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<h2 id="notable-alumnae">Notable alumnae</h2> <h3>Academics and scientists</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anne_Anastasi/Wylc6HEI">Anne Anastasi</a> (1928), American psychologist known for her pioneering development of <a href="/facts/Psychometrics/56X26MDI">psychometrics</a>, former president of the <a href="/facts/American_Psychological_Association/907fEfuc">American Psychological Association</a>, recipient of the <a href="/facts/National_Medal_of_Science/2N3FDKNS">National Medal of Science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Naomi_Andr%25C3%25A9/4LYVBt64">Naomi André</a> (1989), professor of music at the <a href="/facts/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill/Wrd3mBWz">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Natalie_Angier/T56980p1">Natalie Angier</a> (1978), author, science journalist for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>, winner of the <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Beat_Reporting/JGyVSrsm">Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nina_Ansary/ljDSs6PG">Nina Ansary</a> (1989), historian, author, one of the six UN Women Champions for Innovation, daughter of Iranian diplomat and philanthropist <a href="/facts/Hushang_Ansary/5ay2075q">Hushang Ansary</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cicely_Applebaum_Ryshpan/n1epCKvX">Cicely Applebaum Ryshpan</a> (1904–2004), economist who worked with labor unions, the US federal government, various United Nations agencies, and the <a href="/facts/World_Bank/hIH9uUb2">World Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacqueline_Barton/QTcLuqt1">Jacqueline Barton</a> (1974), Caltech chemist and <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellows Program</a> "genius grant" winner</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Baum/VkfQFvrC">Jean Baum</a> (1980), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at <a href="/facts/Rutgers_University/dC8074a9">Rutgers University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sally_Benson_(professor)/qjLvgqho">Sally Benson</a> (1977), professor of energy engineering at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_M._Berman/56musjg9">Helen M. Berman</a> (1964), Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at <a href="/facts/Rutgers_University/dC8074a9">Rutgers University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Martha_Biondi/G13ekMLg">Martha Biondi</a> (1985), professor of African American studies at <a href="/facts/Northwestern_University/4dunJHBf">Northwestern University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Birman/ceIIseYm">Joan Birman</a> (1948), mathematician and winner of the <a href="/facts/Chauvenet_Prize/Hx2fpTwd">Chauvenet Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hazel_Bishop/aYIfYL8N">Hazel Bishop</a> (1929), <a href="/facts/Chemist/N09K7Bdm">chemist</a> and inventor of innovative cosmetics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edyta_Bojanowska/mbxgjjEc">Edyta Bojanowska</a> (1993), professor of Slavic languages and literature at <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hendrika_B._Cantwell/cPaluCqI">Hendrika B. Cantwell</a> (1944), clinical professor of pediatrics, <a href="/facts/Child_advocacy/Bb4G7Jmr">advocate</a> for abused and neglected children</li> <li><a href="/facts/Margaret_I._Carman/yl9YyuuW">Margaret I. Carman</a> (1890–1976), teacher at <a href="/facts/Flushing_High_School/R44LlpuJ">Flushing High School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marian_Chertow/q3fbDfGo">Marian Chertow</a> (1977), academic specializing in <a href="/facts/Environmental_resource_management/pLk76zbx">environmental resource management</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Cole_(academic_administrator)/4m3tetxy">Susan Cole</a> (1962), first female president of <a href="/facts/Montclair_State_University/6omgCEvG">Montclair State University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Gardiner_Davenport/2RkkTE3d">Frances Gardiner Davenport</a> (1890–1), historian<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stacey_D%2527Erasmo/XvbJKQCD">Stacey D'Erasmo</a> (1983), American author and critic, professor at Fordham University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jerrilynn_Dodds/K910fqs5">Jerrilynn Dodds</a> (1973), art historian, former dean of <a href="/facts/Sarah_Lawrence_College/lHBzGtAV">Sarah Lawrence College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ingrith_Johnson_Deyrup-Olsen/s5wMFvoU">Ingrith Johnson Deyrup-Olsen</a> (1940), American zoologist, daughter of <a href="/facts/The_New_School/5X1Xqzbv">The New School</a> founder and first president <a href="/facts/Alvin_Saunders_Johnson/kuTcQJxP">Alvin Saunders Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mabel_Smith_Douglass/dIINKC0m">Mabel Smith Douglass</a> (1899), educator and namesake of Douglass Residential College of Rutgers University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carol_Dweck/AzjXa7oh">Carol Dweck</a> (1967), professor of psychology at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pam_Eddinger/CyFvoET8">Pam Eddinger</a> (1982), president of <a href="/facts/Bunker_Hill_Community_College/jWrjS36f">Bunker Hill Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Einhorn/hIIwlJlP">Jessica Einhorn</a> (1967), former dean of the <a href="/facts/Paul_H._Nitze_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies/loK4yETI">Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hope_Tisdale_Eldridge/MF1kKMu9">Hope Tisdale Eldridge</a> (1925), physical educator, demographer and statistician at the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Firth_Haring_Fabend/p7jmmtfz">Firth Haring Fabend</a> (1959), novelist and historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_Farriss/o2AASYej">Nancy Farriss</a> (1959), historian, professor at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Pennsylvania/LBBBULox">University of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Garretson_Finch/2y9LYSc4">Jessica Garretson Finch</a> (1893), author, suffragette, founding President of <a href="/facts/Finch_College/bLsdu6LN">Finch College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Elizabeth_Fleming/lEWWNwJt">Katherine Elizabeth Fleming</a> (1987), provost of <a href="/facts/New_York_University/4UnIkThy">New York University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Franke/DBGnYrgy">Katherine Franke</a> (1981), professor at <a href="/facts/Columbia_Law_School/KK8HtkHA">Columbia Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_V._Futter/rsuPQda0">Ellen V. Futter</a> (1971), President of <a href="/facts/Barnard_College/wuo1dlWK">Barnard College</a> and the <a href="/facts/American_Museum_of_Natural_History/q5tYv7px">American Museum of Natural History</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Gal/2TueTYLg">Susan Gal</a> (1970), anthropologist, professor at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Chicago/z6zRMUmV">University of Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lynn_Garafola/H5NYfwME">Lynn Garafola</a> (1968), dance historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Virginia_Gildersleeve/I8GRfSYL">Virginia Gildersleeve</a> (1899), Dean of <a href="/facts/Barnard_College/wuo1dlWK">Barnard College</a> and delegate to the charter conference of the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> in 1945</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karen_Goldberg/wKEBJ8Hr">Karen Goldberg</a> (1983), Vagelos Professor of Energy Research at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Pennsylvania/LBBBULox">University of Pennsylvania</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nieca_Goldberg/PReUh6pd">Nieca Goldberg</a> (1979), doctor at the <a href="/facts/NYU_Langone_Medical_Center/XpjRS9Wb">NYU Langone Medical Center</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rebecca_Goldstein/qByETDld">Rebecca Goldstein</a> (1972), philosopher, biographer, and novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Gottesman/tfnXFlEW">Ruth Gottesman</a> (1952), professor of pediatrics at <a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine/nKkhGyRw">Albert Einstein College of Medicine</a>, philanthropist, wife of <a href="/facts/David_Gottesman/s23qTRWs">David Gottesman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Monica_Green_(historian)/GeHX0Jrc">Monica Green</a> (1978), medieval historian and Professor of History at <a href="/facts/Arizona_State_University/e4lLNfmP">Arizona State University</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maxine_Greene/uVuTPT43">Maxine Greene</a> (1938), educator, philosopher, activist; past president of the <a href="/facts/American_Educational_Research_Association/M0aYS2jW">American Educational Research Association</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Patricia_Greenspan/MnYYwV1t">Patricia Greenspan</a> (1966), professor of philosophy at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Maryland%2c_College_Park/Wmc5R1kM">University of Maryland, College Park</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miriam_Griffin/gzoMh0kp">Miriam Griffin</a> (1956), classical scholar at <a href="/facts/Somerville_College%2c_Oxford/ySEouyGb">Somerville College, Oxford</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_R._Gritz/aBMsPulM">Ellen R. Gritz</a> (1964), cancer researcher at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Texas/6NApstxT">University of Texas</a> <a href="/facts/MD_Anderson_Cancer_Center/K1177Mww">MD Anderson Cancer Center</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_T._Gross/XrWjUkLC">Ruth T. Gross</a> (1941), pediatrician, first woman to hold an endowed chair at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Evelyn_Byrd_Harrison/dmAzm4nM">Evelyn Byrd Harrison</a> (1941), classical scholar, archaeologist, Fellow of the <a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences/KptWYgz4">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Martha_Himmelfarb/jD3grBBM">Martha Himmelfarb</a> (1974), scholar of religion, professor at <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Holland/SFvzE6LP">Louise Holland</a> (1893–1990), academic, philologist and archaeologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lise_Morj%25C3%25A9_Howard/fBHcXV25">Lise Morjé Howard</a> (1991), political scientist, professor at <a href="/facts/Georgetown_University/GRubgGhB">Georgetown University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Herzfeld/XausjFyh">Judith Herzfeld</a> (1967), Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at <a href="/facts/Brandeis_University/zPuA6KfV">Brandeis University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Evelyn_Hu/Sxcp4oWm">Evelyn Hu</a> (1969), Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Blackwell_Hutson/4WnbcnDb">Jean Blackwell Hutson</a> (1969), librarian, archivist, chief of the <a href="/facts/Schomburg_Center_for_Research_in_Black_Culture/jkoMEmuC">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Karla_Jay/rmdNchaK">Karla Jay</a> (1968), pioneer of lesbian and gay studies</li> <li><a href="/facts/Madlyn_M._Kahr/ClBLY0GW">Madlyn M. Kahr</a> (1913–2004; B.A. 1933), American art historian and educator; professor at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_San_Diego/srMClpNv">University of California, San Diego</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Kamm/C1Ednwts">Frances Kamm</a> (1960), philosopher, professor at <a href="/facts/Rutgers_University/dC8074a9">Rutgers University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Darcy_Kelley/9uMGwfft">Darcy Kelley</a> (1970), American <a href="/facts/Neurobiologist/DvcNRpyM">neurobiologist</a>, professor at <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Linda_K._Kerber/QHY0duXf">Linda K. Kerber</a> (1960), feminist intellectual historian, professor at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Iowa/pBzJ1vxe">University of Iowa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mirra_Komarovsky/8Q2xJXgK">Mirra Komarovsky</a> (1926), sociologist; pioneer in the <a href="/facts/Sociology_of_gender/otzvqQ9T">sociology of gender</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mabel_Lang/M4e3V2Vo">Mabel Lang</a> (1939), archeologist and professor at <a href="/facts/Bryn_Mawr_College/KwWWMNP7">Bryn Mawr College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Linda_Laubenstein/cs4dswa2">Linda Laubenstein</a>, MD (1969), HIV/AIDS researcher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sylvia_Lavin/lR528NNk">Sylvia Lavin</a> (1982), professor at the <a href="/facts/Princeton_University_School_of_Architecture/4ub0cIa4">Princeton University School of Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Janna_Levin/7qLo38GE">Janna Levin</a> (1988), cosmologist and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at <a href="/facts/Barnard_College/wuo1dlWK">Barnard College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Longino/A2TknMJ9">Helen Longino</a> (1960), philosopher of science, professor at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Lowey/Ttz3URHS">Susan Lowey</a> (1950), biophysicist and professor of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Vermont/BxI89H0b">University of Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Mailer/GD2ExtgC">Susan Mailer</a> (1971), psychoanalyst, writer, and academic, daughter of novelist <a href="/facts/Norman_Mailer/GEngXjBf">Norman Mailer</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joyce_Lee_Malcolm/Fb9Rsjz6">Joyce Lee Malcolm</a> (1963), professor at <a href="/facts/Antonin_Scalia_Law_School/elIbB0sY">Antonin Scalia Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rita_Gunther_McGrath/AahkzBwd">Rita Gunther McGrath</a> (1981), business book author; Professor at the <a href="/facts/Columbia_Business_School/TAPcAq9D">Columbia Business School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_M._McNally/wqeWWCD2">Elizabeth M. McNally</a> (1983), geneticist, professor at Northwestern University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eileen_McNamara/T4WAIWEL">Eileen McNamara</a> (1974), professor of journalism at Brandeis University; formerly Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of <i>The Boston Globe</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Margaret_Mead/NW85lSaq">Margaret Mead</a> (1923), anthropologist famous for <i>Coming of Age in Samoa</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Stoler_Miller/EkIMm5uk">Barbara Stoler Miller</a> (1962), scholar of Sanskrit literature known for a translation of the <i><a href="/facts/Bhagavad_Gita/hMnHVqcD">Bhagavad Gita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_K._Miller/XBWUGxn8">Nancy K. Miller</a> (1961), American literary scholar, feminist theorist and memoirist, professor at <a href="/facts/Graduate_Center%2c_CUNY/uzIX3Uqw">Graduate Center, CUNY</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dorothy_Miner_(historian)/rCSPRSHK">Dorothy Miner</a> (1926), American art historian, curator at <a href="/facts/Walters_Art_Museum/5XVRo2Y7">Walters Art Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gertrude_Moakley/9vunYnXN">Gertrude Moakley</a> (1926) American <a href="/facts/Librarian/Tze5ktWw">librarian</a> and noted Tarot scholar.