From Wikepedia I've found out the names of former recipients of this award, so here it is. Anne Hathaway is indeed in distinguished if varied company:
Women of the Year
* (1951) Gertrude Lawrence
* (1952) Barbara Bel Geddes
* (1953) Mamie Eisenhower
* (1954) Shirley Booth
* (1955) Debbie Reynolds
* (1956) Peggy Ann Garner
* (1957) Carroll Baker
* (1958) Katharine Hepburn
* (1959) Joanne Woodward
* (1960) Carol Lawrence
* (1961) Jane Fonda
* (1962) Piper Laurie
* (1963) Shirley Maclaine
* (1964) Rosalind Russell
* (1965) Lee Remick
* (1966) Ethel Merman
* (1967) Lauren Bacall
* (1968) Angela Lansbury
* (1969) Carol Burnett
* (1970) Dionne Warwick
* (1971) Carol Channing
* (1972) Ruby Keeler
* (1973) Liza Minnelli
* (1974) Faye Dunaway
* (1975) Valerie Harper
* (1976) Bette Midler
* (1977) Elizabeth Taylor
* (1978) Beverly Sills
* (1979) Candice Bergen
* (1980) Meryl Streep
* (1981) Mary Tyler Moore
* (1982) Ella Fitzgerald
* (1983) Julie Andrews
* (1984) Joan Rivers
* (1985) Cher
* (1986) Sally Field
* (1987) Bernadette Peters
* (1988) Lucille Ball
* (1989) Kathleen Turner
* (1990) Glenn Close
* (1991) Diane Keaton
* (1992) Jodie Foster
* (1993) Whoopi Goldberg
* (1994) Meg Ryan
* (1995) Michelle Pfeiffer
* (1996) Susan Sarandon
* (1997) Julia Roberts
* (1998) Sigourney Weaver
* (1999) Goldie Hawn
* (2000) Jamie Lee Curtis
* (2001) Drew Barrymore
* (2002) Sarah Jessica Parker
* (2003) Anjelica Huston
* (2004) Sandra Bullock
* (2005) Catherine Zeta-Jones
* (2006) Halle Berry
* (2007) Scarlett Johansson
* (2008) Charlize Theron
* (2009) Renée Zellweger
* (2010) Anne Hathaway
[edit] Men of the Year
* (1967) Bob Hope
* (1968) Paul Newman
* (1969) Bill Cosby
* (1970) Robert Redford
* (1971) James Stewart
* (1972) Dustin Hoffman
* (1973) Jack Lemmon
* (1974) Peter Falk
* (1975) Warren Beatty
* (1976) Robert Blake
* (1977) Johnny Carson
* (1978) Richard Dreyfuss
* (1979) Robert De Niro
* (1980) Alan Alda
* (1981) John Travolta
* (1982) James Cagney
* (1983) Steven Spielberg
* (1984) Sean Connery
* (1985) Bill Murray
* (1986) Sylvester Stallone
* (1987) Mikhail Baryshnikov
* (1988) Steve Martin
* (1989) Robin Williams
* (1990) Kevin Costner
* (1991) Clint Eastwood
* (1992) Michael Douglas
* (1993) Chevy Chase
* (1994) Tom Cruise
* (1995) Tom Hanks
* (1996) Harrison Ford
* (1997) Mel Gibson
* (1998) Kevin Kline
* (1999) Samuel L. Jackson
* (2000) Billy Crystal
* (2001) Anthony Hopkins
* (2002) Bruce Willis
* (2003) Martin Scorsese
* (2004) Robert Downey Jr.
* (2005) Tim Robbins
* (2006) Richard Gere
* (2007) Ben Stiller
* (2008) Christopher Walken
* (2009) James Franco
* (2010) Justin Timberlake