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Notable alumnae


Academia

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Virginia Abernethy Virginia Deane Abernethy (born 1934) is an American anthropologist and activist. She is professor emerita of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She has published research on population demography and immigration. She ran for ...
, 1955 – academic anthropologist, involved in politics * Frances Dorothy Acomb – academic and historian * Grace Andrews, 1890 – mathematician and professor *
Myrtilla Avery Myrtilla Avery (1869–1959) was an American classical scholar focused on Medieval art, former chair of Department of Art at Wellesley College and director of the Farnsworth Art Museum from 1930–1937. Biography Avery graduated in 1891 from Well ...
, 1891 – classical scholar focused on
Medieval art The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, gen ...
, former chair of Department of Art at
Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...
and director of the
Farnsworth Art Museum The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Henry Lan ...
1930–1937; introduced the first art history classes at Wellesley and the earliest museum studies courses *
Carole B. Balin Carole Beth Balin (born 1964) is a Reform rabbi and professor of Jewish history at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. Her research interests include Eastern European and American Jewish history, the history of Refor ...
, 1986 – professor of Jewish history * Patricia Bizzell, 1970 – professor of English * Victoria Budson, 1993 – founder of Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, one of CNN's "Ten Visionary Women" * Claudia Lauper Bushman, 1956 – historian * Margaret Clapp, 1930 – former president of Wellesley College (1949–1960) and winner of the
Pulitzer Prize for Biography The Pulitzer Prize for Biography is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography, autobiography or memoir by an American author o ...
* Cecilia Conrad, 1976 – economics professor, dean of Pomona College * Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 1956 – Romance language scholar, civil rights activist, and first Black professor at Memphis State University * Frances Daly Fergusson, 1965 – former president of Vassar College * Juliet Floyd, 1982 – professor of Philosophy *
Margaret Henderson Floyd Margaret Henderson Floyd (1932 – 18 October 1997) was Professor of Architectural History at Tufts University. She was an expert on Boston architecture. Her writing includes several titles on the work of late 19th-century American architects i ...
, 1953 – art historian and professor * Susan Foh – biblical scholar *
Phyllis Fox Phyllis Ann Fox (born March 13, 1923) is an American mathematician and computer scientist. Early life and education Fox was raised in Colorado. She did her undergraduate studies at Wellesley College, earning a B.A. in mathematics in 1944. Fro ...
, 1944 – mathematician and computer scientist *
Barbara Fraumeni Barbara Morry Fraumeni (born December 9, 1949) is a Special-term Professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics, a Senior Fellow at Hunan University in China, Professor Emerita of Public Policy at the Muskie in the School of Publ ...
, 1972 – economist *
Grace Frick Grace Marion Frick (January 12, 1903 – November 18, 1979) was a translator and researcher for her lifelong partner French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Grace Frick taught languages at US colleges and was the second academic dean to be appointed t ...
, 1925 – linguistics scholar *
Marjorie Grene Marjorie Glicksman Grene (December 13, 1910 – March 16, 2009) was an American philosopher. She wrote on existentialism and the philosophy of science, especially the philosophy of biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from ...
, 1931 – philosopher, one of the first philosophers to raise questions about the synthetic theory of evolution * Mary Hefferan (1873–1948) – taught bacteriology, University of Chicago * Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, 1947 – professor of English literature at Columbia University, and mystery novelist under the name "Amanda Cross" * Ayesha Jalal, 1978 – historian, 1998 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship *
Theodora J. Kalikow Theodora June "Theo" Kalikow (born 1941) is an American academic, university president, author, and women's rights advocate. Holder of a master's degree and PhD in philosophy, she taught at Southeastern Massachusetts University for 17 years before ...
, 1962 – former president,
University of Maine at Farmington The University of Maine at Farmington (UMaine Farmington or UMF) is a public liberal arts college in Farmington, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine System and a founding member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. History ...
and University of Southern Maine * Amalie Kass, 1949 – historian * Yoshi Kasuya, 1923 – educator, former president of
Tsuda University is a private women's university based at Kodaira, Tokyo. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher educational institutions for women in Japan, contributing to the advancement of women in society for more than a century. History The u ...
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Amy Kelly Amy Kelly (May 5, 1877 – January 1, 1962) was an American educator and historian known for her life's work, ''Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings''. Early life and education Amy Ruth Kelly was born on May 5, 1877, in Port Clinton, Ohio, t ...
, educator, historian, best-selling author *
Nannerl O. Keohane Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas) She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democ ...
, 1961 – political theorist; president, Wellesley College and
Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
* Jennie Ellis Keysor, 1883 – pioneer in adult education * Jean Kilbourne, 1964 – author, expert on the image of women in advertising * Rosalind E. Krauss, 1962 – art critic, professor, theorist * Helen Hull Law (1890–1966) – professor of Latin and Greek * Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise – attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer and women's suffrage orator * Mary Lefkowitz, 1957 – classical scholar *
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (born 31 Jan. 1942) is an American historian and the Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American Studies and History, emerita, at Smith College. Early life and education Horowitz was born on 31 Jan. 1942 in Shreveport, Lo ...
, 1963 – historian *
Phyllis Williams Lehmann Phyllis Williams Lehmann, (November 30, 1912 in Brooklyn – September 29, 2004 in Haydenville, Massachusetts)Biographical details are drawn from: was an American classical archaeologist who specialised in the Samothrace temple complex, wher ...
, 1934 – archaeologist *
Helen Abbot Merrill Helen Abbot Merrill (1864 – 1949) was an American mathematician, educator and textbook author. Biography Merrill was born on March 30, 1864, in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey; her father was a New Jersey insurance claims adjustor of colonial st ...
, 1886 – mathematician *
Winifred Edgerton Merrill Winifred Edgerton (September 24, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was born in Ripon, Wisconsin. She was the first woman to receive a degree from Columbia University and the first United States, American woman to receive a PhD in mathematics.Kell ...
, 1883 – mathematician, first woman to receive a PhD in mathematics *
Michele Moody-Adams Michele Moody-Adams is an American philosopher and academic administrator. Between July 1, 2009, and September 2011, she served as Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education at Columbia University. She was the first ...
, 1978 – dean, Columbia College *
Ellen Fitz Pendleton Ellen Fitz Pendleton (August 7, 1864 – July 26, 1936) was an American educator. She was president of Wellesley College for 25 years and notably expanded it financially and physically. Early life Pendleton was born in Westerly, Rhode Island o ...
, 1886 – mathematician, former president of Wellesley College * Karen Remmer, 1966 – political scientist * Eliza Newkirk Rogers, 1900 – art history professor at
Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...
and
Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. ...
; shaped the art history department at Wellesley; donated her art collection to the
Davis Museum at Wellesley College The Davis Museum in Wellesley, Massachusetts is located on the Wellesley College campus. The college art collection was first displayed in the Farnsworth Art Building, founded in 1889. The museum in its present form opened in 1993 in a building ...
; created the Eliza Newkirk Rogers Prize for Architecture at Wellesley *
Carol Sanger Carol Sanger (born December 30, 1948) is an American legal scholar specializing in reproductive rights. She is Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Biography Sanger was born on December 30, 1948, in Nuremberg, Germany ...
, 1970 – reproductive rights expert, professor at Columbia Law School *
Kay Lehman Schlozman Kay Lehman Schlozman (born December 23, 1946) is an American political scientist, currently the J. Joseph Moakley Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Schlozman has made fundamental advancements to the study of participation in Ame ...
, 1968 – political scientist *
Mary Lyndon Shanley Mary Lyndon Shanley (born 1944) is a feminist legal scholar specializing in issues of the American family and reproductive technologies. Her book ''Just Marriage'' weighed into the controversy around gay marriage with a historical and political s ...
, 1966 – legal scholar, professor of political science at Vassar College * Jennifer S. Thaler, 1993 – professor of Entomology at Cornell University *
Ellen Umansky Dr. Ellen M. Umansky is the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies and Director of the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies at Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut, positions that she has held since 1994. Before coming ...
, 1972 – professor of Judaic studies *
Roxana Vivian Roxana Hayward Vivian (December 9, 1871 – May 31, 1961) was an American mathematics professor.. Biography on p.618-620 of thSupplementary MaterialaAMS/ref> She was the first female recipient of a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Pe ...
, 1894 – mathematics professor at
Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...
, the first in her department to hold a doctorate, and Hartwick College. * Diana Chapman Walsh, 1966 – former president, Wellesley College *
Ernestine Wiedenbach Ernestine Wiedenbach (August 18, 1900 in Hamburg, Germany – March 8, 1998) was a nursing theorist. Her family emigrated to New York in 1909, where she later received a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1922, an R.N. from Johns Hopkins School of N ...
, 1922 – nursing theorist *
Patricia J. Williams Patricia J. Williams (born August 28, 1951) is an American legal scholar and a proponent of critical race theory, a school of legal thought that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American legal system. Early life Williams rec ...
, 1972 – law professor at Columbia University, recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship


