From left: NOW President Kim Gandy, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), Intrepid Awards recipient Dr. Mae Jemison, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), and Feminist Majority Foundation President Eleanor Smeal  Photo by Judy Rolfe

NOW Membership Vice President Terry O'Neill and comedian Margaret Cho, who received one of the evening's Intrepid Awards Photo by Judy Rolfe

The awards ceremony took place at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Photo by Judy Rolfe

NOW Executive Vice President Karen Johnson and Intrepid Awards honoree Helen Thomas Photo by Judy Rolfe

Intrepid Awards honoree Dr. Mae Jemison greets Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.), and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) Photo by Judy Rolfe

From left: News anchor Maureen Bunyan, emcee of the awards ceremony; Dr. C. DeLores Tucker, founder and chair of the National Congress of Black Women; Martha Burk, chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations. Photo by Judy Rolfe

NOW President Kim Gandy and her daughter Cady Lornell Photo by Judy Rolfe

NOW President Kim Gandy and Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) Photo by Judy Rolfe

NOW Action Vice President Olga Vives Photo by Judy Rolfe