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cathryn_Nagler/oQHYR4l3">Cathryn Nagler</a> (1979), immunologist, professor at the University of Chicago</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eva_Neer/LHYvKeFE">Eva Neer</a> (1959), American chemist, professor at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gertrude_Neumark/JBNg2ckh">Gertrude Neumark</a> (1948), American physicist and former professor of Columbia University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elissa_L._Newport/vNAywJKk">Elissa L. Newport</a> (1969), American psycholinguist, professor at Georgetown University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Novak/P8QMDP4W">Barbara Novak</a> (1950), art historian at Barnard College, 1982 <a href="/facts/National_Book_Award_for_Nonfiction/K1uRGPop">National Book Award for Nonfiction</a> finalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aihwa_Ong/1mQFRwcY">Aihwa Ong</a> (1974), American anthropologist and professor at University of California, Berkeley and 2001 MacArthur Fellow</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Paolucci/CbCQVhgp">Anne Paolucci</a> (1947), Italian American writer, dramatist, professor at St. John's University in New York</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elsie_Clews_Parsons/75tCddCc">Elsie Clews Parsons</a> (1896), first woman elected President of the <a href="/facts/American_Anthropological_Association/VCfSgraD">American Anthropological Association</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Esther_Pasztory/PRo0Lq39">Esther Pasztory</a> (1965), scholar of <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">Pre-Columbian</a> Art at Columbia University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marjorie_Perloff/H0fYtKVS">Marjorie Perloff</a> (1953), professor of English at Stanford University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Perlstein_Pollard/X83mTBCB">Helen Perlstein Pollard</a> (1967), archaeologist, ethnologist, <a href="/facts/Mesoamerican/cFjUFklr">Mesoamericanist</a> scholar, professor of anthropology at <a href="/facts/Michigan_State_University/faLD1NUz">MSU</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Ranney/4XnemB7E">Helen Ranney</a> (1941), first woman to lead a university department of medicine in the U.S., be president of the <a href="/facts/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons/RzDKcaqK">Association of American Physicians</a>, or serve as a Distinguished Physician of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs/oIxJ2vDE">Veterans Administration</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amy_Richards/gBKWs3c9">Amy Richards</a> (1992), American historian and feminist activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ida_Rolf/6RX2dELb">Ida Rolf</a> (1916), biochemist, founder of <a href="/facts/Rolfing/GSXoXPaR">Rolfing Structural Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Rose/orRrIdsT">Barbara Rose</a> (1957), art historian and founding director of the <a href="/facts/Katzen_Arts_Center/QlzETT1m">Katzen Arts Center</a> at American University; first wife of artist <a href="/facts/Frank_Stella/e1yrWDPx">Frank Stella</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ora_Mendelsohn_Rosen/Ucd1hguk">Ora Mendelsohn Rosen</a> (1956), <a href="/facts/Cell_biology/kdIBGHub">cell biology</a> researcher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Rosenblatt/LJGsmr29">Louise Rosenblatt</a> (1920s), influential literary theorist and educator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Ruderman/m2s1o3nm">Joan Ruderman</a> (1969), professor at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mavis_Sanders/2za5Edtu">Mavis Sanders</a> (1987), research scholar<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Myriam_Sarachik/ynAf09n1">Myriam Sarachik</a> (1954), American physicist, professor at the <a href="/facts/City_College_of_New_York/pAP1n6fw">City College of New York</a> and recipient of the <a href="/facts/Oliver_E._Buckley_Condensed_Matter_Prize/BsvcrbjT">Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize</a> in 2005</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kim_Lane_Scheppele/AMxcnYbc">Kim Lane Scheppele</a> (1975), political scientist, professor at <a href="/facts/Princeton_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs/xF2efUGe">Princeton School of Public and International Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Schwartz/Gt7MQdRp">Anna Schwartz</a> (1933), economist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Megumi_Yamaguchi_Shinoda/CrSBBP72">Megumi Yamaguchi Shinoda</a> (1908), first <a href="/facts/Asian_Americans/LEbUc3Gb">Asian American</a> woman to graduate from <a href="/facts/Columbia_University_Vagelos_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons/V3H2XKGE">Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons</a> and one of the first women of Japanese ancestry in the United States to receive a <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Medicine/oojYTemI">Doctor of Medicine degree</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shuly_Rubin_Schwartz/eLHfqEGE">Shuly Rubin Schwartz</a> (1988), first female chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_A._Scitovsky/RFbYEAs1">Anne A. Scitovsky</a> (1937), health economist, former member of the <a href="/facts/President%2527s_Commission_for_the_Study_of_Ethical_Problems_in_Medicine_and_Biomedical_and_Behavioral_Research/Nm2UbqJ0">President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_C._Scrimshaw/wosQECRR">Susan C. Scrimshaw</a> (1967), medical anthropologist, former president of Simmons University and The Sage Colleges</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samah_Selim/cD3ErYyD">Samah Selim</a> (1986), professor of Arabic literature at Rutgers University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Slade/SmnM91DA">Louise Slade</a> (1968), food scientist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vivian_Sobchack/U4lJzIfB">Vivian Sobchack</a> (1961), cultural critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maya_Soetoro-Ng/MGuaDzYX">Maya Soetoro-Ng</a> (1993), educator; half-sister of President <a href="/facts/Barack_Obama/76wUMgL1">Barack Obama</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_E._Stein/E6LDySIh">Judith E. Stein</a> (1965), art historian and curator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_J._Stoll/LGWwM2F7">Barbara J. Stoll</a> (1971), former dean of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Lerner_Spectre/5bfbxVgP">Barbara Lerner Spectre</a> (1964), academic and scholar on <a href="/facts/Jewish_studies/C9UlRYgh">Jewish studies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amy_Sueyoshi/s0QLpcYU">Amy Sueyoshi</a> (1993), historian and academic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Rubin_Suleiman/gx1VD1zz">Susan Rubin Suleiman</a> (1960), professor of French literature at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hessy_Levinsons_Taft/Hkr68mnG">Hessy Levinsons Taft</a> (1955), chemistry professor at St. John's University in New York</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abigail_Thernstrom/8VmQo1kn">Abigail Thernstrom</a> (1958), American political scientist and conservative scholar on race relations, voting rights and education who served on the <a href="/facts/United_States_Commission_on_Civil_Rights/Ibm5c0ol">United States Commission on Civil Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Erin_L._Thompson/px4Btpjz">Erin L. Thompson</a> (2002), professor of art at John Jay College of Criminal Justice</li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Jarvis_Thomson/MLUapFNx">Judith Jarvis Thomson</a> (1950), philosopher and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology</li> <li><a href="/facts/Merryl_Tisch/Ju6J1ooJ">Merryl Tisch</a> (1977), educator, chancellor, <a href="/facts/New_York_State_Board_of_Regents/pjXsWT3J">New York State Board of Regents</a>; wife of <a href="/facts/James_S._Tisch/Q8rpKQCJ">James S. Tisch</a>, heir to the Loews Corporation</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nim_Tottenham/UAcVwdjY">Nim Tottenham</a> (1996), professor of psychology at Columbia University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessie_Ann_Owens/HIWo4bgo">Jessie Ann Owens</a> (1971), professor of music at University of California, Davis</li> <li><a href="/facts/Diane_E._Pataki/Emxyrhms">Diane E. Pataki</a> (1993), professor at the University of Utah and recipient of the <a href="/facts/James_B._Macelwane_Medal/3fszsjkK">James B. Macelwane Medal</a> in 2008</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lila_Wallis/0C0I0LH9">Lila Wallis</a> (1947), physician, former president of the <a href="/facts/American_Medical_Women%2527s_Association/1oxWMec8">American Medical Women's Association</a> and pioneer in women's health</li> <li><a href="/facts/Beatrice_Warde/yxKdSnuW">Beatrice Warde</a> (1920s), calligrapher, librarian, researcher on typography<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Brehme_Warren/hXFfRPgl">Katherine Brehme Warren</a> (1930), geneticist and scientific editor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Weber_(historian)/hqmeS00A">Susan Weber</a> (1977), professor of Bard Graduate Center and wife of <a href="/facts/George_Soros/mj3NlfJm">George Soros</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_L._Webster/2eAEFMY7">Helen L. Webster</a> (1853-1928), philologist and educator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Weisenfeld/13y02oQM">Judith Weisenfeld</a> (1986), scholar of <a href="/facts/Afro-American_religion/FjzIyBgN">Afro-American religion</a>, professor at Princeton University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Karen_Wilkin/0MLpH7VN">Karen Wilkin</a> (1962), art critic and curator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Irene_J._Winter/3G2yDMvw">Irene J. Winter</a> (1960), American art historian, professor at Harvard University</li></ul> <h3>Actresses and performers</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sissy_Biggers/mj5hGw02">Sissy Biggers</a> (1979), host of <i><a href="/facts/Ready.._Set..._Cook!/lPEsTPam">Ready.. Set... Cook!</a></i> 1996–2000</li> <li><a href="/facts/Franziska_Boas/7FfsSHwu">Franziska Boas</a> (1923), dancer, percussionist and dance therapist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Clara_Bryant/wcSIP1o0">Clara Bryant</a> (2007), actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Catherine_de_Castelbajac/r34xsCxJ">Catherine de Castelbajac</a> (1975), model and fashion journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michelle_Collins_(comedian)/xFb9smp7">Michelle Collins</a> (2002), American comedian and talk show host, former presenter of <i><a href="/facts/The_View_(talk_show)/xt876uUP">The View</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jill_Eikenberry/zQ3Is0vW">Jill Eikenberry</a> (1968), actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Denise_Faye/uGUE0sYe">Denise Faye</a> (1996), director, choreographer, actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Greta_Gerwig/zPCELI2I">Greta Gerwig</a> (2006), actress, screenwriter, filmmaker who won the <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%25E2%2580%2593_Musical_or_Comedy/xPb4VEzG">Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy</a> in 2018 and was nominated for two <a href="/facts/Academy_Awards/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rich_Girls/6k28ySuH">Jaime Gleicher</a> (2010), reality star, producer, psychotherapist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lauren_Graham/IK9m7cGG">Lauren Graham</a> (1988), actress, played <a href="/facts/Lorelai_Gilmore/gXqdYVd1">Lorelai Gilmore</a> on TV show <i><a href="/facts/Gilmore_Girls/1cbBfSnJ">Gilmore Girls</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sprague_Grayden/q1nsY5J5">Sprague Grayden</a> (2000s), actress, played Judith Montgomery on <i><a href="/facts/Joan_of_Arcadia/T2GIyRHA">Joan of Arcadia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexandra_Guarnaschelli/7UGR3kRL">Alexandra Guarnaschelli</a> (1991), celebrity chef at Butter Restaurant in New York City, television personality</li> <li><a href="/facts/Boney_Kapoor/ESX6HFTI">Anshula Kapoor</a> (2012), daughter of Indian film producer <a href="/facts/Boney_Kapoor/ESX6HFTI">Boney Kapoor</a> and member of the <a href="/facts/Kapoor_family/QYPY6YAj">Kapoor family</a> in Hindi cinema</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shari_Lewis/ge3FYu6f">Shari Lewis</a> (dropped out – 1950s), <a href="/facts/Ventriloquist/UjgAWjwA">ventriloquist</a>, <a href="/facts/Puppeteer/gtMeF270">puppeteer</a>, television show host</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mozhan_Marn%25C3%25B2/nIFzLLMw">Mozhan Marnò</a> (2001), actress, <i><a href="/facts/House_of_Cards_(U.S._TV_series)/DIBajKcq">House of Cards</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Peggy_McCay/Ipn51Fmg">Peggy McCay</a> (1949), actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kelly_McCreary/Y2LlT2Wq">Kelly McCreary</a> (2003), actress, <i><a href="/facts/Grey%2527s_Anatomy/sYeG8npL">Grey's Anatomy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Julie_Mond/eUxSd6AN">Julie Mond</a> (2000s), actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cynthia_Nixon/5TeXxFfg">Cynthia Nixon</a> (1988), actress, played <a href="/facts/Miranda_Hobbes/aGQaBe2k">Miranda Hobbes</a> on TV show <i><a href="/facts/Sex_and_the_City/nrFqRoJG">Sex and the City</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chelsea_Peretti/YKVVA1gg">Chelsea Peretti</a> (2000), actress, writer for TV show <i><a href="/facts/Parks_and_Recreation/Nmzj09kp">Parks and Recreation</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lee_Remick/tN3K0KsC">Lee Remick</a> (dropped out – 1953), actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ariane_Rinehart/VXDSFtd0">Ariane Rinehart</a> (2015), actress, played Liesl on <i><a href="/facts/The_Sound_of_Music_Live!/LeXzGkqz">The Sound of Music Live!