Art and design

* Molly Bang, 1965 – illustrator *
Ann Beha Ann Beha (born 1950) is an American architect. She is founder and partner of Ann Beha Architects in Boston, Massachusetts. Early life and education Ann Macy Beha was born on June 26, 1950, in New York City. She graduated from Wellesley Colleg ...
, 1972 – founder and principal, Ann Beha Architects, committed to historic preservation *
Anita Berrizbeitia Anita de la Rosa Berrizbeitia (born 1957) is a landscape theorist, teacher, and author. She continues to play an integral role in the renewed visibility of landscape architecture as a cultural practice. She is currently Professor of Landscape Arch ...
, 1980 – landscape architect and chair of the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture *
Anna Campbell Bliss Anna Campbell Bliss (July 10, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American visual artist and architect. Her trademark artwork blends color, lights, mathematics, movement, science and technology. A modernist artist, Bliss, who was a pioneer of earl ...
, 1946 – artist and architect * Emilie Benes Brzezinski, 1953 – sculptor; wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski * Mildred Codding – medical illustrator *
Katherine K. Davis Katherine Kennicott Davis (June 25, 1892 – April 20, 1980) was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher, whose most well-known composition is the Christmas song "Carol of the Drum," later known as "The Little Drummer Boy". Life and ...
, 1914 – composer, pianist, and author of the famous Christmas tune "The Little Drummer Boy" *
Leila Daw Leila Daw (born 1940) is an American installation artist and art professor; her work uses diverse materials to explore themes of cartography and feminism. Life and work Leila Daw received her Masters of Fine Arts from the St. Louis School of Fin ...
, 1962 – installation artist * Patricia Degener (1924–2008) – ceramic artist *
Victorine du Pont Homsey Victorine du Pont Homsey (November 27, 1900 – January 6, 1998) was an American architect and member of the du Pont family. A principal in Victorine & Samuel Homsey, she was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1967 ...
, 1923 – architect and
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-member ...
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Anne Fougeron Anne Fougeron (born December 7, 1955) is a French-American architect, lecturer and author. Fougeron has a varied body of works, including commercial, civic, residential and multi-family housing. The Princeton Architectural Press described her sty ...
, 1977 – architect, B.A. in architectural history *
Juliette May Fraser Juliette May Fraser (January 27, 1887 – July 31, 1983) was an American painter, muralist and printmaker. She was born in Honolulu, which was then the capital city of the Kingdom of Hawaii. After graduating from Wellesley College with a de ...
, 1909 – artist, muralist *
Mary Rockwell Hook Mary Rockwell Hook (September 8, 1877 – September 8, 1978) was an American architect and a pioneer for women in architecture. She worked principally from Kansas City, Missouri but designed throughout the United States. She was denied ad ...
, 1900 – architect *
Julia Kunin Julia Kunin is an American sculpture and video artist. She was born in Vermont, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her work is inspired by organic forms, undersea creatures, and interior spaces, with a focus on the female body. She graduate ...
, 1983 – sculptor, video artist * Jennifer Maestre, 1981 – sculptor *
Lorraine O'Grady Lorraine O'Grady (born September 21, 1934) is an American artist, writer, translator, and critic. Working in conceptual art and performance art that integrates photo and video installation, she explores the cultural construction of identity – pa ...
, 1955 – conceptual artist and art critic *
Eleanor Raymond Eleanor Raymond (March 4 1887 – July 24 1989) was an American architect. During a professional career spanning some sixty years of practice, mainly in residential housing, Raymond explored the use of innovative materials and building system ...
, 1909 – architect, designed and built the first occupied solar-powered house in the US *
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (born 1936) is an environmentalist, landscape preservationist, author of numerous books and essays, and a former park administrator. Her most notable achievement was her role in the revitalization of New York City’s Cen ...
, 1957 – urban planner, landscape architect


Business

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Mary Cunningham Agee Mary Cunningham Agee (born September 1, 1951) is an American business executive and author.''Powerplay: What Really Happened at Bendix'', Mary Cunningham Agee, Simon & Schuster, 1984 She served in the top management of two Fortune 100 companies in ...
, 1973 – president, The Nurturing Network *
Robin Chase Robin Chase is an American transportation entrepreneur. She is co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar. She is also the founder and former CEO of Buzzcar, a peer-to-peer car-sharing service, acquired bDrivy She also started the defunct GoLoco.org, a ...
, 1980 – co-founder of
Zipcar Zipcar is an American car-sharing company and a subsidiary of Avis Budget Group. Zipcar provides vehicle reservations to its members, billable by the minute, hour or day; members may have to pay a monthly or annual membership fee in addition to ...
* Elisabeth DeMarse, 1976 – former CEO, chairman, and president of
TheStreet.Com ''TheStreet'' is a financial news and financial literacy website. It is a subsidiary of The Arena Group. The company provides both free content and subscription services such as Action Alerts Plus a stock recommendation portfolio co-managed by B ...
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Heather Higgins Heather Richardson Higgins (born September 21, 1959) is an American businesswoman, political commentator, and non-profit sector executive. She is the CEO of Independent Women's Voice and chairman of its sister organization, Independent Women's F ...
, 1981 – nonprofit executive, political commentator * Lois Juliber, 1971 – vice chairman of
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in the production, distribution, and provision of household, health car ...
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Elizabeth Parr-Johnston Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, Order of Canada, CM (born Elizabeth H. Parr in 1939 in New York City, New York, NY) is a Canadian business woman. She is the Managing Partner of Parr-Johnston Consultants, an economic policy consultancy based in Chester B ...
, 1961 – economist *
Priya Paul Priya Paul (born 1967) is an Indian businesswoman, the chairperson of Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels, a subsidiary of the Apeejay Surrendra Group, which operates The Park Hotels chain of hotels. Career She joined the company after finishing her ...
, 1988 – Chairman of Park Hotels, Head of Apeejay Surendra Group, also trustee of Wellesley College * Marion Sandler, 1952 – CEO and founder of Golden West Financial * Anne Toth, 1993 – privacy and policy executive, former Chief Trust Officer of Yahoo * Vicky Tsai, 2000 – CEO and founder of Tatcha *
Susan Wagner Susan Lynne Wagner (born 1961) is an American financial executive. Wagner is one of the co-founders of BlackRock, an American multinational investment management corporation, and served there in the capacities of vice chairman and chief operat ...
, 1982 – founder and former COO of BlackRock and board member of Apple Inc. * Joan Wallace-Benjamin, 1975 – CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers


Government and public service

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Eleanor D. Acheson Eleanor "Eldie" Dean Acheson (born 1947) is an American lawyer who served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States for the Office of Policy Development as part of the Clinton Administration. Early life Acheson is the daughter of Davi ...
, 1969 – former Assistant Attorney General of the United States *
Bertha Adkins Bertha Sheppard Adkins (August 24, 1906 – January 14, 1983), was an educator, political activist, public servant, and a community leader. Early life Adkins graduated (at age 15) from Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Maryland. Her parents decid ...
, 1928 – former Undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare * Madeleine Albright, 1959 – former United States Secretary of State *
Michelle Au Michelle Hsiao Au (Chinese: 欧晓瑜) is an American anesthesiologist and politician from Georgia. Au has served in the Georgia House of Representatives as a Democratic member for District 50 since 2023. Au previously represented the 48th Distr ...
, 1999 – State Senator, Georgia; first Asian American woman appointed to Georgia State Senate *
Annette Baker Fox Annette May Baker Fox (1912 – December 26, 2011) was an American international relations scholar, who spent much of her career at Columbia University's Institute of War and Peace Studies. She was a pioneer in the academic study of small powers ...
, 1934 – international relations advisor *
Carolina Barco Isakson María Carolina Barco Isakson (born 1951) is a Colombian-American diplomat, who has served as Ambassador of Colombia to the United States from 2006 to 2010, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia from 2002 to 2007. She has served as the Colom ...
, 1973 – Colombian Foreign Minister 2002–2006, Ambassador to the US, 2006–2010 *
Jocelyn Benson Jocelyn Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American activist, politician, and former academic administrator. She is the 43rd Secretary of State of Michigan. Benson is a former dean of Wayne State University Law School, a co-founder of the Mili ...
, 1999 – current Secretary of State, Michigan and former dean, Wayne State University Law School; youngest dean appointed to an accredited law school *
Jane Bolin Jane Matilda Bolin (April 11, 1908 – January 8, 2007) was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York Ci ...
, 1928 – first African-American woman to become a judge *
Sophonisba Breckinridge Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (April 1, 1866 – July 30, 1948) was an American activist, Progressive Era social reformer, social scientist and innovator in higher education. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science and ...
, 1888 – activist * Anita B. Brody, 1955 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania *
Emily Sophie Brown Emily Sophie Brown (1881–1985) was an Americans, American politician who in 1920 became one of the first five women elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives. Brown subsequently served as a New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven Cou ...
, 1904 – one of the first women to serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives *
Janath R. Cannon Janath Russell Cannon (October 28, 1918 – July 5, 2007) was a counselor to Barbara B. Smith in the general presidency of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Cannon was also a prominent missionary ...
, 1939 – counselor to the
Relief Society The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, and has more than 7 million members in over 18 ...
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Wilma Chan, 1971 – California Democrat *
Harriette L. Chandler Harriette L. Chandler (born December 20, 1937, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American politician who was the 94th President of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts State Senate, Massachusetts State Senator for the Massachusetts Senate's ...
, 1959 – president of the Massachusetts Senate *
Gail Chang Bohr Gail Chang Bohr (born 1944) is a retired judge from Minnesota. Bohr was elected Second Judicial District judge for Ramsey County, Minnesota in 2008. Bohr served from January 5, 2009 to March 31, 2014, and then served as a senior judge until June ...
, 1966 – former Minnesota judge * Soong Mei-ling 宋美齡 (
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling, ; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang, was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of Generalissimo and ...
), 1917 – former First Lady of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
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Marguerite S. Church Marguerite Stitt Church (September 13, 1892 – May 26, 1990) was an American psychologist and politician who represented Illinois' 13th congressional district as a Republican Party (United States), Republican from 1951 to 1963. Early life an ...
, 1915 – U.S. Representative from Illinois * Esther Clenott, 1945 – politician from Maine, former two-term mayor of
Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
and state representative * Hillary Clinton, 1969 – former United States Secretary of State, former
U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...
( D-New York), former
First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...
* Deborah Cochran, 1960 – Congresswoman from Massachusetts * Jan Coggeshall, mayor of Galveston * Elinor G. Constable, 1955 – diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya *
Rita Crocker Clements Rita Crocker Clements (October 30, 1931 – January 6, 2018) was an American Republican Party organizer, an activist in historic preservation, and a First Lady of the U.S. state of Texas. Early life She was born in Newton, Kansas, on October ...
– former First Lady of the U.S. state of Texas *
Ophelia Dahl Ophelia Magdalena Dahl (born 12 May 1964) is a British-American social justice and health care advocate. Dahl co-founded Partners In Health (PIH), a Boston, Massachusetts-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a "prefere ...
, 1994 – executive director of Partners in Health, daughter of children's author
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...
and actress Patricia Neal *
Molly Dewson Mary Williams (Molly) Dewson (1874–1962) was an American feminist and political activist. After graduating from Wellesley College in 1897, she worked for the Women's Educational and Industrial Union. She became an active member of the National ...
, 1897 – feminist, political activist * Diana DiZoglio, 2010 – Massachusetts State Representative ( D- 14th Essex District) *
Christine Durham Christine Meaders Durham (born August 3, 1945) is an American lawyer and judge, who served as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1982 to 2017, including service as chief justice from 2002 to 2012. Early life and education Durham is the olde ...
, 1967 – chief justice, Utah Supreme Court * Virginia Durr, 1925 – civil rights activist *
Carolyn Dykema Carolyn (Coyne) Dykema (born December 26, 1967, Charlottesville, Virginia) was the Massachusetts state representative from the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district from 2009 until her resignation to take a private sec ...
, 1989 – former Massachusetts State Representative *
Susan Estrich Susan Estrich (born December 16, 1952) is an American lawyer, professor, author, political operative, and political commentator. She is known for serving as the campaign manager for Michael Dukakis in 1988 (being the first woman to manage the pre ...
, 1974 – lawyer, professor, author, feminist advocate and commentator for Fox News * Colette Flesch, 1960 – Luxembourg politician and Olympic fencer * Loletta Fyan, 1915 – first librarian in Michigan * Cynthia Glassman, 1967 – commissioner of the SEC *
Susan P. Graber Susan Pia Graber (born July 5, 1949) is an American attorney and jurist. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native of Oklahoma, she was the 90th justice of the Oregon Suprem ...
, 1969 – circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit *
Wendy Lee Gramm Wendy Lee Gramm (nee Wendy Lee on January 10, 1945 in Hawaii) is an American economist and former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the Reagan administration. She is also the wife of former United States Senator Phil Gramm. Gra ...
, 1966 – economist, former director of ENRON *
Jean Constance Hamilton Jean Constance Hamilton (born November 12, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Education and career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hamilton received a Bachelor ...
, 1968 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri *
Abigail Harrison Abigail Harrison (born June 13, 1997), also known as Astronaut Abby, is an American internet personality and science communicator, particularly in the area of the United States space program. Harrison is the founder and current leader of The Mars ...
, 2019 – founder of
The Mars Generation Abigail Harrison (born June 13, 1997), also known as Astronaut Abby, is an American internet personality and science communicator, particularly in the area of the United States space program. Harrison is the founder and current leader of The M ...
nonprofit * Aurelia Harwood – philanthropist, former president of
Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an environmental organization with chapters in all 50 United States, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by Scottish-American preservationist John Muir, who be ...
*
Ellen Segal Huvelle Ellen Judith Huvelle ( ''née'' Segal; born June 3, 1948) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May 20 ...
, 1970 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia *
Farahnaz Ispahani Farahnaz Ispahani () is a Pakistani-American writer and former politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 2008 and 2012. She is a senior fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute and a member of the Anti-Defam ...
, 1985 – member of Pakistan's parliament, spokesperson for the president of Pakistan, journalist * Carol E. Jackson, 1973 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri * Katie Johnson, 2003 – personal secretary to President Barack Obama *
Amalya Lyle Kearse Amalya Lyle Kearse (born June 11, 1937)Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", ''The New York Times'', June 25, 1979. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a worl ...
, 1959 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, five time U.S. Champion bridge player *
Leslie E. Kobayashi Leslie Emi Kobayashi (born October 9, 1957) is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Early life and education Kobayashi was born in 1957 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey. She received h ...
, 1979 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii * Nancy K. Kopp, 1965 – Treasurer of Maryland *
M. Hannah Lauck Mary Hannah Lauck (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and former United States magistrate judge of the same court. Biography Lauck received a Bachelor of Arts de ...
, 1986 – judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in case citations, E.D. Va.) is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia. It has jurisdiction over the Northern Virginia, Hampton Roa ...
*
Gail Laughlin Abbie "Gail" Hill Laughlin (May 7, 1868 – March 13, 1952) was an American lawyer, suffragist, an expert for the United States Industrial commission, and a member of the Maine State Senate. She was the first woman from Maine to practice law. She ...
, 1894 – first woman from Maine to practice law and founder of the
National League for Women's Service The National League for Women's Service (NLWS) was a United States civilian volunteer organisation formed in January 1917 to provide stateside war services such as feeding, caring for and transporting soldiers, veterans and war workers and was de ...
* Henrietta Wells Livermore, 1887 – suffragette *
Sandra L. Lynch Sandra Lea Lynch (born July 31, 1946) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the ...
, 1968 – chief judge,
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * District of Maine * District of Massachusetts * ...
*
Yukiko Maki Yukiko Maki (1902 – October 18, 1989), born Yukiko Domoto, was a Japanese educator. In 1976 she was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class, for her work in international exchange. Early life Yukiko Domoto was from Oakland, ...
, 1924 – Japanese educator, Fulbright officer, worked in international exchange *
Nora Margaret Manella Nora Margaret Manella (born January 22, 1951) is the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Cal ...
, 1972 – presiding justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four, former judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California *
Chirlane McCray Chirlane Irene McCray (born November 29, 1954) is an American writer, editor, and activist. She is married to former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and had been described as de Blasio's "closest advisor." She chaired the Mayor's Fund to Adva ...
, 1975 – public affairs activist, First Lady of New York City * Ida Craven Merriam, 1925 – statistician for the Social Security Administration *
Lindsey Miller-Lerman Lindsey Gale Miller-Lerman (born July 30, 1947) is a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Ben Nelson in 1998. She is the first woman to serve on the court. Miller-Lerman was retained in 2014 and 2020; her term expires in 2 ...
, 1968 – justice, Nebraska Supreme Court *
Mary V. Mochary Mary Veronica Kasser Mochary (born September 2, 1942 in Budapest, Hungary) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician from New Jersey. She served as mayor of Montclair, New Jersey and was the Republican nominee for United States Se ...
, 1963 – attorney and Republican politician, formerly mayor of Montclair, New Jersey *
Helen Barrett Montgomery Helen Barrett Montgomery (July 31, 1861 – October 19, 1934) was an American social reformer, educator and writer. In 1921, she was elected as the first woman president of the Northern Baptist Convention (and of any religious denomination in ...
, 1884 – women's rights activist, church leader, Bible translator * Alicia Munnell, 1964 – economist *
Helen O'Bannon Helen Bohen O'Bannon (1939 – October 19, 1988) was an economist who served as the Secretary of Public Welfare for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under Governor Dick Thornburgh. A women's rights activist, she became the first woman to be ap ...
, 1961 – economist *
Anne W. Patterson Anne Woods Patterson (born 1949) is an American diplomat and career Foreign Service Officer. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as United States Ambassador to Egypt unt ...
, 1971 –
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Egypt. The United States first established diplomatic relations with Egypt in 1848, when President James K. Polk appointed Daniel Smith McCauley as the first envoy to Egypt with the title Co ...
, former Acting
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. The position is formally known as the permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations ...
, former
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan The U.S. embassy in Karachi was established August 15, 1947 with Edward W. Holmes as Chargé d'Affaires ''ad interim'', pending the appointment of an ambassador. The first ambassador, Paul H. Alling, was appointed on September 20, 1947. Anne W. P ...
* Alex Poon, 2014 – transgender rights activist *
Ruth Baker Pratt Ruth Sears Pratt (née Baker; August 24, 1877 – August 23, 1965), was an American politician and the first female representative to be elected from New York. Early life On August 24, 1877, Pratt was born as Ruth Sears Baker in Ware, Mas ...
, 1898 – congresswoman 1929–1933, first woman elected to Congress from New York * Reena Raggi, 1973 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit *
Leticia Ramos-Shahani Leticia Valdez Ramos-Shahani (September 30, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was a Filipina senator, diplomat, and writer. She was the younger sister of Fidel V. Ramos, the 12th president of the Philippines. Early life She was born on September 30, ...
, 1951 – former
Philippine Senator The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Senado ng Pilipinas'', also ''Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas'' or "upper chamber") is the upper house of Congress of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines with the House of Representatives as ...
, diplomat, human rights activist * Diane Ravitch, 1960 – historian, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education * Desiree Rogers, 1981 – public relations executive,
White House Social Secretary The White House social secretary is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of official social events at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Function The social s ...
*
Allyne R. Ross Allyne Ronna Ross (born April 5, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Early life and education Born in New York City, Ross received a Bachelor of Arts from ...
, 1967 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York *
Vanessa Ruiz Vanessa Ruiz (born March 22, 1950) is a Senior status, Senior Federal tribunals in the United States#Article I tribunals, associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Ruiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and graduated from We ...
, 1972 – associate judge,
District of Columbia Court of Appeals The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, in the United States. Established in 1970, it is equivalent to a state supreme court, except that its authority is derived from the United States Congr ...
*
Janna Ryan Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American former politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the vice presidential nominee i ...
, 1991 – attorney and wife of Republican Congressman
Paul Ryan Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American former politician who served as the List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member o ...
* Carol Rhodes Sibley, 1923 — Berkeley civic activist and school board president *
Michele Sison Michele Jeanne Sison (born May 27, 1959, in Arlington, Virginia) is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service serving as the assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs. She has previously se ...
, 1981 –
U.S. Ambassador to Haiti This is a list of United States ambassadors to Haiti. See also * Haiti – United States relations * Foreign relations of Haiti * Ambassadors of the United States References * External links United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mis ...
*
Sara Soffel Sara Mathilde Soffel (October 27, 1886 – October 5, 1976) was an American lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania. She was Pennsylvania's first woman judge, serving on the Allegheny County Courts from 1930 to 1941 and on the Pennsylvania Common Pl ...
, 1908 – judge, Alleghany County Court and
Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas In Pennsylvania, the courts of common pleas are the trial courts of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (the State court (United States), state court system). The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the ...
; first woman to serve as a judge in Pennsylvania *
Zatae Leola Longsdorff Straw Zatae Leola Sturgis Longsdorff Straw (April 16, 1866 – October 1, 1955) was a physician and a New Hampshire state representative. Early life and education Zatae Leola Sturgis Longsdorff was born in Centerville, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1866 ...
, 1883 – physician, New Hampshire state representative *
Tejshree Thapa Tejshree Thapa (10 November 1966 – 26 March 2019) was a Nepalese human rights lawyer. She was recognized for her role in investigating and documenting human rights violations, including widespread sexual violence and other atrocities committed ...
, 1988 – human rights attorney, developed legal argument for prosecuting rape as a crime against humanity before the
ICTY The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal ...
* Kavindya Thennankoon, 2019 – Sri Lankan youth activist *
Julieta Valls Noyes Julieta Valls Noyes (born 1962) is an American diplomat who is serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration in the Biden administration. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Croatia from ...
, 1984 – U.S. Ambassador to Croatia *
Cynthia Wu Cynthia Wu (; born 18 May 1978) is a member of the Legislative Yuan, the legislature of Taiwan. Personal life, education, and early career Cynthia Wu was born in the United States on 18 May 1978, and attended Taipei American School, Wellesley Co ...
– 吳欣盈, member of Legislative Yuan and vice presidential candidate, Taiwan * Lilian Wyckoff Johnson – education policy advocate


