of America, Silver Buffalo Award
- 1995 Community of Christ International Peace Award
- 1996 The 2nd Annual Heinz Award in the Human Condition
- 2000 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- A Marlboro County library named in honor of Edelman, opened on February 22, 2010, in her hometown of Bennettsville, South Carolina.
- 2011 Rathbun Visiting Fellow at Stanford University
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