</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Rivers/obkmxXkj">Joan Rivers</a> (1954), star comedian, TV host</li> <li><a href="/facts/Christy_Carlson_Romano/Sn1t71Q9">Christy Carlson Romano</a> (2009), actress, voice of <a href="/facts/Kim_Possible_(character)/220y6Tk4">Kim Possible</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frankie_Shaw/tcvCpxSe">Frankie Shaw</a> (2007), actress on <i><a href="/facts/Mr._Robot/MfVf3MzG">Mr. Robot</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vinessa_Shaw/JbUNUnrT">Vinessa Shaw</a> (dropped out – 1990s), actress, <i><a href="/facts/40_Days_and_40_Nights/18g0aD67">40 Days and 40 Nights</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Leslie_Stefanson/Wdba9y9j">Leslie Stefanson</a> (1993), actress, <a href="/facts/The_General%2527s_Daughter_(film)/no1k3WGw"><i>The General's Daughter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zuzanna_Szadkowski/Bd77W3Q7">Zuzanna Szadkowski</a> (2001), actress, played <a href="/facts/Dorota/qfHDMe4J">Dorota</a> on TV show <i><a href="/facts/Gossip_Girl_(TV_series)/mGjvY04A">Gossip Girl</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sophia_Takal/5VDr3A4w">Sophia Takal</a> (2007), actress and director</li> <li><a href="/facts/Twyla_Tharp/v0p5uFCX">Twyla Tharp</a> (1963), choreographer, dancer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sarah_Thompson_(actress)/QfsNzhfT">Sarah Thompson</a> (1990s), television actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Donna_Vivino/BACjmal6">Donna Vivino</a> (2000), actress and singer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jane_Wyatt/Lkcg973P">Jane Wyatt</a> (1932), <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-winning actress, <i><a href="/facts/Father_Knows_Best/5vltmNsY">Father Knows Best</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Architects</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Norma_Merrick_Sklarek/bSA2MFAn">Norma Merrick Sklarek</a> (1950), first black woman to be licensed as an architect in the United States</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carole_Rifkind/6tC3m3a8">Carole Rifkind</a> (1956), American architectural critic, historian, and author, wife of cancer researcher <a href="/facts/Richard_Rifkind/4bSYVVKP">Richard Rifkind</a></li></ul> <h3>Artists</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Afruz_Amighi/TUfyF0wl">Afruz Amighi</a> (1997), Iranian-born American sculptor, installation artist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/March_Avery/kcLP75Dl">March Avery</a> (1954), American painter, daughter of artist <a href="/facts/Milton_Avery/kIEmN2wh">Milton Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sana_Amanat/y1pd4geD">Sana Amanat</a> (2005), comic book creator and director at <a href="/facts/Marvel_Comics/aze3GojA">Marvel Comics</a>, creator of Marvel's first Muslim female superhero, <i><a href="/facts/Ms._Marvel_(Kamala_Khan)/tvvC30PJ">Ms. Marvel</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Polly_Barton/n4YB9f0f">Polly Barton</a> (1978), textile artist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Bee/axtJsHX4">Susan Bee</a> (1973), American painter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sarah_Charlesworth/fgmpKctl">Sarah Charlesworth</a> (1969), photographer and <a href="/facts/Conceptual_artist/kF1cRx8f">conceptual artist</a> and professor at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Madeline_Hollander/6B2rBQTg">Madeline Hollander</a> (2008), American artist and choreographer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amy_Hwang/vl1AzSnj">Amy Hwang</a> (2000), Asian American cartoonist for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_Yorker/2RfeBrsR">The New Yorker</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clermont_Huger_Lee/n918wyQ3">Clermont Huger Lee</a> (1936), landscape architect, <a href="/facts/Savannah_Women_of_Vision/Xba9AIQr">Savannah Women of Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Michelle_Lopez/CvIFLTXt">Michelle Lopez</a> (1992), American sculptor and installation artist and 2019 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellowship</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jesse_Mockrin/RqxPgEXW">Jesse Mockrin</a> (2003), American artist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maud_Morgan/DQatRQx1">Maud Morgan</a> (1926), modern artist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Josephine_Paddock/uuma3s7f">Josephine Paddock</a> (1949), painter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jane_Teller/A7oNMlzf">Jane Teller</a> (1933), sculptor and recipient of the 1988 <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Caucus_for_Art_Lifetime_Achievement_Award/UGb9gtx9">Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mierle_Laderman_Ukeles/y8xgeK48">Mierle Laderman Ukeles</a> (1961), performance artist, winner of the 2001 <a href="/facts/Anonymous_Was_A_Woman_Award/v6Kdzny6">Anonymous Was A Woman Award</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Donna_Zakowska/GERGr7mB">Donna Zakowska</a> (1975), <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-winning American costume designer for her work on <i><a href="/facts/John_Adams_(miniseries)/s2qCorIw">John Adams</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Athletes</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rowing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%25E2%2580%2593_Women%2527s_lightweight_double_sculls/3quPejhP">Stacey Borgman</a> (1993), member of <a href="/facts/Sport_rowing/vN9AnU2G">crew</a> team for the United States at the <a href="/facts/2004_Olympics/7ljacRK4">2004 Olympics</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gloria_Callen/nPGeF9hr">Gloria Callen</a> (1946), swimmer and <a href="/facts/Associated_Press_Athlete_of_the_Year/X8lC86JY">Associated Press Athlete of the Year</a> of 1942</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abby_Marshall/89TMGbfM">Abby Marshall</a> (2014), chess player; won 2009 <a href="/facts/Denker_Tournament_of_High_School_Champions/CzShKXIX">Denker Tournament of High School Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexis_Sablone/HlfcEl4v">Alexis Sablone</a> (2008), American skateboarder and architect</li> <li><a href="/facts/Erinn_Smart/ChPUoz34">Erinn Smart</a> (2001), <a href="/facts/Fencing/9h2HHTvy">fencer</a> for the United States at the <a href="/facts/2004_Olympics/7ljacRK4">2004 Olympics</a> silver medalist in team foil fencing at the Beijing 2008 Olympics</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robin_Wagner_(figure_skater)/o9wB0GfC">Robin Wagner</a> (1980), figure-skating coach</li></ul> <h3>Businesswomen</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Flora_Miller_Biddle/ygCNQRTA">Flora Miller Biddle</a> (attended), former president of the <a href="/facts/Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art/cPaCK0a2">Whitney Museum of American Art</a>, granddaughter of <a href="/facts/Gertrude_Vanderbilt_Whitney/JFIJNfHo">Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Breibart/Y0NfIP8W">Joan Breibart</a> (1963), Pilates instructor, inventor, writer, and entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eileen_Ford/IR2tgsb7">Eileen Ford</a> (1943), co-founder of <a href="/facts/Ford_Models/3ArBTgYs">Ford Models</a>, one of the world's oldest and most influential <a href="/facts/Modeling_agency/5qh6eXvD">modeling agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phyllis_E._Grann/C4AIWUu6">Phyllis E. Grann</a> (1958), first female CEO of <a href="/facts/Penguin_Group/smLs3pup">Penguin Putnam</a> and editor of <a href="/facts/Knopf_Doubleday/NcR9r1F1">Knopf Doubleday</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elinor_Guggenheimer/F4RWwdx6">Elinor Guggenheimer</a> (1933), civic leader, philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexandra_Creel_Goelet/52ta2qsz">Alexandra Creel Goelet</a> (1974), heiress, niece of <a href="/facts/Robert_David_Lion_Gardiner/Mx5dJhJF">Robert David Lion Gardiner</a>, wife of <a href="/facts/Robert_Guestier_Goelet/3adIR4vh">Robert Guestier Goelet</a> and owner of <a href="/facts/Gardiners_Island/rV6u7pVL">Gardiners Island</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nina_Griscom/KkFuhX29">Nina Griscom</a> (1977), model, television host, socialite, businesswoman, stepdaughter of <a href="/facts/Felix_Rohatyn/WDQVIFqD">Felix Rohatyn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Harriman_Rumsey/tSg7oqLt">Mary Harriman Rumsey</a> (1905), founder of nonprofit organization <a href="/facts/Junior_League/BjHvJIWa">Junior League</a>, daughter of railroad magnate <a href="/facts/E._H._Harriman/j1hgvf9X">E. H. Harriman</a> and sister to New York Governor <a href="/facts/W._Averell_Harriman/9yn7S4Bp">W. Averell Harriman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anjli_Jain/l0eIsPIq">Anjli Jain</a> (2003), executive director of <a href="/facts/CampusEAI_Consortium/G6FVCVgM">CampusEAI Consortium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Madeline_Kripke/cvCn4k3n">Madeline Kripke</a> (1943–2020), book collector</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harriet_Burton_Laidlaw/vm3W77fl">Harriet Burton Laidlaw</a> (1902), suffragist and first female corporate director of <a href="/facts/Standard_%2526_Poor%2527s/36l7vfEP">Standard & Poor's</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Adele_Lewisohn_Lehman/MmeNEe7Q">Adele Lewisohn Lehman</a> (1903), philanthropist and member of the <a href="/facts/Lehman_family/seDbuUGr">Lehman family</a>, daughter-in-law of <a href="/facts/Mayer_Lehman/Fw02lVuD">Mayer Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Liz_Neumark/v2GweF7z">Liz Neumark</a> (1977), founder and CEO of New York catering company Great Performances<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sheila_Nevins/D8I5ABDd">Sheila Nevins</a> (1960), president of <a href="/facts/HBO/gGSPvEEu">HBO</a> documentary films; winner of 27 <a href="/facts/Primetime_Emmy_Awards/4eAaPW0F">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> and 3 <a href="/facts/Peabody_Awards/pC7Q1kqp">Peabody Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Whitney_Payson/PIARQbzF">Joan Whitney Payson</a> (1925), co-founder and majority of owner of the <a href="/facts/New_York_Mets/hYIMH7kG">New York Mets</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> granddaughter of <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_State/AgUe4Dkq">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/facts/John_Hay/G8NRgydR">John Hay</a> and member of the <a href="/facts/Whitney_family/wst1kRmc">Whitney family</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Azita_Raji/FpJNN1Dp">Azita Raji</a> (1983), investment banker, <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Sweden/2hpzDjg8">United States Ambassador to Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Rogers_Reid/RQDtBky2">Helen Rogers Reid</a> (1903), newspaper publisher, president of the <i><a href="/facts/New_York_Herald_Tribune/p3DRaNaM">New York Herald Tribune</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phyllis_Robinson/VtnpjUgF">Phyllis Robinson</a> (1942), executive at <a href="/facts/Doyle_Dane_Bernbach/Q2zcvIVk">Doyle Dane Bernbach</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cindy_Rose/2LwkNQRs">Cindy Rose</a> (1985), president of <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> Western Europe</li> <li><a href="/facts/Devorah_Rose/hxXXyCNT">Devorah Rose</a> (2002), socialite, entrepreneur and editor of Social Life magazine</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexis_Stewart/hfYPKg7d">Alexis Stewart</a> (1987), daughter of <a href="/facts/Martha_Stewart/Nnc8AdJb">Martha Stewart</a> '64; TV host and radio personality</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martha_Stewart/Nnc8AdJb">Martha Stewart</a> (1964), business magnate, entrepreneur, homemaking advocate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Iphigene_Ochs_Sulzberger/8haVQwJb">Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger</a> (1914), heiress, and owner of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>, daughter of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i> publisher <a href="/facts/Adolph_Ochs/QpJ8ByjJ">Adolph Ochs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Wiatt/dTRVNjGc">Elizabeth Wiatt</a> (1967), businesswoman in the fashion industry</li> <li><a href="/facts/Virginia_Wright_(art_collector)/JfvFKvIF">Virginia Wright</a> (1951), art collector, philanthropist who supported <a href="/facts/Seattle_Art_Museum/mXT07h55">Seattle Art Museum</a></li></ul> <h3>Journalists</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Natalie_Angier/T56980p1">Natalie Angier</a> (1978), science writer for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>; won the <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a> for beat reporting in 1991</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jami_Bernard/20owUKr3">Jami Bernard</a> (1978), film critic for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Post/zl4I0L2U">The New York Post</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Daily_News/3QE3DzVE">The New York Daily News</a></i>, founder of Barncat Publishing Inc.; writer whose books include a memoir of surviving breast cancer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Boo/svbXabWr">Katherine Boo</a> (1988), recipient of <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Public_Service/dhFFDzTL">Pulitzer Prize for Public Service</a> in 2000 and the <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellows Program</a> "genius grant"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mona_Charen/GokTKd27">Mona Charen</a> (1979), nationally syndicated columnist, political analyst, and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Liz_Clarke/B2aqQDJG">Liz Clarke</a> (1983), journalist for <i><a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i>, co-host of <i><a href="/facts/The_Tony_Kornheiser_Show/bjrM4K8t">The Tony Kornheiser Show</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Herawati_Diah/PRVxqVJ2">Herawati Diah</a> (1941), journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deborah_Feyerick/zlEjbqtm">Deborah Feyerick</a> (1987), journalist and CNN correspondent</li> <li><a href="/facts/Laura_Flanders/EM6M3B6u">Laura Flanders</a> (1984), correspondent for <a href="/facts/Air_America_(radio_network)/MuN7kRGM">Air America</a> and host of <i>GritTV</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sylvana_Foa/JnPmF1be">Sylvana Foa</a> (1967), first female news director of an American television network; first spokeswoman for <a href="/facts/Secretary_General_of_the_United_Nations/2nNU9WMu">Secretary General of the United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rana_Foroohar/E86fWJLK">Rana Foroohar</a> (1992), columnist for the <i><a href="/facts/Financial_Times/0ndae2YU">Financial Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexis_Gelber/S9KTKkME">Alexis Gelber</a> (1974), former president of the <a href="/facts/Overseas_Press_Club/jg9um5mN">Overseas Press Club</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Julianna_Goldman/aTrYm25C">Julianna Goldman</a> (2003), <a href="/facts/CBS_News/E1IB4hb0">CBS News</a> correspondent</li> <li><a href="/facts/Piri_Halasz/JdpPUtR3">Piri Halasz</a>, correspondent for <i><a href="/facts/Time_(magazine)/N4FXc99l">Time</a></i> magazine and art critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Hinojosa/CkyG8fBl">Maria Hinojosa</a> (1984), correspondent for <a href="/facts/CNN/kEYsUQqr">CNN</a>; <i><a href="/facts/NOW_on_PBS/4lNf1rKx">NOW</a></i> on <a href="/facts/Public_Broadcasting_Service/E6q9udH8">PBS</a>; host of <a href="/facts/NPR/BohIW9Xg">NPR</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Latino_USA/gdd1JzxR">Latino USA</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cathy_Horyn/j0A6fudy">Cathy Horyn</a>, fashion journalist, <i>New York Times</i> fashion critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Freda_Kirchwey/87eSkDa5">Freda Kirchwey</a> (1915), journalist, editor and publisher of <i><a href="/facts/The_Nation_(U.S._periodical)/JyIB3caJ">The Nation</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alex_Kuczynski/stPrqGhI">Alex Kuczynski</a> (1990), style reporter for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>, daughter of Peruvian president <a href="/facts/Pedro_Pablo_Kuczynski/edKtKTj6">Pedro Pablo Kuczynski</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Minna_Lewinson/YH0wfLnc">Minna Lewinson</a> (1918), journalist for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>, first woman to win a <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Juliet_Macur/CBD6Gtqk">Juliet Macur</a> (1992), sports journalist for <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Courtney_E._Martin/ubVTDUJh">Courtney E. Martin</a> (2002), feminist writer and editor of the feminist blog <i><a href="/facts/Feministing/9oMj6N5s">Feministing</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Agnes_E._Meyer/WmIrA185">Agnes E. Meyer</a> (1907), journalist, philanthropist, <a