Journalism

* Marian Burros, 1954 – New York Times food columnist and cookbook author * Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, 1991 – reporter for CNBC, winner of an
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
* Callie Crossley, 1973 – American broadcast journalist with Boston NPR affiliate WGBH-TV *
Kimberly Dozier Kimberly Dozier (born July 6, 1966) is a contributing writer to ''The Daily Beast'' and a contributor to CNN. She was previously a correspondent for the Associated Press, covering intelligence and counterterrorism, and prior to that, a CBS News co ...
, 1987 – correspondent for Associated Press, winner of the
Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
(2008) *
Elizabeth Drew Elizabeth Drew (born November 16, 1935) is an American political journalist and author. Early life Elizabeth Brenner was born on November 16, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the daughter of William J. Brenner, a furniture manufacturer, and Es ...
, 1957 – political journalist *
Nikki Finke Nikki Jean Finke (December 16, 1953 – October 9, 2022) was an American blogger, journalist, publisher, and writer. She was a consultant to Penske Business Media LLC and senior editorial contributor for PBM run by media owner Jay Penske. She f ...
, 1975 – entertainment/media journalist, '' Deadline Hollywood'' *
Page Hopkins Page Hopkins is an American journalist who currently appears on MSNBC's '' First Look'' and NBC's ''Early Today''. Most recently, Hopkins interviewed Randy Roberts Potts on growing up with his grandfather Oral Roberts and then later revealing his ...
, 1988 – journalist, co-anchor on Fox News and anchor on NBC/MSNBC *
Ellen Levine Ellen Levine (born Ellen Rose Jacobson) (February 19, 1943 – November 6, 2022) was an American media executive. From 2006 to 2016, she served as the Editorial Director of Hearst Magazines, and served as a consultant to Hearst from January 2017. ...
, 1964 – media executive, former Executive Director of Hearst Magazines *
Geneva Overholser Geneva Overholser is a journalism consultant and adviser. A former editor of the Des Moines Register now living in New York City, Overholser speaks and writes about the future of journalism. She advises numerous organizations, including the Trust ...
, 1970 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, director of the School of Journalism at the
USC Annenberg School for Communication The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism comprises a School of Communication and a School of Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC). Starting July 2017, the school’s Dean is Willow Bay, succeeding Ernest J. ...
* Robin Reisig, 1966 – print journalist, lecturer at
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...
*
Carla Robbins Carla Robbins is an American journalist and the former deputy editorial page editor of ''The New York Times''. Prior to her career at ''The New York Times'', Robbins worked for ''BusinessWeek'', '' U.S. News & World Report'', and ''The Wall Stree ...
, 1974 – journalist, member of the '' NY Times'' Editorial Board * Cokie Roberts, 1964 – senior news correspondent at National Public Radio, winner of the
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
(1991) and Edward R. Murrow Award (1990), former host at
ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...
's '' This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts'' * Marion K. Sanders, 1925 – journalist, editor of ''
Harper's Magazine ''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in New York City in June 1850, it is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (''Scientific American'' is older, b ...
'' * Diane Sawyer, 1967 – journalist, host of
ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...
's ''
Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'' (often abbreviated as ''GMA'') is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. Th ...
'', winner of a 2004 George Polk award for excellence in journalism *
Susan Sheehan Susan Sheehan (née Sachsel; born August 24, 1937) is an Austrian-born American writer. Biography Born in Vienna, Austria, she won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1983 for her book '' Is There No Place on Earth for Me?'' The book de ...
, 1958 – journalist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1983) * Lynn Sherr, 1963 – correspondent for
ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...
's ''
20/20 Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates an examinee's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity is dependent on optical and neural factors, i.e. (1) the sharpness of the retinal ...
'', co-winner of the
Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
(1994) *
Marilyn Silverstone Marilyn Rita Silverstone (9 March 1929 – 28 September 1999) was an English photojournalist and ordained Buddhist nun.Martin, Douglas"Marilyn Silverstone, 70, Dies; Photographer and Buddhist Nun" ''New York Times'', October 4, 1999. Youth The elde ...
, 1950 – photo-journalist and Buddhist nun * Jennifer Vanasco, 1994 – syndicated columnist and theater critic * Linda Wertheimer, 1965 – journalist, National Public Radio, winner of the DuPont-Columbia Award (1978) for excellence in journalism * Emily Yoffe, 1977 – journalist and regular contributor to ''
Slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...
''


