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Celebrating the Accomplishments of Women at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Irna Phillips graduated in 1923 from the University of Illinois and was the first alumnae to receive the Alumni Achievement Award. Irna is known as the “mother of the soap opera” after creating the popular TV shows, As the World Turns and The Guiding Light. She helped develop several other popular soap operas as well.