href="/facts/Civil_and_political_rights/DBK7m6s2">civil rights activist</a>, and <a href="/facts/Art_patron/7PwxjCXt">art patron</a>, mother of <i><a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i> publisher <a href="/facts/Katharine_Graham/vDKWbP00">Katharine Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Miller_(journalist)/V3KKjFlf">Judith Miller</a> (1969), former correspondent for <i>The New York Times</i> who reported on the story of <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a>'s alleged <a href="/facts/Weapons_of_mass_destruction/JfsDSeGo">weapons of mass destruction</a> program; <a href="/facts/Aspen_Strategy_Group/TafJPRjb">Aspen Strategy Group</a> member</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nonnie_Moore/aNYmpU1I">Nonnie Moore</a> (c. 1946), fashion editor at <i><a href="/facts/Mademoiselle_(magazine)/4tUcvRb2">Mademoiselle</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Harper%2527s_Bazaar/0RBnYmIX">Harper's Bazaar</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/GQ/elYRBjsb">GQ</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Ellis_Peltz/QsHVPbGs">Mary Ellis Peltz</a>, music critic, poet, and first chief editor of <i><a href="/facts/Opera_News/IM83b3ao">Opera News</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Quindlen/X1Ydu57v">Anna Quindlen</a> (1974), columnist for <i><a href="/facts/Newsweek/ClFEs5So">Newsweek</a></i> who won the <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Commentary/Gxyjy9Kn">Pulitzer Prize for Commentary</a> in 1992</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paola_Ramos_(journalist)/IGEgr1lM">Paola Ramos</a> (2009), journalist, daughter of TV anchor <a href="/facts/Jorge_Ramos_(news_anchor)/Wx23w64f">Jorge Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Atoosa_Rubenstein/WWCwq65B">Atoosa Rubenstein</a> (1993), founder of <a href="/facts/CosmoGirl/TKaSDzvJ">CosmoGirl</a> and editor-in-chief of <i><a href="/facts/Seventeen_(American_magazine)/NxTQl6Xh">Seventeen</a></i>; youngest-ever editor of a teen magazine</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Stamberg/78IAC7vd">Susan Stamberg</a> (1959), special correspondent, <a href="/facts/NPR/BohIW9Xg">NPR</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Morning_Edition/yoplD7Vl">Morning Edition</a></i>, former host of <i><a href="/facts/All_Things_Considered/SV9EK70J">All Things Considered</a></i> and the first woman in the United States to anchor a national nightly news program</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_V._R._Thayer/op7Vj6Ur">Mary V. R. Thayer</a> (1926), socialite and journalist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeannette_Walls/fvGEGhKb">Jeannette Walls</a> (1984), gossip columnist for <a href="/facts/MSNBC/oy291YoI">MSNBC</a>; author of <i>The Glass Castle</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharon_Waxman/E6eUUb2e">Sharon Waxman</a> (born c.1963), journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Beverly_Weintraub/UFgmfwRw">Beverly Weintraub</a> (1982), <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning editorial writer for the <i><a href="/facts/New_York_Daily_News/3QE3DzVE">New York Daily News</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lis_Wiehl/b7qG136Y">Lis Wiehl</a> (1983), legal analyst for <a href="/facts/Fox_News/jyP1hm2q">Fox News</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_Willis/uyB1kQoH">Ellen Willis</a> (1960s), essayist and pop music critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Julie_Zeilinger/pS450Q10">Julie Zeilinger</a> (2015), feminist writer and editor</li></ul> <h3>Musicians</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Laurie_Anderson/oV94W7fg">Laurie Anderson</a> (1969), musician, <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>'s first artist-in-residence and pioneer in <a href="/facts/Electronic_music/zfGNfUvR">electronic music</a>, famous for her single "<a href="/facts/O_Superman/uT9xf91a">O Superman</a>"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sadie_Dupuis/2P0IocVF">Sadie Dupuis</a> (2011), vocalist for <a href="/facts/Speedy_Ortiz/I5N350gp">Speedy Ortiz</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dorothy_Papadakos/BPyG5Nev">Dorothy Papadakos</a> (1982), concert organist, playwright, and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Post/11GgMJg7">Louise Post</a>, lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band <a href="/facts/Veruca_Salt_(band)/8BRQ4huB">Veruca Salt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Roxanne_Seeman/0eLsAIxy">Roxanne Seeman</a> (1975), songwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Faye-Ellen_Silverman/k9gDj37m">Faye-Ellen Silverman</a> (1968), composer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeanine_Tesori/gNPRlKdI">Jeanine Tesori</a> (1983), <a href="/facts/Broadway_theatre/6USkK8x9">Broadway</a> composer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Suzanne_Vega/VUcsfoYY">Suzanne Vega</a> (1981), singer-songwriter, "<a href="/facts/Luka_(song)/vNlCmoHh">Luka</a>", "<a href="/facts/Tom%2527s_Diner/s2Tvht6K">Tom's Diner</a>"</li></ul> <h3>Playwrights, screenwriters, and directors</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jamie_Babbit/HnMDCyUX">Jamie Babbit</a> (1993), director of <i><a href="/facts/But_I%2527m_a_Cheerleader/A9LRKyGX">But I'm a Cheerleader</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Itty_Bitty_Titty_Committee/WEzX1Sua">Itty Bitty Titty Committee</a></i>, and television shows including <i><a href="/facts/Gilmore_Girls/1cbBfSnJ">Gilmore Girls</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Alias_(TV_series)/TnlFWXU3">Alias</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Ugly_Betty/wBxt9WgP">Ugly Betty</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_Bingham_Birge/5bhAGdke">June Bingham Birge</a> (1940), author, playwright, great-granddaughter of <a href="/facts/Mayer_Lehman/Fw02lVuD">Mayer Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Debra_Black/MbfqeClq">Debra Black</a> (1976), <a href="/facts/Tony_Awards/Md77rBE0">Tony Award</a>-winning producer, wife of <a href="/facts/Apollo_Global_Management/zuoGhHH0">Apollo Global Management</a> co-founder <a href="/facts/Leon_Black/gNUIpfhn">Leon Black</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Petra_Costa/nvluGDHF">Petra Costa</a> (2006), <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a>-nominated director, <i><a href="/facts/The_Edge_of_Democracy/0ghjIc9u">The Edge of Democracy</a></i>, heiress to the <a href="/facts/Andrade_Gutierrez/EEaMUMxo">Andrade Gutierrez</a> fortune</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Deutsch/cCIGeFWW">Helen Deutsch</a> (1927), screenwriter, <i><a href="/facts/Lili_(1953_film)/yg9hFxob">Lili</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/National_Velvet_(film)/0p9Elve1">National Velvet</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/King_Solomon%2527s_Mines_(1950_film)/ezuBr3Ah">King Solomon's Mines</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Delia_Ephron/KGW2ngw3">Delia Ephron</a> (1966), author, screenwriter, playwright, <i><a href="/facts/The_Sisterhood_of_the_Traveling_Pants_(film)/3arHeKag">The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/You%2527ve_Got_Mail/M3gIC1Yf">You've Got Mail</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Greta_Gerwig/zPCELI2I">Greta Gerwig</a> (2006), actor, screenwriter, and <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a>-nominated director, <i><a href="/facts/Lady_Bird_(film)/loCxoqyS">Lady Bird</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Little_Women_(2019_film)/9bsk5kX9">Little Women</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephanie_Gillis/DGXMDDVR">Stephanie Gillis</a> (1990), writer, and <a href="/facts/Peabody_Award/pC7Q1kqp">Peabody Award</a>-winning writer, (2020), “<a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a>”; <a href="/facts/WGA_Award/5qbdxdTE">WGA Award</a>-winning writer (2019); “<a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a>”, <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-nominated writer, “<a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a>” (2010, 2015)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Semple/l05AGb9u">Maria Semple</a> (1986), screenwriter, <i><a href="/facts/Arrested_Development/nvlRQvWI">Arrested Development</a>, <a href="/facts/Mad_About_You/gD1NgVdK">Mad About You</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bettina_Gilois/Rn46S1v4">Bettina Gilois</a> (1985), screenwriter, <a href="/facts/Bessie_(film)/S90bIbDR"><i>Bessie</i></a>, <i><a href="/facts/McFarland%2c_USA/N8J3kAdB">McFarland, USA</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gina_Gionfriddo/rWRbwgAv">Gina Gionfriddo</a> (1991), <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>-nominated playwright</li> <li><a href="/facts/Naomi_Foner_Gyllenhaal/mBd3m26v">Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal</a> (1966), <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Awards/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe Award</a>-winning screenwriter; mother of <a href="/facts/Maggie_Gyllenhaal/pAnl5pJn">Maggie</a> and <a href="/facts/Jake_Gyllenhaal/aklK8JC8">Jake Gyllenhaal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kait_Kerrigan/yLL6VVn5">Kait Kerrigan</a> (2003), playwright</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bonnie_Sherr_Klein/JJzvCC2N">Bonnie Sherr Klein</a> (1961), filmmaker and activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Annie_Leonard/96Rovlx9">Annie Leonard</a> (1986), activist and director, <i><a href="/facts/The_Story_of_Stuff/despLvt2">The Story of Stuff</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ntozake_Shange/Foj4tV7G">Ntozake Shange</a> (1970), <a href="/facts/Obie_Award/VJqJQ5zn">Obie Award</a>-winning playwright, <i><a href="/facts/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_%2f_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf/athQqvnA">For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Veena_Sud/Qb5k5zR9">Veena Sud</a> (1989), director of <i><a href="/facts/Seven_Seconds_(TV_series)/Q3oH4LFS">Seven Seconds</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amy_Talkington/WvY2k7cF">Amy Talkington</a> (1993), <a href="/facts/Emmy_Awards/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-nominated screenwriter, producer, writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Linda_Yellen/teEbRQJv">Linda Yellen</a> (1969), <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-winning director, <i><a href="/facts/Northern_Lights_(1997_film)/ElS329H4">Northern Lights</a></i> ; producer, <i><a href="/facts/Playing_for_Time_(film)/yVmwFjV9">Playing for Time</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Juli_Weiner/f3A7FNgs">Juli Weiner</a> (2010), <a href="/facts/Emmy_Awards/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a>-winning writer, <i><a href="/facts/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver/2XkSFUVm">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver</a></i></li></ul> <h3>Political, social and judicial figures</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sheila_Abdus-Salaam/nMxNA6cG">Sheila Abdus-Salaam</a> (1974), judge of the <a href="/facts/New_York_Court_of_Appeals/oCCyyvw0">New York Court of Appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ann_Aldrich/heGFbLNN">Ann Aldrich</a> (1948), judge of the <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Ohio/6u0MuRJA">United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Moore_Aubin/6Yz4TQ0E">Elizabeth Moore Aubin</a> (1987), nominee to serve as the <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Algeria/ed8K1Tga">United States Ambassador to Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caroline_Lexow_Babcock/C8D0ou7X">Caroline Lexow Babcock</a> (1904), co-founder of the <a href="/facts/Women%2527s_Peace_Union/9knbKSrK">Women's Peace Union</a> and former secretary of the <a href="/facts/National_Woman%2527s_Party/QeVkGBMd">National Woman's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Grace_Lee_Boggs/vs12TcYW">Grace Lee Boggs</a> (1935), author and political activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Margot_Botsford/ooJyCX2a">Margot Botsford</a> (1969), associate justice of the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court/29ItPAET">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Janet_Lee_Bouvier/p3wykL95">Janet Lee Bouvier</a> (1929), socialite and mother of <a href="/facts/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis/UfTC5DxJ">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Claire_C._Cecchi/HMot7nnG">Claire C. Cecchi</a> (1986), judge of the <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey/rPhv9bLa">United States District Court for the District of New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miriam_Goldman_Cedarbaum/pGjKWdPP">Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum</a> (1952), <a href="/facts/U.S._District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York/EvChnafU">United States District Court</a> judge</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hagar_Chemali/rukda2jD">Hagar Chemali</a>, Political Satirist, Writer, Producer, Television Personality, and Political Commentator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nora_Hsiung_Chu/LBoehbFj">Nora Hsiung Chu</a> (1926), Chinese educator who served on the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women/rvIE0Ycp">United Nations Commission on the Status of Women</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellie_Cohanim/2yulUHek">Ellie Cohanim</a> (1995), broadcast journalist and Deputy <a href="/facts/Special_Envoy_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Anti-Semitism/VMmdcLGo">Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharon_L._Cromer/FbrnMfKl">Sharon L. Cromer</a> (1980), nominee to serve as <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_Gambia/edyKV9et">United States Ambassador to the Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mindy_Domb/ALQEvg1u">Mindy Domb</a> (1981), representative of the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives%2527_3rd_Hampshire_district/CR0vB4Dw">Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Hampshire district</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ronnie_Eldridge/bIMAGV9U">Ronnie Eldridge</a> (1952), activist, businesswoman, politician, and television host</li> <li><a href="/facts/Debra_Evenson/vjTWx1nS">Debra Evenson</a> (1964), legal expert, lawyer, and educator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chai_Feldblum/rQkePmVN">Chai Feldblum</a> (1979), commissioner of the <a href="/facts/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission/BAPfEyHR">Equal Employment Opportunity Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lila_Fenwick/HGDYC5qe">Lila Fenwick</a> (1953), first black woman to graduate from <a href="/facts/Harvard_Law_School/eocPR0WU">Harvard Law School</a> and former United Nations official</li> <li><a href="/facts/Muriel_Fox/Nl9NFdmd">Muriel Fox</a> (1948), public relations executive who in 1966 co-founded the <a href="/facts/National_Organization_for_Women/wYSJbspm">National Organization for Women</a> and led the communications effort that introduced the modern women's movement to the media of the world</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paula_Franzese/XUSLFIgp">Paula Franzese</a> (1980), professor of <a href="/facts/Real_property/Ce5vubgz">real