Literature

* Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, 1914 – author of Nancy Drew series, pen name Carolyn Keene *
Lisa Alther Lisa Alther (born July 23, 1944) is an American author and novelist. Personal life Alther was born in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1944. Her father was a surgeon, while her mother was a homemaker. She has 3 brothers and a sister. She graduated from W ...
, 1966 – author, novelist * Katharine Lee Bates, 1880 – author of the words to the anthem '' America the Beautiful'' *
Carol Bly Carol Bly (April 16, 1930 – December 21, 2007) was an American teacher and an author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction works on writing. Her work often featured Minnesota women who must identify the moral crisis that is facing their com ...
, 1951 – short story author, essayist * Aline Carter, 1914 – poet laureate of Texas *
Grace Zia Chu Grace Zia Chu (April 23, 1899 – April 15, 1999) was an author of Chinese cookbooks and a major figure in American Chinese culinary world. Chu introduced generations of Americans to Chinese cooking. Personal life Grace Zia Chu was born in Sha ...
, 1921 – Chinese cookbook author *
Sheila Connolly Sheila Connolly ( pen name, Sarah Atwell; 1950 – April 20, 2020) is a mystery writer and author of three mystery series published by Berkley Prime Crime. Biography Connolly was born in Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the ...
, 1972 – mystery writer *
Florence Converse Florence Converse (1871–1967) was an American author. Biography Florence Converse was born in New Orleans in 1871. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1893 and was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Churchman'' from 1900 to 1908, wh ...
, 1893 – author *
Diane Mott Davidson Diane Mott Davidson (born ) is an American author of mystery novels that use the theme of food, an idea she got from Robert B. Parker. Several recipes are included in each book, and each novel title is a play on a food or drink word. Her story ...
(attended but later transferred to another college) – mystery writer * Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 1912 – conservationist and writer * Norma Farber, 1931 – children's book writer and poet *
Rosario Ferré Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist.
, 1960 – poet *
Alex Finlayson Alex Finlayson is an American playwright whose sly irreverent plays found more success on the English stage than in the United States. After winning Finlayson a Mobil Oil International Playwriting Prize, ''Winding the Ball'' was produced by Th ...
, 1973 – playwright *
Nancy Friday Nancy Colbert Friday (August 27, 1933 – November 5, 2017) was an American author who wrote on the topics of female sexuality and liberation. Her writings argue that women have often been reared under an ideal of womanhood, which was outdated an ...
, 1955 – author of ''My Secret Garden'', an exploration of female sexuality *
Abigail Garner Abigail Garner (born 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American author and advocate for children with LGBT parents. Biography Garner is the author of ''Families Like Mine'', a compilation of interviews from more than 50 children of LGBT ...
, 1997 – author of ''Families Like Mine'' *
Jasmine Guillory Jasmine Guillory is an American romance novelist. Her works' protagonists are often African-American professionals. In February 2019, her book, ''The Proposal'', was ranked on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for paperback trade fiction. ...
, 1997 – novelist *
Shirlee Taylor Haizlip Shirlee Taylor Haizlip (born 1937) is an American non-fiction author. She has written three books: ''The Sweeter the Juice, A Memoir in Black and White'', ''In the Garden of Our Dreams'', co-authored with her husband, Harold C. Haizlip, and ''F ...
, 1959 – nonfiction writer *
Lisa Kleypas Lisa Kleypas (born 5 November 1964 in Temple, Texas) is a best-selling American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts 1985 and competed in the Miss America 1986 pageant in Atlantic City ...
, 1986 – romance novelist, former Miss Massachusetts *
Judith Krantz Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was a magazine writer and fashion editor who turned to fiction as she approached the age of 50. Her first novel ''Scruples'' (1978) quickly became a ''The New York Times Best Seller ...
, 1948 – novelist * Jane Langton, 1944 – mystery writer, author of children's literature * Kathryn Lilley, 1956 – mystery writer * Judith Martin, 1959 – newspaper columnist ('' Miss Manners'') *
Jean Merrill Jean Merrill (January 27, 1923August 2, 2012) was an American writer of children's books and editor, known best for ''The Pushcart War'', a novel published in 1964. She died from cancer at her home in Randolph, Vermont, in 2012, aged 89. Early ...
, 1945 – author and editor of children's books * Rana Zoe Mungin, 2011 – writer and teacher *
Maude Gillette Phillips Maude Gillette Phillips (August 9, 1860 – July 31, 1951) was an American author, educator and animal welfare activist. She was the author of ''Popular Manual of English Literature''. Phillips was a prolific writer for magazines in fiction and c ...
, 1881 – author, educator *
Santha Rama Rau Santha Rama Rau (24 January 1923 – 21 April 2009) was an Indian-born American writer. Early life and background While Santha's father was a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin from Canara whose mother-tongue was Konkani, her mother was a Ka ...
, 1945 – travel writer *
Alyson Richman Alyson Richman is an American writer best known for ''The Lost Wife'', a tale of a husband and wife who are separated in a concentration camp during World War II and reunited 60 years later at their grandchildren's wedding. Her novels have been ...
, 1994 – novelist * Nayantara Pandit Sahgal, 1947, novelist, niece of Jawaharlal Nehru and cousin of
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
*
Helen Hooven Santmyer Helen Hooven Santmyer (November 25, 1895 – February 21, 1986) was an American writer, educator, and librarian. She is primarily known for her best-selling epic '' "...And Ladies of the Club"'', published when she was in her 80s. Life and ca ...
, 1918 – writer *
Mildred Savage Mildred Spitz Savage (June 26, 1919 – October 7, 2011) was an American author known for her best-selling novel '' Parrish''. Biography and career The second of three children, she was born in New London, Connecticut, to Ezekiel and Sadie Spitz. ...
, 1941 – novelist *
Gertrude Woodcock Seibert Gertrude Woodcock Seibert (November 16, 1864 – June 13, 1928) was an American writer. Initially known for her poetry, she became a compiler of religious texts. Biography Gertrude Antonette (or "Antoinette") Woodcock was born in Altoona, Pennsyl ...
, 1885 – writer * Cathy Song, 1977 – poet *
Ira Trivedi Ira Trivedi is an Indian author, columnist, and yoga teacher. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, often on issues related to women and gender in India. Her works include ''India in Love: Marriage and Sexuality in the 21st Century'', ''What W ...
, 2006 – novelist *
Reetika Vazirani Reetika Gina Vazirani (9 August 1962 – 16 July 2003) was an Indian/American immigrant poet and educator. Life Vazirani was born in Patiala, India, in 1962 and went to the United States with her family in 1968. After graduating from Wellesl ...
, 1984 – poet * Bing Xin, 1926 – Chinese poet, essayist, short-story writer *
Ann Zwinger Ann Haymond Zwinger (1925–2014) was the author of many natural histories noted for detail and lyrical prose. Biography Ann Haymond Zwinger was born March 12, 1925, in Muncie, Indiana, the daughter of William and Ann Haymond. While young, she liv ...
, 1946 – natural history writer


