Award Radcliffe Graduate Society Medal

National Humanities Medal (2006)

Woodrow Wilson fellow (1957-58)

Phi Beta Kappa

American Council of Learned Societies fellow (1972-73)

National Endowment for the Humanities fellow (1979-80 ∙ 1990- 91)

Mellon Grant, Wellesley Center for Research on Women (1980-81)

Recipient of honorary degrees from Trinity College (Hartford ∙ CT ∙ Greece ∙ Grinnell ∙ IA ∙ Hartford ∙ CT ∙ Greece ∙ Grinnell ∙ IA)

Radcliffe Institute Fellow (1965-1966)

John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1973-1974)

Harvard University 350th Anniversary Alumni Medal

NASA Group Achievement Award for Galileo Ida Encounter/Dactyl Discovery Team (1995)

NASA Group Achievement Award for the Project Galileo Team (1996)

Alfvén Medal of the European Geophysical Union (2005)

Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union (2005)