property</a> law at <a href="/facts/Seton_Hall_Law_School/qEprbwNC">Seton Hall Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Gahagan/DHeB8VpI">Helen Gahagan</a> (1924), <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">United States House of Representatives</a> Congresswoman from California</li> <li><a href="/facts/E._Susan_Garsh/BP53JvGE">E. Susan Garsh</a> (1969), associate justice of the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Superior_Court/6eV4eBEK">Massachusetts Superior Court</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helene_D._Gayle/JeD87sja">Helene D. Gayle</a>, M.D., M.P.H. (1970), president and CEO of <a href="/facts/CARE_(relief_agency)/sYTrLTM1">CARE USA</a> and chair of the <a href="/facts/Presidential_Advisory_Council_on_HIV%2fAIDS/weeyVSet">Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_Gertner/n1E9F5rF">Nancy Gertner</a> (1967), Judge on <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts/VfTFcdLI">United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_F._Golden/A7FyJmC5">Ellen F. Golden</a> (1968), director, Women's Business Center, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., <a href="/facts/Wiscasset%2c_Maine/NNyJYsD3">Wiscasset, Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diane_Gujarati/J743pDmU">Diane Gujarati</a> (1990), lawyer, judge of the <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York/4QEhw1tL">United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Betty_Hall_(politician)/Iq6Tbar6">Betty Hall</a> (1943), <a href="/facts/New_Hampshire_state_representative/07yfkok9">New Hampshire state representative</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cheryl_Halpern/LG2tpMSS">Cheryl Halpern</a> (1975), chair of the <a href="/facts/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting/6f1b2cEP">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Patricia_McMahon_Hawkins/5JArHrMy">Patricia McMahon Hawkins</a> (attended), <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Togo/um6WvJKp">United States Ambassador to Togo</a> from 2008 to 2011</li> <li><a href="/facts/Allegra_%2522Happy%2522_Haynes/SQH8mWxa">Allegra "Happy" Haynes</a> (1975), Denver politician who served on the <a href="/facts/Denver_City_Council/I9ptQLm3">Denver City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Herman/5JSkRkD8">Susan Herman</a> (1968), President of the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_Liberties_Union/yDxr2A43">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; Professor at <a href="/facts/Brooklyn_Law_School/GsznSVU2">Brooklyn Law School</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marian_Blank_Horn/zeVyDvpf">Marian Blank Horn</a> (1965), judge on the <a href="/facts/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims/edQcnRqd">United States Court of Federal Claims</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessie_Wallace_Hughan/CJfDgD6T">Jessie Wallace Hughan</a> (1898, <a href="/facts/Phi_Beta_Kappa/5TkV3tLw">Phi Beta Kappa</a>), <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate/VyzXHE01">United States Senate</a> candidate, author, teacher, founder of <a href="/facts/Alpha_Omicron_Pi/Fw9HgLNH">Alpha Omicron Pi</a> fraternity<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mila_Jasey/CUkUJkkx">Mila Jasey</a> (1972), member of the <a href="/facts/New_Jersey_General_Assembly/6y3S2LRk">New Jersey General Assembly</a> representing the <a href="/facts/27th_Legislative_District_(New_Jersey)/IjaRynG9">27th Legislative District</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helene_L._Kaplan/Khzb3kut">Helene L. Kaplan</a> (1953), lawyer with <a href="/facts/Skadden%2c_Arps%2c_Slate%2c_Meagher_%2526_Flom/fTezUzaf">Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom</a>, former chairman of the <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Corporation_of_New_York/1T3Mc8aa">Carnegie Corporation of New York</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Kaye/TYqEx23k">Judith Kaye</a> (1958), first woman in highest position in state <a href="/facts/Judiciary/CvMkSB6T">judiciary</a>, Chief Judge of the <a href="/facts/New_York_Court_of_Appeals/oCCyyvw0">New York Court of Appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Kazarian/omsbe0yS">Katherine Kazarian</a> (2012), member of the <a href="/facts/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives/IR3V6ebW">Rhode Island House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Claire_R._Kelly/d91A39Ut">Claire R. Kelly</a> (1987), judge on the <a href="/facts/United_States_Court_of_International_Trade/ncrp7A8r">United States Court of International Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Christina_Kishimoto/hSd6XR4h">Christina Kishimoto</a> (1992), superintendent of the <a href="/facts/Hawai%2527i_Department_of_Education/tQID3Uvn">Hawai'i Department of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jeane_Kirkpatrick/qKBU2G4V">Jeane Kirkpatrick</a> (1948), first woman to serve as <a href="/facts/U.S._Ambassador/VHRab8Mg">U.S. Ambassador</a> to the United Nations</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phyllis_Lamphere/qNn8gxs9">Phyllis Lamphere</a> (1943), former president of the <a href="/facts/Seattle_City_Council/yApNUrU9">Seattle City Council</a> and the <a href="/facts/National_League_of_Cities/RK1NUyqm">National League of Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Linda_Lee_(politician)/RmyC8dgf">Linda Lee</a> (2001), Member of the <a href="/facts/New_York_City_Council/uomSbqdD">New York City Council</a> from the <a href="/facts/New_York_City%2527s_23rd_City_Council_district/yzQbbWUm">23rd</a> district</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mabel_Ping-Hua_Lee/xCYolUlV">Mabel Ping-Hua Lee</a> (1916), Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States and the first woman to receive a PhD from <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wilma_B._Liebman/h4GbljhD">Wilma B. Liebman</a> (1971), <a href="/facts/List_of_Chairs_of_the_National_Labor_Relations_Board/Wgzd9GWm">Chair</a>, <a href="/facts/National_Labor_Relations_Board/Wgzd9GWm">National Labor Relations Board</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Catherine_McCabe/SVwehGIo">Catherine McCabe</a> (1973), acting <a href="/facts/Administrator_of_the_Environmental_Protection_Agency/paCxWlkv">Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency</a> in 2017 and commissioner of the <a href="/facts/New_Jersey_Department_of_Environmental_Protection/xphMpWgk">New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Loretta_J._Mester/rze4GIcv">Loretta J. Mester</a> (1980), 11th president of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Cleveland/CCMNFgSm">Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shirah_Neiman/Tz0AC132">Shirah Neiman</a> (1965), deputy U.S. attorney and chief counsel <a href="/facts/U.S._Attorney%2527s_Office_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York/RxFk5djm">U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Herminia_Palacio/oK1amBHh">Herminia Palacio</a> (1983), former <a href="/facts/Deputy_Mayor_of_New_York_City/fa8jCVfM">Deputy Mayor of New York City</a> and CEO of <a href="/facts/Guttmacher_Institute/sgv1oV1w">Guttmacher Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hope_Portocarrero/hmNSxvG4">Hope Portocarrero</a> (1950), first lady of <a href="/facts/Nicaragua/PsyPGXxm">Nicaragua</a>, the wife of <a href="/facts/Anastasio_Somoza_Debayle/dU33G5ne">Anastasio Somoza Debayle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stephanie_Garcia_Richard/eUR8DmV8">Stephanie Garcia Richard</a> (1996), <a href="/facts/New_Mexico_Commissioner_of_Public_Lands/1hPLFJcf">New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands</a>; former member of the <a href="/facts/New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives/tfRG9f9z">New Mexico House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paula_Reimers/6XIanndC">Paula Reimers</a> (1969), rabbi, political activist for Palestinian rights, gender equity, and religious freedom</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosalyn_Richter/GhynuXWg">Rosalyn Richter</a> (1976), associate justice of the <a href="/facts/Appellate_Division_of_the_New_York_Supreme_Court%2c_First_Judicial_Department/dnf5Fnfa">Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ramona_Romero/qcVIoFpU">Ramona Romero</a> (1985), former general counsel of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture/3PK2rx7C">United States Department of Agriculture</a>, general counsel of <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rhea_Suh/Gu336mYq">Rhea Suh</a> (1992), Assistant Secretary of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior/uWllgxWx">United States Department of the Interior</a> and former president of the <a href="/facts/Natural_Resources_Defense_Council/1Cb7xy6K">Natural Resources Defense Council</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Marguerite_Engler_Schwarzman/q4PPhFu4">Marguerite Engler Schwarzman</a> (1914), educator, activist for affordable housing, senior citizens</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nina_Shaw/7NDMHYgV">Nina Shaw</a> (1976), talent attorney whose clients include <a href="/facts/Jamie_Foxx/nU4jjktr">Jamie Foxx</a> and <a href="/facts/Nick_Cannon/fIvFejAm">Nick Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shirley_Adelson_Siegel/qpKJoqHl">Shirley Adelson Siegel</a> (1937), housing activist and advocate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Madeline_Singas/IrKMh0II">Madeline Singas</a> (1988), district attorney for <a href="/facts/Nassau_County%2c_New_York/QcU1enqJ">Nassau County, New York</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jessica_Stern/0cF4XhPe">Jessica Stern</a> (1985), policy consultant on terrorism who served on the <a href="/facts/United_States_National_Security_Council/HYwSNFA6">United States National Security Council</a> under <a href="/facts/Bill_Clinton/x5mwYkVh">Bill Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Audrey_Strauss/yqV1Tbrl">Audrey Strauss</a> (1968), acting <a href="/facts/United_States_Attorney_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York/RxFk5djm">United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a> replacing <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Berman/CnJ9bm94">Geoffrey Berman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Diggs_Taylor/QSqJerx9">Anna Diggs Taylor</a> (1954), <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court/xBcpTCp0">United States District Court</a> judge</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kang_Tongbi/1kmGcUya">Kang Tongbi</a> (1907), daughter of <a href="/facts/Kang_Youwei/KQBXJFHT">Kang Youwei</a> and political activist, member of the <a href="/facts/Chinese_People%2527s_Political_Consultative_Conference/KCx3fHk8">Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gloria_Tristani/Hb8t3ITw">Gloria Tristani</a> (1974), former commissioner of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a>, granddaughter of Senator <a href="/facts/Dennis_Ch%25C3%25A1vez/RyEBkm7s">Dennis Chávez</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Polly_Trottenberg/P137hsfn">Polly Trottenberg</a> (1986), <a href="/facts/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Transportation/L8mPWurc">United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation</a> and former Commissioner of the <a href="/facts/New_York_City_Department_of_Transportation/2lBVlyCa">New York City Department of Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Warburton/ck1zdc0U">Anne Warburton</a> (1946), first female British Ambassador, <a href="/facts/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Denmark/wjgGT2D6">British Ambassador to Denmark</a> from 1976 to 1983, and <a href="/facts/List_of_Permanent_Representatives_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_United_Nations_in_Geneva/C9JEYUTw">British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva</a> from 1983 to 1985; president of <a href="/facts/Lucy_Cavendish_College%2c_Cambridge/E2t96hsf">Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University</a> from 1985 to 1994</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_M._Watson/vNRqCm0X">Barbara M. Watson</a> (1943), first woman to serve as an <a href="/facts/Assistant_Secretary_of_State/87UCSr2l">Assistant Secretary of State</a>, <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Malaysia/d6GA9G6r">United States Ambassador to Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helene_White/50J9NPnG">Helene White</a> (1975), judge on the <a href="/facts/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Sixth_Circuit/nhcIIkXu">United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Constance_H._Williams/GWEhJfVI">Constance H. Williams</a> (1966), <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_State_Senate/uNv4lhax">Pennsylvania state senator</a> from 2001 to 2009; daughter of <a href="/facts/Leon_Hess/RzT2V2QF">Leon Hess</a>, founder of the <a href="/facts/Hess_Corporation/EyjdQm0h">Hess Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emma_Wolfe/GkXKccRe">Emma Wolfe</a> (2001), <a href="/facts/Deputy_Mayor_of_New_York_City/fa8jCVfM">Deputy Mayor of New York City</a> and chief of staff to <a href="/facts/Bill_de_Blasio/fMfmQlSr">Bill de Blasio</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mae_Yih/XXCaFgwx">Mae Yih</a> (1951), member of the <a href="/facts/Oregon_House_of_Representatives/hHmerEJ3">Oregon House of Representatives</a> and <a href="/facts/Oregon_State_Senate/GemojlY4">Oregon State Senate</a>, first Chinese American to serve in a state senate in the United States</li></ul> <h3>Religious figures</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sara_Hurwitz/btjM7RgY">Sara Hurwitz</a> (1999), first woman to serve as a Rabba in the <a href="/facts/Modern_Orthodox_Judaism/fRG0s3og">Orthodox Jewish</a> clergy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharon_Kleinbaum/43kGwmXv">Sharon Kleinbaum</a> (1981), rabbi and leader of <a href="/facts/Congregation_Beit_Simchat_Torah/1uPepU3m">Congregation Beit Simchat Torah</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joy_Levitt/BFWs5g4S">Joy Levitt</a> (1989), first female leader of the <a href="/facts/Reconstructionist_Rabbinical_Association/laEmMBUX">Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association</a></li></ul> <h3>Spies</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marion_Davis_Berdecio/LzGuCyEM">Marion Davis Berdecio</a> (1943), accused <a href="/facts/Soviet_spy/ommGANo5">Soviet spy</a> in <a href="/facts/U.S._State_Department/WsB5FMBT">U.S. State Department</a>, comrade of Coplon and Wovschin</li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Coplon/EsIfSuvG">Judith Coplon</a> (1943), <a href="/facts/Soviet_spy/ommGANo5">Soviet spy</a> in <a href="/facts/U.S._Justice_Department/2SuTuevo">U.S. Justice Department</a> whose convictions were overturned on technicalities</li> <li><a href="/facts/Virginia_Hall/5ENdzx5h">Virginia Hall</a> (1927), American spy with the <a href="/facts/Special_Operations_Executive/Rln7PPh6">Special Operations Executive</a> during WWII.