Media and entertainment

* Laura Allen, 1996 – actress, ''
All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'', '' Mona Lisa Smile'' *
Onyeka Onwenu Onyeka Onwenu (born 31 January 1952) is a Nigerian singer/songwriter, actress, human right activist, social activist, journalist, politician, and former ''X Factor'' series judge. Dubbed the "Elegant Stallion" by the Nigerian press, she is a fo ...
, 1984 – Broadcaster and BBC Nigerian Documentary,
A Squandering of Riches
', Actress and, Nigerian Music Legend
One Love
' *
Fazeelat Aslam Fazeelat Aslam is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker and journalist based in New York City. She is also co-producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary '' Saving Face''. Early life and career Fazeelat was born in Lahore, Pakistan. Later he ...
, 2005 – Academy Award-winning filmmaker * Barbara Babcock, 1960 – actress * Blanche Baker, 1978 –
Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
-winning actress and sculptor – aka Blanche Garfein, aka Blanche Van Dusen *
Kay B. Barrett Katharine "Kay" Brown Barrett (December 7, 1902 – January 18, 1995) was a Hollywood talent scout and agent beginning in the 1930s. She is most famous for bringing Margaret Mitchell's novel ''Gone with the Wind'' to the attention of David O. Se ...
, 1924 – influential Hollywood talent scout and agent, brought '' Gone with the Wind'' to the screen * Lizzie Borden – filmmaker *
Debra Chasnoff Debra Chasnoff (October 12, 1957 – November 7, 2017) was an American documentary filmmaker and activist whose films address progressive social justice issues. Her production company GroundSpark produces and distributes films, educational resou ...
, 1978 – filmmaker *
Amy Chu Amy Chu is a comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comics as well as writing comics for other publishers. She wrote the six-issue miniseries ''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death'' and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC Comics, DC. ...
, 1990 – comic book author * Phyllis Curtin, 1943 – opera singer * Suzanne Davis, 1976 – jazz pianist *
Jo Duffy Mary Jo Duffy (born February 9, 1954) is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and DC Comics and Image Comics in the 1990s. Biography A native of the New York City area, Duffy attended Welles ...
, 1976 – editor and writer of comic books * Nora Ephron, 1962 – movie screenplay writer ('' When Harry Met Sally...''), writer and director ('' Sleepless in Seattle'' and '' You've Got Mail'') *
Nancy Friday Nancy Colbert Friday (August 27, 1933 – November 5, 2017) was an American author who wrote on the topics of female sexuality and liberation. Her writings argue that women have often been reared under an ideal of womanhood, which was outdated an ...
, 1955 – author * Daisy Gardner, 1997 – television writer *
Angelina Weld Grimké Angelina Weld Grimké (February 27, 1880 – June 10, 1958) was an African-American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet. By ancestry, Grimké was three-quarters white — the child of a white mother and a half-white father — and consi ...
, 1900 – playwright *
Barbara Lea Barbara Lea (April 10, 1929 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz singer. Music career Lea was born and raised in Detroit. Her father was a clarinetist before becoming attorney general of Michigan. He changed the family name from LeCocq t ...
, 1951 – actress and singer * Wendy Liebman, 1983 – stand-up comedian * Ali MacGraw, 1960 – actress *
Anne Revere Anne Revere (June 25, 1903 – December 18, 1990) was an American actress and a progressive member of the board of the Screen Actors' Guild. She was best known for her work on Broadway theatre, Broadway and her film portrayals of mothers in a ...
, 1926 – film, stage, television actress, whose career was cut short by the 1950s Communist blacklist *
Caroline Rose Caroline Elizabeth Rose (born October 19, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer. After releasing two records of folk and country-inspired music, she released a pop-rock album ''Loner'' in 2018. Her most recent album, '' ...
, 2011 – musician * Mira Sethi, 2010 – Pakistani author, journalist, and actress * Elisabeth Shue (transferred to Harvard) – actress *
Natalie Sleeth Natalie Allyn Sleeth (née Wakeley; October 29, 1930 – March 21, 1992) was an American composer of hymns and choral music.Alice Stewart Trillin Alice Stewart Trillin (May 8, 1938 – September 11, 2001) was an American educator, author, film producer and longtime muse to her husband, author Calvin Trillin. She was also known for her work with cancer patients. Alice Trillin is a recurr ...
, 1960 – author, educator, film producer *
Michelle Yip Michelle Ye or Ye Xuan (born 14 February 1980) is a Chinese actress and producer. She is best known for her roles in, ''Eternal Happiness'', ''Triumph in the Skies'', and ''Lost in the Chamber of Love''. Her most notable role was in the 2009 f ...
, 1998 – Chinese actress, left before graduation to pursue an acting career in Hong Kong after winning Miss Chinese International Pageant *
Patricia Zipprodt Patricia Zipprodt (February 24, 1925 – July 17, 1999) was an American costume designer. She was known for her technique of painting fabrics and thoroughly researching a project's subject matter, especially when it was a period piece. During a c ...
, 1946 – Tony Award-winning costume designer


Science and medicine

*
Nancy Adler Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ...
, 1968 – Professor of Psychology, Director of the Center for Health and Community, U.C. San Francisco; member of National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Tundi Spring Agardy, 1980 – marine conservationist *
Leah Allen Leah Brown Allen (November 6, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island – February 1973) was an American astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at Hood College. She joined Lick Observatory as Carnegie Assistant in 1908.Mary Proctorbr>"Halley's Comet ...
, M.A. 1912 – astronomer * Thelma Alper, 1929 – clinical psychologist, first Jewish woman to receive a PhD from Harvard University *
JudyAnn Bigby JudyAnn Bigby is an American doctor and the former Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013. She currently serves as director of the Harvard Medical School Center of Ex ...
, 1973 – internist, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Massachusetts) *
Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon (; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of ...
, 1884 – studied physics and astronomy at Wellesley, astronomer, developed the well-known Harvard Classification of stars based upon temperature * Lisa A. Carey – distinguished professor in breast cancer research * Martha Stahr Carpenter, 1941 – astronomer, three-term president of AAVSO, and first woman faculty member in the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences *
Sally Carrighar Sally Carrighar (1898–1985) was born Dorothy Wagner before adopting her grandmother's name. An American naturalist and writer, she is known for her series of nature books chronicling the lives of wild animals. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, an ...
– naturalist and writer * Florence Meier Chase, 1924 – botanist at the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution, concentrating on astrophysical studies including galactic and extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, solar, earth and planetary sciences, the ...
* Harriet Creighton, 1929 – botanist, geneticist, Professor of Botany, with
Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927. There s ...
proved that genetic recombination occurred through chromosomal crossover * Dorothy Day, 1919 – plant physiologist * Helen Wendler Deane, 1938 – histophysiologist *
Louise Dolan Louise Ann Dolan (born April 5, 1950) is an American mathematical physicist and professor of physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She does research in theoretical particle physics, gauge theories, gravity, and string theory ...
, 1971 – mathematical physicist, cosmological and superstring theorist * Persis Drell, 1977 – physicist, director of the
Stanford Linear Accelerator SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Departm ...
, dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering *
Katherine Freeman Katherine H. Freeman is the Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University and a co-editor of the peer-reviewed scientific journal, ''Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences''. Her research interests are org ...
, 1984 – geoscientist, chemist, editor-in-chief of the ''
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ''Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences'' is an annual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews, which broadly covers Earth and planetary sciences, including geology, atmospheric sciences, climate, geophysics, env ...
'' *
Nina Gage Nina Gage (1883 – 1946) was an American nurse who was a leading teacher of modern nursing in China, and ran a nursing school in Hunan province. She was president of the International Council of Nurses from 1925 to 1929. After returning from Chin ...
, 1905 – leading teacher of modern nursing in China * Muriel Gardiner, 1922 – psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, likely the basis for the character "Julia" in Lillian Hellman's " Pentimento" *
Winifred Goldring Winifred Goldring (February 1, 1888 – January 30, 1971Kluessendorf, 1998, p.14), was an American paleontologist whose work included a description of stromatolites, as well as the study of Devonian crinoids. and   She was the first wom ...
, 1909 – pioneering paleontologist *
Pauline Hald Pauline Merritt Hald (February 2, 1904 – December 5, 1998) was an American clinical chemist and medical researcher, based in New Haven, Connecticut. She worked in the laboratory of chemist John P. Peters for many years, and published the fi ...
, 1926 – clinical chemist at Yale *
Judith Goslin Hall Judith Goslin Hall (born July 3, 1939) is a pediatrician, clinical geneticist and dysmorphology, dysmorphologist who is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. Early life and education The daughter of a minister, Judith Goslin Hall w ...
, 1961 – pediatrician and clinical geneticist * Carol Handwerker – Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University * Harriet Louise Hardy, 1928 – pioneer in occupational health, first woman to become a full professor at Harvard Medical School *
Abigail Harrison Abigail Harrison (born June 13, 1997), also known as Astronaut Abby, is an American internet personality and science communicator, particularly in the area of the United States space program. Harrison is the founder and current leader of The Mars ...
, 2019 – sciences advocate, Internet personality *
Martha Haynes Martha Patricia Haynes (born 24 April 1951) is an American astronomer who specializes in radio astronomy and extragalactic astronomy. She is the distinguished professor of arts and sciences in astronomy at Cornell University.Erna Schneider Hoover Erna Schneider Hoover (born June 19, 1926) is an American mathematician notable for inventing a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication" according to several reports. It prevented system overloads by mon ...
, 1932 – computer scientist, invented computer switching of telephone traffic at Bell Labs * Dorothea Jameson, 1942 – cognitive psychologist, expert in color and vision *
Mary Jeanne Kreek Mary Jeanne Kreek (9 February 1937 – March 27, 2021) was an American neurobiologist specializing in the study and treatment of addiction. She is best known for her work with Marie Nyswander and Dr. Vincent Dole in the development of methadone t ...
, 1958 – neurobiologist, best known for her work in the development of methadone therapy for heroin addiction, was named a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, received an Alumni Gold Medal Award from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for "lifetime excellence in medicine", and Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Institute on Drug Addiction * Rebecca Lancefield, 1916 – microbiologist, developed serologic classification of beta-hemolytic streptococci *
Story Landis Story Landis is an American neurobiologist and former director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. She was director of the institute between September 1, 2003 and October 2014. Dr. ...
, 1967 – neuroscientist, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke * Louise Zung-nyi Loh, 1924 – mathematician, physicist, college professor in China and US * Nergis Mavalvala, 1990 – astrophysicist, 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Dean of the MIT Institute of Science *
Martha McClintock Martha Kent McClintock (born February 22, 1947) is an American psychologist best known for her research on human pheromones and her theory of menstrual synchrony. Her research focuses on the relationship that the environment and biology have up ...
, 1970 – biopsychologist, discoverer of human pheromones * Louise McDowell, 1898 – physicist, one of the first women to work at the National Bureau of Standards * Pamela Melroy, 1983 – astronaut, space shuttle commander *
Vivian Pinn Vivian Winona Pinn (born 1941) is an American physician-scientist and pathologist known for her advocacy of women's health issues and concerns, particularly for ensuring that federally funded medical studies include female patients, and well as e ...
, 1963 – pathologist, Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health * Charlotte Fitch Roberts, 1880 – Professor of Chemistry, 1894–1917; one of the first women to receive a Ph.D from Yale in 1894; head of the Wellesley Chemistry Department until her death in 1917 *
Mabel Seagrave Mabel Alexandria Seagrave (January 3, 1882 – November 10, 1935) was an American medical doctor who was sent to France by the National American Woman Suffrage Association to staff a refugee hospital during World War I. Dr. Seagrave stayed on aft ...
, 1905 – doctor, ran a hospital in France after World War I *
Isabelle Stone Isabelle Stone (October 18, 1868 – 1966) was an American physicist and educator. She was one of the founders of the American Physical Society. She was among the first women to be awarded a PhD in physics in the United States. Early life a ...
, 1890 – physicist, founder of the
American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...
*
Chi Che Wang Chi Che Wang (; October 3, 1894 – October 10, 1979), also known as Wang Chi-Lian, was a Chinese biochemist and college professor. Wang was one of the first Chinese women to make a career in American higher education and scientific research. ...
, 1914 – biochemist, professor at Northwestern University and the University of Cincinnati *
Isabel Bassett Wasson Isabel Bassett Wasson (January 11, 1897 – February 21, 1994) was one of the first female petroleum geologists in the United States, the first female ranger at Yellowstone National Park, and also one of the first interpretive rangers (male or fe ...
, 1918 – petroleum geologist and National Park Service ranger *
Naomi Weisstein Naomi Weisstein (October 16, 1939 – March 26, 2015) was an American cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, author and professor of psychology. Weisstein's main area of work was based in social psychology and cognitive neuroscience. She consider ...
, 1961 – professor of psychology, neuroscientist, author * Mary Allen Wilkes, 1959 – computer pioneer, one of the first people to use a home computer * Brenda Pruden Winnewisser, 1961 – physicist, received a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, has 122 research publications () *
Alexandra Worden Alexandra (Alex) Z. Worden is a microbial ecologist and genome scientist known for her expertise in the ecology and evolution of ocean microbes and their influence on global biogeochemical cycles. Research Contributions Worden's research focus ...
, 1992 – microbial ecologist and biologist, fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research


Other

*
Carol Cadou Carol Borchert Cadou is an American museum curator and administrator who serves as executive director of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, running the society's headquarters at Dumberton House in Washington, D.C. Life and ...
– art curator and museum director * Julia Collins, 2005 – holds second-longest '' Jeopardy'' winning streak, best female champion *
Anya Corke Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California, USA) is an American-born English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong, where she was the top ranked chess player, until 2009. Career Corke ea ...
, 2013 – chess player, Woman Grandmaster * Isabel Darlington, 1886 – lawyer and first woman to gain admittance to the bar and practice law in Chester County, Pennsylvania *
Betty Freeman Betty Freeman (2 June 1921 – 3 January 2009) was an American philanthropist and photographer. Biography Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois. At age 3, she moved with her parents and two brothers to Brooklyn, later moving to New Rochelle ...
, 1942 – philanthropist, patron of contemporary classical music including
John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...
,
Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...
, and
Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...
*
Asma Gull Hasan Asma Gull Hasan ( ur, ; born 1974) is an American writer. Her work includes the book ''Red, White, and Muslim'', a biographical view of growing up as an American Muslim. She is the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, born in Chicago, United Stat ...
, 1997 – Muslim feminist writer, lawyer * Mary Haskell (1873–1964) – educator * Nadine Netter (born 1944) – tennis player * S. Grace Nicholes – social reformer * AJ Odasso, 2005 – editor, educator, novelist, and poet * Georgia Pellegrini, 2003 – author, food blogger, chef and hunter * Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1880s – philanthropist; namesake of the student dormitory, Severance Hall *
Ruth Rowland Nichols Ruth Rowland Nichols (February 23, 1901 – September 25, 1960) was an American aviation pioneer. She is the only woman yet to hold simultaneous world records for speed, altitude, and distance for a female pilot. Biography Nichols was born in ...
, 1924 – aviation pioneer *
Charlotte Anita Whitney Charlotte Anita Whitney (July 7, 1867 – February 4, 1955), best known as "Anita Whitney", was an American women's rights activist, political activist, suffragist, and early Communist Labor Party of America and Communist Party USA organizer in ...
, 1889 – women's rights and political activist, suffragist, Communist Party organizer