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Juliet_Stuart_Poyntz/bBmMLUry">Juliet Stuart Poyntz</a> (1907), involved in intelligence activities for the Soviet <a href="/facts/OGPU/8NYbH8CR">OGPU</a>; founding member of the <a href="/facts/Communist_Party_USA/HzjqxVkv">Communist Party USA</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Patricia_Warner/vqWjmcSY">Patricia Warner</a> (1949), American spy and <a href="/facts/Congressional_Gold_Medal/At3EBoYz">Congressional Gold Medal</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flora_Wovschin/2UhX1731">Flora Wovschin</a> (1943), Soviet spy in <a href="/facts/U.S._State_Department/WsB5FMBT">U.S. State Department</a>, stepdaughter of <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia</a> professor/Soviet spy <a href="/facts/Enos_Wicher/zla81hfE">Enos Wicher</a></li></ul> <h3>Writers</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/L%25C3%25A9onie_Adams/W9T602Qh">Léonie Adams</a> (1923), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Abelove/Sdj3Jt7o">Joan Abelove</a> (1966), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Mary_Alsop/se8u4YEx">Susan Mary Alsop</a> (attended), Washingtonian socialite and writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Antin/6lPMa4D2">Mary Antin</a> (1902), author of the immigrant experience</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlotte_Armstrong/WWScVWeT">Charlotte Armstrong</a> (1925), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lura_Beam/NbVHJayR">Lura Beam</a> (1908), writer and educator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Semple/l05AGb9u">Maria Semple</a> (1986), writer, <i><a href="/facts/Where%2527d_You_Go%2c_Bernadette/G45B1FGb">Where'd You Go, Bernadette</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Benedict/p3uLwvIy">Elizabeth Benedict</a> (1976), novelist, journalist, and editor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jami_Bernard/20owUKr3">Jami Bernard</a> (1978), writer and film critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fatima_Bhutto/LeV9txtA">Fatima Bhutto</a> (2004), poet and writer; granddaughter of Pakistani president <a href="/facts/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto/nFGDV8hH">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a> and member of the <a href="/facts/Bhutto_family/CBIX3g0V">Bhutto family</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ann_Brashares/PHNaKlvB">Ann Brashares</a> (1989), author of <i><a href="/facts/The_Sisterhood_of_the_Traveling_Pants/L6TgUEUj">The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rachel_M._Brownstein/4ThfDA1L">Rachel M. Brownstein</a>, literary critic, author, and academic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sasha_Cagen/p8amcpUc">Sasha Cagen</a> (1996), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hortense_Calisher/0aV1JSXz">Hortense Calisher</a> (1932), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Diana_Chang/VmMV8QCB">Diana Chang</a> (1949), pioneering Asian-American novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Melissa_Clark/kDbyDYz6">Melissa Clark</a> (1990), American cookbook writer and 2018 <a href="/facts/James_Beard_Foundation_Award/uzTmrN0P">James Beard Foundation Award</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cassandra_Clare/Sw42qLP0">Cassandra Clare</a> (1995), author of <a href="/facts/The_Mortal_Instruments/Xm6wBcN7">The Mortal Instruments</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rachel_Cohn/Dz3fqq0K">Rachel Cohn</a> (1989), author of <i><a href="/facts/Nick_%2526_Norah%2527s_Infinite_Playlist/9pyqI8xX">Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Gingerbread/Gk0Fl46f">Gingerbread</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nadine_Jolie_Courtney/c6RMTs5m">Nadine Jolie Courtney</a> (2002), <a href="/facts/Bravo_(U.S._TV_network)/Y221Sajf">Bravo</a> TV personality <i><a href="/facts/Newlyweds%3a_The_First_Year/h9RWExVT">Newlyweds: The First Year</a></i> and author of <i><a href="/facts/Beauty_Confidential/gfy6zBPk">Beauty Confidential</a></i> and <i>Confessions of a Beauty Addict</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elise_Cowen/qzQ4X6Gs">Elise Cowen</a> (1956), poet of the <a href="/facts/Beat_Generation/PCF9pM7N">Beat Generation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Galaxy_Craze/w4fbyrfB">Galaxy Craze</a> (1993), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Daitch/G3xYM5WN">Susan Daitch</a> (1977), short story writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edwidge_Danticat/Mz7fxKLM">Edwidge Danticat</a> (1990), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lydia_Davis/1WygKbfh">Lydia Davis</a> (1970), short story writer, essayist, winner of the <a href="/facts/International_Booker_Prize/VQQJCa8I">International Booker Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thulani_Davis/vSzTLogJ">Thulani Davis</a> (1970), novelist who won the <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award/2bxYJjPV">Grammy Award</a> in 1992</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tory_Dent/QfWY6Ijp">Tory Dent</a> (1981), poet and HIV/AIDS activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Babette_Deutsch/hDwyS7QW">Babette Deutsch</a> (1917), poet, translator and critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marjorie_Housepian_Dobkin/ts4aSjxD">Marjorie Housepian Dobkin</a> (1944), author; Barnard College professor and dean</li> <li><a href="/facts/Avni_Doshi/o70Xyb8A">Avni Doshi</a> (2005), writer who was shortlisted for the <a href="/facts/2020_Booker_Prize/Pk9KSg2q">2020 Booker Prize</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francine_du_Plessix_Gray/ESMWYzVV">Francine du Plessix Gray</a> (1952), <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>-nominated writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hallie_Ephron/7WoV8tV4">Hallie Ephron</a> (1969), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cristina_Garc%25C3%25ADa_(journalist)/ahxwcN18">Cristina García</a> (1983), author of <i><a href="/facts/Dreaming_in_Cuban/etpsftu7">Dreaming in Cuban</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Karina_Yan_Glaser/EoWBnt2P">Karina Yan Glaser</a>, children's author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Gordon_(writer)/AKAmm0kX">Mary Gordon</a> (1971), writer and professor of English at <a href="/facts/Barnard_College/wuo1dlWK">Barnard College</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexis_Pauline_Gumbs/W0697gqf">Alexis Pauline Gumbs</a> (2004), American writer, poet, activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Indrani_Aikath_Gyaltsen/9BC8wYTK">Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen</a> (1970s), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Monique_Raphel_High/7sMFTQqN">Monique Raphel High</a> (1969), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patricia_Highsmith/eKsMH1oe">Patricia Highsmith</a> (1940), author of <i><a href="/facts/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley/1mysGt2R">The Talented Mr. Ripley</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Price_of_Salt/r4GX91og">The Price of Salt</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Hollander/4FKjlTgz">Anne Hollander</a> (1952), historian of fashion</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nansook_Hong/jz5s3Ngq">Nansook Hong</a> (1991), writer, daughter-in-law of <a href="/facts/Unification_church/Cf77DjTE">Unification church</a> founder <a href="/facts/Sun_Myung_Moon/LbS0gta2">Sun Myung Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Hoyt/jLXMPPcE">Helen Hoyt</a> (1900s), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zora_Neale_Hurston/BR7Jbmvg">Zora Neale Hurston</a> (1928), <a href="/facts/Harlem_Renaissance/VmsKpm8Y">Harlem Renaissance</a> writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Janeway/vnercg5M">Elizabeth Janeway</a> (1935), critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joyce_Johnson_(author)/LaqkLnNT">Joyce Johnson</a> (1955), writer, <i><a href="/facts/Minor_Characters/3Y0Tr04h">Minor Characters</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/June_Jordan/1McQ92Ao">June Jordan</a> (1957), writer and activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Erica_Jong/xmx7tBAK">Erica Jong</a> (1963), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Molly_Jong-Fast/6Y8HhIBE">Molly Jong-Fast</a> (1997, according to her although it appears she only attended a summer program for high school students), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexa_Junge/3brXH5Xj">Alexa Junge</a> (1984), writer for <i><a href="/facts/The_West_Wing/4mdKRq4p">The West Wing</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Friends/qtves23u">Friends</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Loolwa_Khazzoom/yIDMkoP5">Loolwa Khazzoom</a> (1991), journalist and activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jolie_Kerr/mzMeUTco">Jolie Kerr</a> (1998), writer and podcast host on <a href="/facts/Heritage_Radio_Network/2o6xnFB7">Heritage Radio Network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Suki_Kim/5R1Ly3jA">Suki Kim</a> (1992), <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim fellow</a>; author of the award-winning novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Interpreter_(novel)/YIRL56G9">The Interpreter</a></i> and <i>The New York Times</i> bestselling literary nonfiction book, <i>Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Kahn/1xPGu9pV">Joan Kahn</a> (late 1930s), <a href="/facts/Mystery_fiction/6GX6KBYy">mystery</a> <a href="/facts/Book_editor/rvWSAjD0">editor</a> and anthologist; also novelist and children's writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Beth_Keane/onegQlra">Mary Beth Keane</a> (1999), writer and 2015 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lily_Koppel/w8NCzQj1">Lily Koppel</a> (2003), author of <i><a href="/facts/The_Red_Leather_Diary/MKeqSvRM">The Red Leather Diary</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/The_Astronaut_Wives_Club_(book)/eCAXKgEI">The Astronaut Wives Club</a></i>; writer for the <i>New York Times</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jhumpa_Lahiri/TTvwgqUw">Jhumpa Lahiri</a> (1989), <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>–winning author of <i><a href="/facts/The_Namesake_(novel)/qoCUCRtW">The Namesake</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Interpreter_of_Maladies/Jx7jMY3E">Interpreter of Maladies</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jane_Leavy/6naGTohV">Jane Leavy</a> (1974), sports biographer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kyle_Lukoff/WlmIQ80q">Kyle Lukoff</a> (2006), transgender children's book writer; <i>Storytelling of Ravens</i> and <i>When Aidan Became a Brother</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Florence_Ripley_Mastin/XxckayUt">Florence Ripley Mastin</a> (born 1886), poet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Faith_McNulty/aC7hVEQn">Faith McNulty</a> (1920s, attended one year), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daphne_Merkin/21PjKtur">Daphne Merkin</a> (1975), literary critic, essayist, and novelist, daughter of philanthropist <a href="/facts/Hermann_Merkin/3hbWSvzY">Hermann Merkin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Duer_Miller/gPmpLY3Y">Alice Duer Miller</a> (1899), writer and advisory editor of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_Yorker/2RfeBrsR">The New Yorker</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ottessa_Moshfegh/IyhFs1Kd">Ottessa Moshfegh</a> (2002), 2016 <a href="/facts/Hemingway_Foundation%2fPEN_Award/N7R5jvAb">Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award</a> winner for <i>Eileen</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diana_Muir/2nv6y2pE">Diana Muir</a> (1975), writer and historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alana_Newhouse/DLYbxGf4">Alana Newhouse</a> (1997), writer and editor of <i><a href="/facts/Tablet_Magazine/zsebKfwh">Tablet Magazine</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Notley/bu8DD4fL">Alice Notley</a> (1967), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sigrid_Nunez/4SRFu6p5">Sigrid Nunez</a> (1972), novelist, <a href="/facts/Whiting_Awards/GC8Dv6Pz">Whiting Awards</a> and the 2018 <a href="/facts/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/vmBIme7g">National Book Award for Fiction</a> recipient</li> <li><a href="/facts/Iris_Owens/xl84yAVS">Iris Owens</a> (1929–2008), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edie_Parker/QGXhBVIj">Edie Parker</a> (1940s), writer; first wife of <a href="/facts/Jack_Kerouac/xH8kCsUB">Jack Kerouac</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helena_Percas/7vfexvg8">Helena Percas de Ponseti</a> (1940), essayist, scholar, and professor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chelsea_Peretti/YKVVA1gg">Chelsea Peretti</a> (2000), writer and comedian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marisha_Pessl/pNI7ajFe">Marisha Pessl</a> (2000), author of <i><a href="/facts/Special_Topics_in_Calamity_Physics/6fd1xDDq">Special Topics in Calamity Physics</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Julia_Phillips_(author)/LLAyRbHB">Julia Phillips</a> (2010), author, <i><a href="/facts/Disappearing_Earth/Xlt9NLL0">Disappearing Earth</a></i> and finalist for the 2019 <a href="/facts/National_Book_Award_for_Fiction/vmBIme7g">National Book Award for Fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Claudia_Roth_Pierpont/lf1wSML2">Claudia Roth Pierpont</a> (1979), staff writer of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_Yorker/2RfeBrsR">The New Yorker</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Belva_Plain/T0PPV8oI">Belva Plain</a> (1939), writer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jenelle_Porter/AkHF1HpN">Jenelle Porter</a> (1994), art curator and author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ariana_Reines/EmhQm4R7">Ariana Reines</a> (2002), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kristen_Roupenian/t5eHkM0Y">Kristen Roupenian</a> (2003), writer, <i><a href="/facts/Cat_Person/083Qkca9">Cat Person</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/You_Know_You_Want_This/PfEfrDkS">You Know You Want This</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cathleen_Schine/G2B9oVoD">Cathleen Schine</a> (1975), novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lynne_Sharon_Schwartz/Fp6fKr8D">Lynne Sharon Schwartz</a> (1959), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Courtney_Sheinmel/6bTsjbK6">Courtney Sheinmel</a> (1999), writer of children's books</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lionel_Shriver/etH0htKq">Lionel Shriver</a> (1978), novelist and 2005 <a href="/facts/Orange_Prize/4zdaYbS0">Orange Prize</a> winner</li> <li>Rachel Slade (1991), journalist, author of <i>Into the Raging Sea</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Mountbatten_Maritime_Prize/0Ef7pbvA">Mountbatten Maritime Prize</a> winner 2019</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dean_Spade/QR2bwLLf">Dean Spade</a> (1997), writer, activist, lawyer, assistant professor of law at the <a href="/facts/Seattle_University_School_of_Law/hRK7QEW2">Seattle University School of Law</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Eileen_Tabios/WwenHgVx">Eileen Tabios</a> (1982), poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lauren_Tarshis/0QyPBsbm">Lauren Tarshis</a> (1985), writer, and director at <a href="/facts/Scholastic_Corporation/1NXaDwcz">Scholastic Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Camilla_Trinchieri/Uhg7XH1N">Camilla Trinchieri</a> (1963), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Vollmer/G2H3JyLK">Joan Vollmer</a> (1943), Beat poet, partner of <a href="/facts/William_S._Burroughs/h3YPCA0a">William S. Burroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charmaine_Wilkerson/SGkM8Wbs">Charmaine Wilkerson</a> (1982), journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Elizabeth_Wilson/21r9uwM4">Anne Elizabeth Wilson</a> (1923), poet, editor; pet cemetery owner</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cecily_Wong/mSXaLDu2">Cecily Wong</a> (2010), writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Julie_Zeilinger/pS450Q10">Julie Zeilinger</a> (2015), blogger and feminist writer</li></ul> <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Grace_Banker/5YuYvdwv">Grace Banker</a> (1915), telephone operator who served in the <a href="/facts/American_Expeditionary_Forces/wwgr4dCs">American Expeditionary Forces</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_I/vITTUanQ">World War I</a> and led the <a href="/facts/Hello_Girls/QlgXzpRD">Hello Girls</a>, for which she received the <a href="/facts/Distinguished_Service_Medal_(U.S._Army)/kXcRLh61">Distinguished Service Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maria_Foscarinis/MRAmpbAT">Maria Foscarinis</a> (1977), activist, founder of the <a href="/facts/National_Homelessness_Law_Center/1z7U8DU7">National Homelessness Law Center</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Madeline_Kripke/cvCn4k3n">Madeline Kripke</a> (1965), book collector who held one of the world's largest collections of dictionaries, daughter of Jewish philanthropist and rabbi <a href="/facts/Myer_S._Kripke/pJk6xWA2">Myer S. Kripke</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Susan_Rosenberg/m7vAjnqr">Susan Rosenberg</a>, member of <a href="/facts/May_19th_Communist_Organization/ABG9rtUJ">May 19th Communist Organization</a> and charged with a role in the <a href="/facts/1983_United_States_Senate_bombing/9aVb4vz1">1983 United States Senate bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elana_Maryles_Sztokman/dd7MyPHV">Elana Maryles Sztokman</a> (1991), American sociologist, writer, and <a href="/facts/Jewish_feminism/uWm5EcCx">Jewish feminist</a> activist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fumiko_Yamaguchi/8qzeozAU">Fumiko Yamaguchi</a> (1925), Japanese physician and birth control advocate</li> <li>Isabel Lenore Davis, early ufologist, co-founder of Civilian Saucer Intelligence-NYC, with Broadway actor, <a href="/facts/Ted_Bloecher/jE3qPUTR">Ted Bloecher</a>, and organic chemist, Alexander D. "Lex" Mebane, NICAP member, author & case investigator</li></ul> <h3>Fictional alumnae</h3> <ul><li>In the 1988 <a href="/facts/Woody_Allen/nTETed3q">Woody Allen</a> film <i><a href="/facts/Another_Woman_(1988_film)/GluPEJoY">Another Woman</a></i>, <a href="/facts/Gena_Rowlands/DnenynzN">Gena Rowland</a>'s character is a philosophy professor at Barnard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li>In the 1992 Woody Allen film <i><a href="/facts/Husbands_and_Wives/QARPTgsd">Husbands and Wives</a></i>, <a href="/facts/Juliette_Lewis/6nkIgQ2K">Juliette Lewis</a>' character, Rain, is a Barnard student.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li>In the 2005 <a href="/facts/Sigrid_Nunez/4SRFu6p5">Sigrid Nunez</a> novel <i>The Last of Her Kind</i>, heroines Georgette George and Ann Drayton meet in 1968 as freshman roommates at Barnard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li> <li>In the 2007 <a href="/facts/Noah_Baumbach/FzRTkItl">Noah Baumbach</a> film <i><a href="/facts/Margot_at_the_Wedding/6BRYMfoh">Margot at the Wedding</a></i>, <a href="/facts/Nicole_Kidman/bpbmqbjg">Nicole Kidman</a>'s character, a novelist, is a Barnard graduate.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>In the television series <i><a href="/facts/Mad_Men/cBqzm2p6">Mad Men</a></i>, the character <a href="/facts/List_of_Mad_Men_characters/tUFoIIxS">Rachel Menken</a> is a Barnard graduate.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li>In the 2015 film <i><a href="/facts/Mistress_America/znwB6mj5">Mistress America</a></i>, the lead character Tracy Fishko is a freshman at Barnard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>In season 4 of the television series <i><a href="/facts/BoJack_Horseman/Nug9wc11">BoJack Horseman</a></i>, it is mentioned that the title character's mother, <a href="/facts/Beatrice_Horseman/v0GIgJxc">Beatrice Horseman</a>, attended Barnard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>In the 2018 Mira T. Lee novel <i>Everything Here is Beautiful</i>, the narrator talks about going to Barnard and reuniting there with one of her childhood friends from Tennessee.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>In the 2018 <a href="/facts/Paul_Feig/QaoQxjo7">Paul Feig</a> film <a href="/facts/A_Simple_Favor_(film)/kjLfpwC0"><i>A Simple Favor</i></a>, <a href="/facts/Anna_Kendrick/AgkCxQGV">Anna Kendrick</a>'s character, Stephanie Smothers, was an English major at Barnard and did her thesis on <i><a href="/facts/The_Canterbury_Tales/FrrCdDy0">The Canterbury Tales</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="notable-faculty">Notable faculty</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nadia_Abu_El_Haj/URz1SBFL">Nadia Abu El Haj</a>, anthropologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Antoni/xVQYrFMq">Robert Antoni</a>, <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_Writers_Prize/VyPXLLX3">Commonwealth Writers Prize</a>–winning author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Randall_Balmer/XaQHY1sN">Randall Balmer</a>, author and historian of American religion</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dave_Bayer/qYyL7nIh">Dave Bayer</a>, mathematician; actor and math consultant for the film <i><a href="/facts/A_Beautiful_Mind_(film)/zTXFqEgW">A Beautiful Mind</a></i>; one of few holders of an <a href="/facts/Erd%25C5%2591s-Bacon_number/1VPcBzAM">Erdős-Bacon number</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Benedict/awhpX01I">Ruth Benedict</a>, anthropologist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jenny_Boylan/UBL1HEkc">Jenny Boylan</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Brady_(writer)/jDQS4bde">Frank Brady</a>, leading figure in international chess</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harriet_Brooks/q6wfDqPI">Harriet Brooks</a>, physicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tina_Campt/MySaooaz">Tina Campt</a>, Africana and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies</li> <li><a href="/facts/Demetrios_James_Caraley/25J2pR2s">Demetrios James Caraley</a>, Editor of the <i><a href="/facts/Political_Science_Quarterly/L1IqFyt7">Political Science Quarterly</a></i>; President of the <a href="/facts/Academy_of_Political_Science/2opMlGCu">Academy of Political Science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Castelli/l9g0S9b8">Elizabeth Castelli</a>, Professor Of Religion</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Cheever/0kEFUNme">John Cheever</a> (1956–1957), <a href="/facts/Pulitzer_Prize/wD4PN6Xs">Pulitzer Prize</a>–winning novelist and short story writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yvette_Christians%25C3%25AB/rFk7S4eq">Yvette Christianse</a>, poet, librettist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Cooley/bmLV6MaV">Alexander Cooley</a>, political scientist, former director of the <a href="/facts/Harriman_Institute/ycTnWTP3">Harriman Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dennis_Dalton/oUaR0F0J">Dennis Dalton</a> (1969–2008), political scientist; renowned nonviolence proponent; scholar of <a href="/facts/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi/epTj0j19">Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>Pauline Hamilton Dederer (1878–1960), biologist; zoology instructor at Barnard before 1917</li> <li><a href="/facts/Celia_Deutsch/PRHhCCfc">Celia Deutsch</a>, professor, religious sister, academic, educator, writer, and Old Testament scholar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rosalyn_Deutsche/XCPI2wc0">Rosalyn Deutsche</a>, art historian, author, and art critic</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marjorie_Housepian_Dobkin/ts4aSjxD">Marjorie Housepian Dobkin</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patricia_Louise_Dudley/4RaVKfHX">Patricia Louise Dudley</a> (1929–2004), <a href="/facts/Zoology/6Kj13mBt">zoologist</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mortimer_Lamson_Earle/Gx0pgrRl">Mortimer Lamson Earle</a>, classicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Saskia_Hamilton/r7SWn7PB">Saskia Hamilton</a> (1967-2023), poet and editor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Theodor_Gaster/eCdtAN9I">Theodor Gaster</a>, author; religion scholar; translator</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harry_Gideonse/Xm9nBBTa">Harry Gideonse</a> (1901–1985), president of <a href="/facts/Brooklyn_College/QgruaF7m">Brooklyn College</a>, and chancellor of the <a href="/facts/New_School_for_Social_Research/lgI7JK3E">New School for Social Research</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Virginia_Gildersleeve/I8GRfSYL">Virginia Gildersleeve</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Gordon_(writer)/AKAmm0kX">Mary Gordon</a>, writer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Hardwick_(writer)/Bz0q1n6W">Elizabeth Hardwick</a>, writer; co-founder of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Review_of_Books/jvHxU3fn">The New York Review of Books</a></i>; wife of <a href="/facts/Robert_Lowell/CeYg2bbS">Robert Lowell</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ken_Hechler/3vwLck99">Ken Hechler</a>, U.S. Congressman from <a href="/facts/West_Virginia/USP8LtCq">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Higonnet/rMctYrRH">Anne Higonnet</a>, art historian, <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Janet_Jakobsen/cmxmgPUy">Janet Jakobsen</a>, religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rebecca_Jordan-Young/NNh4qUdF">Rebecca Jordan-Young</a>, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, author of <i>Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charles_Knapp_(scholar)/nqfB1HI7">Charles Knapp, PhD</a>, <a href="/facts/Philology/5u0xzd5g">philologist</a> and classical scholar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dorothy_Y._Ko/kbHGVed2">Dorothy Y. Ko</a>, historian of early China, <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Kujawinski/6IKc8Aqu">Elizabeth Kujawinski</a>, American oceanographer, Woods Hole Senior Scientist<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Janna_Levin/7qLo38GE">Janna Levin</a>, physicist</li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Macklovitch/DFlPwgtw">David Macklovitch</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Perry_Mehrling/p3lY6M82">Perry Mehrling</a>, economic historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gabriela_Mistral/fXMTPbCp">Gabriela Mistral</a>, first Latin American <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature/wWVXbIbp">Nobel Prize winner for Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Samuel_Alfred_Mitchell/d6RRW3MM">Samuel Alfred Mitchell</a>, astronomer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raymond_Moley/HLSo223s">Raymond Moley</a> (1923–1933), proponent and later critic of the <a href="/facts/New_Deal/R33TXQFB">New Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frederick_Neuhouser/3vdcVCqA">Frederick Neuhouser</a>, philosopher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sigrid_Nunez/4SRFu6p5">Sigrid Nunez</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Novak/P8QMDP4W">Barbara Novak</a>, art historian</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elaine_Pagels/5MVf1rVd">Elaine Pagels</a> (1970–1982), scholar of early and gnostic Christianity</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ben_Philippe/7WpYsA3e">Ben Philippe</a>, Haitian-Canadian author and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alan_F._Segal/sqx1jxXJ">Alan F. Segal</a>, ancient Judaism and origins of Christianity; author of <i>Life after Death</i>, and <i>Paul the Convert</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/William_C._Sharpe/bdLQGhkU">William C. Sharpe</a>, cultural historian, <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Edmund_Ware_Sinnott/VRxeELhm">Edmund Ware Sinnott</a>, botanist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paige_West/8n6aj6BX">Paige West</a>, anthropologist, <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dolph_Sweet/1ltuk1hr">Dolph Sweet</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ashley_Tuttle/nkvu5sAn">Ashley Tuttle</a>, former principal dancer at ABT; Tony-nominated actress</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elie_Wiesel/4SrNNENm">Elie Wiesel</a> (1997–1999), <a href="/facts/Nobel_Peace_Prize/2wVhmLrX">Nobel Peace Prize</a>–winning writer and activist</li></ul> <h2 id="recipients-of-the-medal-of-distinction">Recipients of the Medal of Distinction</h2> <p>The Barnard Medal of Distinction is the College's highest honor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> </p><p>1977 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joan_Mondale/xrka0ATc">Joan Mondale</a></li></ul> <p>1978 </p> <ul><li>Samuel R. Milbank</li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Rodgers/D35mwBqT">Richard Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Iphigene_Ochs_Sulzberger/8haVQwJb">Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger</a> '14</li></ul> <p>1979 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adelyn_Dohme_Breeskin/d0yovLqf">Adelyn Dohme Breeskin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Gahagan_Douglas/DHeB8VpI">Helen Gahagan Douglas</a> '24</li> <li>Eleanor Thomas Elliott '48</li> <li>William Am Marstellar</li> <li><a href="/facts/Toni_Morrison/fkrsWxgW">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francis_T._P._Plimpton/7PINFlUT">Francis T. P. Plimpton</a></li></ul> <p>1980 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Dorothy_Height/LmzPILc4">Dorothy Height</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Julius_S._Held/xFdzLuyC">Julius S. Held</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Dublin_Keyserling/o7rRLHux">Mary Dublin Keyserling</a> '30</li> <li><a href="/facts/Margaret_Mahler/JnTwh4PX">Margaret Mahler</a></li> <li>Alan Pifer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Henrietta_Hill_Swope/bvGeFE4H">Henriette H. Swope</a> '25</li></ul> <p>1981 </p> <ul><li>Robert L. Hoguet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Janeway/vnercg5M">Elizabeth Janeway</a> '35</li> <li><a href="/facts/Beverly_Sills/TtjEAnzk">Beverly Sills</a></li></ul> <p>1982 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Carol_Bellamy/L7Y2vYnB">Carol Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Council_of_Economic_Advisers/Pvdx5oyP">Raymond J. Saulnier</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Twyla_Tharp/v0p5uFCX">Twyla Tharp</a> '63</li></ul> <p>1983 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mario_Cuomo/Htm4HbEH">Mario Cuomo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Vernon_Jordan%2c_Jr./Nyq0dxEo">Vernon Jordan, Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_American_Sociological_Association_presidents/hrhmNnez">Mirra Komarovsky</a> '26</li></ul> <p>1984 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Altschul/UWQDIuzK">Arthur Altschul</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Annette_Kar_Baxter/4FF7mNqa">Annette Kar Baxter</a> '47 (posthumous)</li> <li>Joseph G. Brennan<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Hill_Johnstone/Xtn1XfCf">Anna Hill Johnstone</a> '34</li></ul> <p>1985 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Marian_Wright_Edelman/ALQ3Udpj">Marian Wright Edelman</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sidney_Dillon_Ripley/TUXvHLxo">Sidney Dillon Ripley</a></li> <li>Elizabeth Man Sarcka '17<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></li></ul> <p>1986 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/A._Bartlett_Giamatti/7sb0v1A2">A. Bartlett Giamatti</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frances_Lehman_Loeb/seDbuUGr">Frances Lehman Loeb</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helen_Ranney/4XnemB7E">Helen M. Ranney</a> '41<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li></ul> <p>1987 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Judith_Kaye/TYqEx23k">Judith Kaye</a> '58</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sally_Falk_Moore/NMD90obV">Sally Falk Moore</a> '43</li> <li>Rev. James Parks Morton</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_Stewart/DGSRe2GR">Ellen Stewart</a></li></ul> <p>1988 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bank_Street_College_of_Education/lvGq4lA5">Augusta Souza Kappner</a> '66</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ntozake_Shange/Foj4tV7G">Ntozake Shange</a> '70</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maxine_Singer/WVrSReb6">Maxine Singer</a></li></ul> <p>1989 </p> <ul><li>Joan Kaplan Davidson</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eugene_Lang/8AIycD8k">Eugene Lang</a></li> <li>Bernice Segal (posthumous)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li> <li>Lottie L. Taylor-Jones</li></ul> <p>1990 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jacqueline_Barton/QTcLuqt1">Jacqueline Barton</a> '74</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_L._Bernstein/EKk9vCCn">Robert L. Bernstein</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jean_Blackwell_Hutson/4WnbcnDb">Jean Blackwell Hutson</a> '35</li> <li>Julie V. Marsteller '69<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li></ul> <p>1991 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Miriam_Goldman_Cedarbaum/pGjKWdPP">Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum</a> '50</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tisa_Chang/wFed457Q">Tisa Chang</a> '63</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mamphela_Ramphele/lVMWMeqK">Mamphela Ramphele</a>, delivered the 2002 Commencement address</li></ul> <p>1992 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ingrith_Johnson_Deyrup-Olsen/s5wMFvoU">Ingrith Johnson Deyrup-Olsen</a> '40<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fred_W._Friendly/BTq2E34n">Fred W. Friendly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Millicent_Carey_McIntosh/1ConsMgd">Millicent Carey McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Frank_Stella/e1yrWDPx">Frank Stella</a></li></ul> <p>1993 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Ashe/J02mfxY8">Arthur Ashe</a> (posthumous)</li> <li>Elizabeth B. Davis '41</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helene_L._Kaplan/Khzb3kut">Helene Lois Kaplan</a> '53</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bette_Bao_Lord/jflyYTlC">Bette Bao Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cyrus_Vance/xhcpS0Dn">Cyrus Vance</a></li></ul> <p>1994 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Walter_Cronkite/8sRYmvXE">Walter Cronkite</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ellen_V._Futter/rsuPQda0">Ellen V. Futter</a> '71</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Stoler_Miller/EkIMm5uk">Barbara Stoler Miller</a> '62 (posthumous)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Arthur_Mitchell_(dancer)/lUxqEYfW">Arthur Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sheila_E._Widnall/ruS17Cv1">Sheila E. Widnall</a></li></ul> <p>1995 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Madeleine_Albright/ENqgsAEQ">Madeleine Albright</a></li> <li>Rosemary Park Anastos</li> <li><a href="/facts/Derek_Bok/jW6dFVmC">Derek Bok</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sissela_Bok/jzVY6mlj">Sissela Bok</a></li></ul> <p>1996 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rita_R._Colwell/AXnepcrv">Rita R. Colwell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kitty_Carlisle_Hart/r30rqpFV">Kitty Carlisle Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maya_Lin/2UHTlEc4">Maya Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anne_Warburton/ck1zdc0U">Dame Anne Warburton</a></li></ul> <p>1997 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sarah_Brady/0EIIxSNG">Sarah Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Merce_Cunningham/tUg6GUVe">Merce Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charlayne_Hunter-Gault/264t0JWr">Charlayne Hunter-Gault</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala/exV0W0xv">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a></li></ul> <p>1998 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mary_L._Good/9qtVmRGC">Mary L. Good</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joan_Ganz_Cooney/wvB7SJQ5">Joan Ganz Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Aaron_Kessler/5IbE8sX1">David Aaron Kessler</a></li></ul> <p>1999 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zoe_Caldwell/hgqGI05h">Zoe Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Abby_Joseph_Cohen/XbaI57RU">Abby Joseph Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Esther_Dyson/Ev990jMU">Esther Dyson</a></li> <li>William T. Golden</li></ul> <p>2000 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Doris_Kearns_Goodwin/8Wtybt8Y">Doris Kearns Goodwin</a>, delivered the 2000 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hanna_Holborn_Gray/7Pv6hsD6">Hanna Holborn Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Annie_Leibovitz/UMRTCMMC">Annie Leibovitz</a></li> <li>Kathie L. Olson</li></ul> <p>2001 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Morris_Dees/UkxzeL7e">Morris Dees</a></li> <li>Susan Hendrickson</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maxine_Greene/uVuTPT43">Maxine Greene</a> '38</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bernice_Johnson_Reagon/sBr3EhXj">Bernice Johnson Reagon</a>, delivered the 2001 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barbara_Novak/P8QMDP4W">Barbara Novak</a> '50<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alice_Rivlin/mVYw8sLz">Alice Rivlin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harold_E._Varmus/PK4lPF5w">Harold E. Varmus</a></li></ul> <p>2003 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Band_Horwitz/5sWoQNx8">Susan Band Horwitz</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Miller_(journalist)/V3KKjFlf">Judith Miller</a> '69, delivered the Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Martha_Nussbaum/0gsuNp0c">Martha Nussbaum</a></li></ul> <p>2004 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sylvia_Earle/4qWLpRaW">Sylvia Earle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Louise_Gl%25C3%25BCck/mb2QC8T5">Louise Glück</a></li></ul> <p>2005 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Carla_D._Hayden/HNb8Axlw">Carla D. Hayden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Amartya_Sen/R9zxJTMs">Amartya Sen</a></li></ul> <p>2006 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Linda_Greenhouse/wvXml8KM">Linda Greenhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Audra_McDonald/a5kyHp8r">Audra McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Francine_du_Plessix_Gray/ESMWYzVV">Francine du Plessix Gray</a> '52</li></ul> <p>2007 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joan_Didion/XF0lxVMa">Joan Didion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nicholas_D._Kristof/pLSVF5gB">Nicholas D. Kristof</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Patterson_McPherson/5uSjwS6D">Mary Patterson McPherson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Muriel_Petioni/bY10mPhC">Muriel Petioni</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Deavere_Smith/D9gYfjDy">Anna Deavere Smith</a></li></ul> <p>2008 </p> <ul><li>Thelma C. Davidson Adair</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Bloomberg/l7kgF06f">Michael Bloomberg</a>, delivered the 2008 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Billie_Jean_King/gNsvxIrv">Billie Jean King</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Remnick/BWIsGtnm">David Remnick</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Judith_Shapiro/MfQI5okQ">Judith Shapiro</a></li></ul> <p>2009 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hillary_Clinton/dPzm9ru4">Hillary Clinton</a>, delivered the 2009 Commencement address<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></li> <li>Kay Murray<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Indra_Nooyi/fMyeL3RU">Indra Nooyi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Irene_J._Winter/3G2yDMvw">Irene J. Winter</a> '60</li></ul> <p>2010 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Thelma_Golden/QLQSE6nm">Thelma Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Olympia_Snowe/Eqb84Dd6">Olympia Snowe</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Meryl_Streep/crrYYpyr">Meryl Streep</a>, delivered the 2010 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shirley_M._Tilghman/MypA4RuI">Shirley M. Tilghman</a></li></ul> <p>2011 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sheryl_Sandberg/oLdIUqNn">Sheryl Sandberg</a>, COO of Facebook, delivered the 2011 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sylvia_Rhone/5FVfWbMg">Sylvia Rhone</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Roberta_Guaspari/DMq6d2rj">Roberta Guaspari</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jenny_Holzer/BsBPqtGh">Jenny Holzer</a></li></ul> <p>2012 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Barack_Obama/76wUMgL1">Barack Obama</a>, President of the United States, delivered the 2012 Commencement address</li> <li>Sally Chapman, Barnard Professor of Chemistry</li> <li><a href="/facts/Helene_D._Gayle/JeD87sja">Helene D. Gayle</a> '76, President and CEO of CARE, USA</li> <li><a href="/facts/Evan_Wolfson/xWFMVaEl">Evan Wolfson</a>, founder and President of Freedom to Marry</li></ul> <p>2013 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Leymah_Gbowee/97VmW44D">Leymah Gbowee</a>, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered the 2013 Commencement address</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Diller/tkTbHBTP">Elizabeth Diller</a>, architect and designer of the <a href="/facts/High_Line/N0tWJm6u">High Line</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lena_Dunham/z3KtgmkF">Lena Dunham</a>, creator, director, writer and star of the HBO series <i><a href="/facts/Girls_(TV_series)/RvF984h2">Girls</a></i></li></ul> <p>2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cecile_Richards/onMwPN6d">Cecile Richards</a>, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mahzarin_Banaji/XahajTUQ">Mahzarin Banaji</a>, social psychologist and professor of social ethics at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ursula_Burns/nCaMA7SE">Ursula Burns</a>, chair and chief executive officer of Xerox</li> <li><a href="/facts/Patti_Smith/Ap6XWqjx">Patti Smith</a>, musician, poet, and artist</li></ul> <p>2015<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Samantha_Power/kNtVzTJe">Samantha Power</a>, academic and journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Simi_Linton/yBGcxxeS">Simi Linton</a>, expert on disability and the arts<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nadia_Lopez/gWDfynxP">Nadia Lopez</a>, principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Diana_Nyad/W1YPwwyM">Diana Nyad</a>, long-distance swimmer and author</li></ul> <p>2016 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Anne-Marie_Slaughter/U5fgtyr0">Anne-Marie Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie/Pzn6sfHJ">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Simone_Campbell/IA54XU3f">Simone Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shafi_Goldwasser/aTJJq4mB">Shafi Goldwasser</a></li></ul> <p>2017 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Joanne_Liu/kSbr4xdM">Joanne Liu</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Johnnetta_Cole/NmLJr44v">Johnnetta Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Diane_von_Furstenberg/h85us2Sw">Diane von Furstenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zainab_Salbi/jTlLxrKj">Zainab Salbi</a></li></ul> <p>2018 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Abby_Wambach/Y173PIAc">Abby Wambach</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katherine_Johnson/NDHKRuMs">Katherine Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Anna_Quindlen/X1Ydu57v">Anna Quindlen</a> ’74</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rhea_Suh/Gu336mYq">Rhea Suh</a> ’92</li></ul> <p>2019 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Viola_Davis/7CUAoYQz">Viola Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sana_Amanat/y1pd4geD">Sana Amanat</a> ’04</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cherr%25C3%25ADe_Moraga/LIB29sSF">Cherríe Moraga</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Shirley_Adelson_Siegel/qpKJoqHl">Shirley Adelson Siegel</a> ’37</li></ul> <p>(Celebration) 2020-2021 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Paola_Ramos_(journalist)/IGEgr1lM">Paola Ramos (journalist)</a> '09</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cynthia_Nixon/5TeXxFfg">Cynthia Nixon</a> '88</li></ul> <p>2021 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Christiane_Amanpour/gGYXQQN4">Christiane Amanpour</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rebecca_Nagle/u4WmjCuo">Rebecca Nagle</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Okwui_Okpokwasili/zRo13qYM">Okwui Okpokwasili</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Myriam_Sarachik/ynAf09n1">Myriam Sarachik</a> '54</li></ul> <p>2022 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Margot_Lee_Shetterly/30y1NoXz">Margot Lee Shetterly</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Allyson_Felix/kW2t0SYL">Allyson Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stacey_Gabriel/QwYWzPka">Stacey Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sarah_Ruhl/NJJ7Kh3V">Sarah Ruhl</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jaune_Quick-to-See_Smith/9QMhEuo2">Jaune Quick-to-See Smith</a></li></ul> <p>2023 </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lena_Waithe/tlTT6raR">Lena Waithe</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lynsey_Addario/TUvfHq4k">Lynsey Addario</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mar%25C3%25ADa_Magdalena_Campos_Pons/HukvsSty">María Magdalena Campos Pons</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Loretta_Ross/UJk1J9dn">Loretta Ross</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110418211241/http://www.barnard.edu/commencement/archives/past-speakers-medalists">Past Speakers and Medalists</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Introduction to European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies, vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2010 edition) <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Karen I. 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