Notable faculty

* Edith Abbott – social worker, educator, and author *
Myrtilla Avery Myrtilla Avery (1869–1959) was an American classical scholar focused on Medieval art, former chair of Department of Art at Wellesley College and director of the Farnsworth Art Museum from 1930–1937. Biography Avery graduated in 1891 from Well ...
– classical scholar focused on
Medieval art The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, gen ...
, former chair of Department of Art at
Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...
and director of the
Farnsworth Art Museum The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art. Its permanent collection includes works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Henry Lan ...
1930–1937 Introduced the first art history classes at Wellesley & the earliest museum studies courses. * Emily Greene Balch – economist, peace activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize * Katharine Lee Bates – author of '' America the Beautiful''; also Wellesley College alumna *
Carolyn Shaw Bell Carolyn Shaw Bell (June 21, 1920 – May 13, 2006) was the Katharine Coman professor in economics at Wellesley College known for her mentorship of her own students' careers, as well as mentorship of female economists more broadly, through the ef ...
– economist * Frank Bidart – poet * Laura Bornholdt – historian and dean of the college *
Harriet Boyd-Hawes Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes (October 11, 1871 – March 31, 1945) was a pioneering American archaeologist, nurse, relief worker, and professor. She is best known as the discoverer and first director of Gournia, one of the first archaeological excavat ...
– archaeologist * Howard Mayer Brown – musicologist * Judy Brown – physicist *
Mary Bunting Mary Ingraham Bunting (July 10, 1910 – January 21, 1998) was an influential United States, American College#United States, college president; ''Time (magazine), Time'' profiled her as the magazine's November 3, 1961, cover story.Bryan E. Burns – archeologist * Ellen Burrell – head of Pure Mathematics department, 1897–1916 *
Alice Huntington Bushee Alice Huntington Bushee (December 4, 1867 – April 28, 1956) was an American librarian and early pioneer in Hispanic studies. She was a professor at Wellesley College and wrote several books, including ''Fundamentals of Spanish Grammar''. Ear ...
– writer * Mary Whiton Calkins – philosopher *
Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon (; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of ...
– astronomer * Karl "Chip" Case – economist * Dan Chiasson – poet *
Katharine Coman Katharine Ellis Coman ( – ) was an American social activist and professor. She was based at the women-only Wellesley College, Massachusetts, where she created new courses in political economy, in line with her personal belief in social change ...
– economist *
Francis Judd Cooke Francis Judd Cooke (December 28, 1910 – May 18, 1995) was an American composer, organist, cellist, pianist, conductor, choir director, and professor. Life Cooke was born December 28, 1910 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a family of New England mi ...
– composer * Rose Laub Coser – sociologist *
Sirarpie Der-Nersessian Sirarpie Der Nersessian (5 September 18965 July 1989) was an Armenian art historian, who specialized in Armenian and Byzantine studies. Der Nersessian was a renowned academic and a pioneer in Armenian art history. She taught at several instituti ...
– art historian *
Carlos Dorrien Carlos Dorrien (born 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an American sculptor of Mexican descent. Biography He studied at Montserrat School of Visual Art (now Montserrat College of Art) and at Massachusetts College of Art. He later joined the fa ...
– sculptor *
Katharine May Edwards Katharine May Edwards (May 10, 1862 – May 21, 1952) was an American college professor and classicist. Early life Edwards was born in Cortland, New York, the daughter of Timothy Edwards and Hulda Ann Uptegrove Edwards. She earned a bachelor ...
– professor of Greek, classics scholar * Alicia Erian – novelist *
Alona E. Evans Alona E. Evans (February 27, 1917 – September 23, 1980) was an American scholar who specialized in international law and was one of the first American academics to write extensively on legal issues related to international terrorists, fugitives an ...
– political scientist * David Ferry – poet and translator *
Edmund Barry Gaither Edmund Barry Gaither is known for his education and museum-related activities. He was born in 1944 in Great Falls, a small town in South Carolina, United States. His interest and passion for art began at an early age, but because he grew up in a s ...
– art historian *
Marshall Goldman Marshall Irwin Goldman (July 26, 1930 – August 2, 2017) was an American economist and writer. He was an expert on the economy of the former Soviet Union. Goldman was a professor of economics at Wellesley College and associate director of the Ha ...
– economist and author *
June Goodfield June Goodfield is a British historian, scientist, and writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Biography Born Gwyneth June Goodfield in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1927, she read zoology at the University of London and undertook a PhD in history and ...
– philosopher and historian of science * Jorge Guillén – poet *
Ellen Hildreth Ellen Catherine Hildreth is a professor of computer science at Wellesley College. Her fields are visual perception and computer vision. She co-invented the Marr-Hildreth algorithm along with David Marr. She completed all of her higher education ...
– computer scientist *
Kathleen Hirsch Kathleen Hirsch (born June 1, 1953) is an American author. Hirsch received her B.A. in political science and English in 1975 at Mount Holyoke College and her M.F.A in fiction writing from Brown University in 1979. She joined the staff of ''The ...
– writer *
Walter Houghton Walter Edwards Houghton (September 21, 1904 in Stamford, Connecticut - April 11, 1983) was an American historian of Victorian literature, best known for editing the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. Biography Houghton was educated at Ya ...
– historian of Victorian literature *
Marian E. Hubbard Marian Elizabeth Hubbard (August 31, 1868 – February 24, 1956) was an American zoologist and associate professor of zoology at Wellesley College, where she taught for over 40 years. Early life Marian Elizabeth Hubbard was born in McGregor, Io ...
– zoology professor *
Nannerl O. Keohane Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas) She is now a professor in social sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, where she is researching the theory and practice of leadership in democ ...
– political theorist; president of the college 1981–1993; also Wellesley College alumna *
Philip L. Kohl Philip L. Kohl (September 20, 1946 – May 11, 2022)Philip L. Kohl ...
– anthropologist *
Hedwig Kohn Hedwig Kohn (5 April 1887 – 26 November 1964) was a physicist who was one of only three women (along Lise Meitner and Hertha Sponer) to obtain habilitation (the qualification for university teaching) in physics in Germany before World War II. ...
– physicist * Mary Lefkowitz – classical scholar; also Wellesley College alumna * Tom Lehrer – singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician *
Jon D. Levenson Jon Douglas Levenson is an American Hebrew Bible scholar who is the Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies at the Harvard Divinity School. Education *A.B. '' summa cum laude'' in English, Harvard College, 1971. *A.M. Department of Near Easter ...
– theologian * Peggy Levitt – sociology * Margaret Eliza Maltby – physicist * Julián Marías – philosopher * Tony Martin – historian *
Mildred H. McAfee Mildred Helen McAfee Horton (12 May 1900 – 2 September 1994) was an American academic, educator, naval officer, and religious leader. She served during World War II as first director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Servi ...
– former president of Wellesley College, first director of the WAVES * Louise McDowell – physicist, first U.S. woman to work at the National Bureau of Standards * Alison McIntyre – philosopher *
Helen Abbot Merrill Helen Abbot Merrill (1864 – 1949) was an American mathematician, educator and textbook author. Biography Merrill was born on March 30, 1864, in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey; her father was a New Jersey insurance claims adjustor of colonial st ...
– mathematician (and alumna) * Vladimir Nabokov – author *
James F. O'Gorman Dr. James F. O'Gorman (born 1933) is a leading American architectural historian, author, lecturer, editor, and consultant who taught for many years at Wellesley College. O'Gorman received a B.Arch. degree from the School of Architecture at Washi ...
– architectural historian *
Julia Swift Orvis Julia Swift Orvis (November 22, 1872 – March 16, 1949) was an American college professor, pacifist, and author of ''A Brief History of Poland'' (1916). She taught history and political science at Wellesley College for 42 years, before she reti ...
– taught history and political science 1899–1941 *
Alice Freeman Palmer Alice Freeman Palmer (born Alice Elvira Freeman; February 21, 1855 – December 6, 1902) was an American educator. As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George He ...
– educator, first woman president of a nationally known college (Wellesley College) *
Josephine Preston Peabody Josephine Preston Peabody (May 30, 1874 – December 4, 1922) was an American poet and dramatist. Biography Peabody was born in New York and educated at the Girls' Latin School, Boston, and at Radcliffe College. In 1898, she was introduced ...
– poet, dramatist *
Ellen Fitz Pendleton Ellen Fitz Pendleton (August 7, 1864 – July 26, 1936) was an American educator. She was president of Wellesley College for 25 years and notably expanded it financially and physically. Early life Pendleton was born in Westerly, Rhode Island o ...
– mathematician, former president of Wellesley College, alumna * Robert Pinsky – poet * Adrian Piper – philosopher *
Judith Roitman Judith "Judy" Roitman (born November 12, 1945) is a mathematician, a retired professor at the University of Kansas. She specializes in set theory, topology, Boolean algebras, and mathematics education. Biography Roitman was born in 1945 in New Y ...
– mathematician * Richard Rorty – philosopher *
Paul J. Sachs Paul Joseph Sachs (November 24, 1878 – February 18, 1965) was an American investor, businessman and museum director. Sachs served as associate director of the Fogg Art Museum and as a partner in the financial firm Goldman Sachs. He is recogniz ...
– art historian * Allen Sapp – musician *
Alice T. Schafer Alice Turner Schafer (June 18, 1915 – September 27, 2009) was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.Alan Schechter Alan Schechter (born 1936) is a political scientist. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. He was educated at Amherst College, where he received his AB, and at Columbia University, where he earned ...
– political scientist *
Vida Dutton Scudder Julia Vida Dutton Scudder (1861–1954) was an American educator, writer, and welfare activist in the social gospel movement. Early life She was born in Madurai, India, on December 15, 1861, the only child of David Coit Scudder (of the Scudder f ...
– writer, educator, welfare activist * Mary Sears – oceanographer *
Marilyn Sides Marilyn Sides is an American writer and a senior lecturer in the English Department of Wellesley College, Massachusetts where she teaches creative writing and literature courses. Her collection of short stories, '' The Island of the Mapmaker's ...
– writer *
Marion Elizabeth Stark Marion Elizabeth Stark (23 Aug 1894 – 15 April 1982) was an American mathematician. She was one of the first women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Biography on pp. 575–577 of thSupplementary MaterialaAMS/ref> Education and career ...
– mathematician * Emily Vermeule – classical scholar and
archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
*
Claude Vigée Claude Vigée (born Claude Strauss; 3 January 1921 – 2 October 2020) was a French poet who wrote in French and Alsatian. He described himself as a "Jew and an Alsatian, thus doubly Alsatian and doubly Jewish". Life Vigée was born in Bischwi ...
– poet * Alice Walker – author *
Sarah Frances Whiting Sarah Frances Whiting (August 23, 1847 – September 12, 1927) was an American physicist and astronomer. She was one of the founders and the first director of the Whitin Observatory at Wellesley College. She instructed several notable astronom ...
– astronomer and physicist, founder of the
Whitin Observatory Whitin Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Wellesley College. Built in 1900, with additions in 1906, 1967, and 2010, it is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and named after Wellesley College trustee Mrs. John C ...
*
Mary Emma Woolley Mary Emma Woolley (July 13, 1863 – September 5, 1947) was an American educator, peace activist and women's suffrage supporter. She was the first female student to attend Brown University and served as the 11th President of Mount Holyoke College ...
– Bible scholar, academic administrator *
Richard Yarde Richard Yarde (1939–2011) was an American artist and professor, who specialized in watercolor painting.Mabel Minerva Young – mathematician


References

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