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Prominent Alumnae of Girls' Schools

While biographies of prominent people often mention where they went to college, they rarely mention where they went to high school or elementary school. Yet high school and childhood education often do more to shape someone’s identity than their college years. The following list includes some of the prominent and high-achieving women who attended all-girl elementary or secondary schools. It is by no means a complete list. Please email us if you know other women to add!

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  • Abrahamson, Shirley – first women member and chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1950.
  • Adams, Alice – short story writer and novelist, Superior Women.  St. Catherine’s School (Va.) 1943.
  • Allred, Gloria – feminist attorney. Philadelphia High School for Girls.
  • Alsop, Marin – principal conductor for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Masters School (N.Y.) 1972.
  • Alvarez, Julia – novelist, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Abbot Academy (Mass.) 1967.
  • Amato, Erika – lead singer for Velvet Chain rock band. Kent Place School (N.J.) 1987.
  • Archer, Anne – actress, Fatal Attraction. Marlborough School (Ca.) 1965.
  • Armstrong, Anne – former Ambassador to Great Britain. First woman to chair the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Foxcroft School (Virginia) 1945.
  • Arthur, Bea – actress, Maude. Linden Hall School (Penn.) 1941.
  • Astor, Nancy – first female member of Parliament in Great Britain. St. Catherine’s School (Va.) 1898.
  • Auchincloss, Eva Seed – former head of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Miss Hall’s School (Mass.) 1951.
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  • Babbitt, Natalie Moore – novelist, Tuck Everlasting. Laurel School (Oh.) 1950.
  • Babcock, Barbara – Emmy Award-winning actress, Hill Street Blues. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1955.
  • Baldrige, Letitia – White House social secretary for Kennedy administration, and authority on manners. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1943.
  • Baetjer, Katharine – curator, Dept. of European Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of New York. Miss Hall’s School (Mass.) 1963.
  • Barnes, Florence Lowe ‘Pancho’ – pioneering aviator and stunt pilot; confidante to test pilots including Chuck Yeager. Westridge School  (Calif.) 1919.
  • Beck, Phyllis – first woman to serve on Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1945.
  • Berresford, Susan – president of the Ford Foundation. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1961.
  • Blume, Judy – children’s author, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. Battin High School (N.J.) 1956.
  • Bogaev, Barbara – National Public Radio talk show host. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1979. Bolshoi, Alison Buckley – opera singer, soloist with Wagner Festival Orchestra of New York. Ursuline School (N.Y.) 1983.
  • Boston, Rachel – actress, NBC drama “American Dreams.” Girls Preparatory School (Tenn.) 2000.
  • Brown, Elaine – first woman to head the Black Panther Party. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1961.
  • Brown, Kathleen – California state treasurer. Santa Catalina School (Ca.) 1963.
  • Burns, Beverly – first female captain of a Boeing 747 on a cross-country flight. Western High School (Md.) 1967.
  • Burros, Marian Fox – New York Times food writer. Rosemary Hall (Conn.) 1950.
  • Bush, Barbara – First Lady, married to Pres. George Herbert Walker Bush. Ashley Hall (S.C.) 1943.
  • Buttner, Jean Bernhard – CEO of Valueline. Emma Willard School (N.Y.) and Rosemary Hall (Conn.) 1953.
  • Byron, Beverly Butcher – congresswoman from Maryland, 1978-93. National Cathedral School (Washington DC) 1950.
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  • Calisher, Hortense – novelist, Sunday Jews. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1928.
  • Campbell, Bebe Moore – novelist, Brothers and Sisters. Philadelphia High School for Girls 1967.
  • Cannon, Sarah – comidienne. Inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame for her character Minnie Pearl. Harpeth Hall School (Tenn.) 1932.
  • Carmody, Carol Jones – member of the National Transportation Safety Board, former U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization. Louise S. McGehee School (Louisiana) 1960.
  • Channing, Stockard – actress. The Chapin School (N.Y.) 1961.
  • Chopin, Kate – novelist, The Awakening. Academy of the Sacred Heart (Mo.) 1868.
  • Chow, Amy – Olympic gymnast, 1996 gold and silver medals. Castilleja School (Calif.)  1996.
  • Claybrook, Joan – president of Public Citizen, former head of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1955.
  • Clayton, Constance – first female and first African-American superintendant of school in Philadelphia. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1951.
  • Close, Glenn – actress. Rosemary Hall (Conn.) 1965.
  • Colton, Elizabeth – founder of International Museum of Women in San Francisco. Emma Willard School (N.Y.) 1966.
  • Curtis, Charlotte – former op-ed page editor of the New York Times; first woman to be listed on the masthead of the Times. Columbus School for Girls (Oh.) 1946.
  • Curtis, Lucille Atcherson – first female foreign service officer in 1922. Columbus School for Girls (Oh.) 1909.
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  • Daughtrey, Martha Craig Kerkow – first woman judge and first woman on the state supreme court in Tennessee. National Cathedral School (Washington, DC) 1960.
  • Dawidowicz, Lucy  – historian, The War Against the Jews 1933-1945. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1932.
  • Dee, Ruby – actress and civil rights activist. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1939.
  • DeForest, Marian – journalist, founded Zonta Club for businesswomen which grew into Zonta International with 1200 chapters in 67 countries. Buffalo Seminary (N.Y.) 1884.
  • Dennery, Linda Lieberman – publisher of the Newark Star-Ledger. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1965.
  • D’Harnoncourt, Anne – director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1961.
  • Dodge, Grace Hoadley – founded Columbia University Teachers’ College. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1873.
  • Doerr, Harriet – novelist, Stones for Ibarra. Westridge School (Calif.) 1927.
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  • Edward, Annie – first female postmaster in the U.S. in Rockford, Ill. Abbot Academy (Mass.) 1855.
  • Eliot, Martha May – child health expert, first woman admitted into the American Pediatric Society and first woman elected president of the American Public Health Association. Winsor School (Mass.) 1909.
  • Elstner, Anne – actress who played “Stella Dallas” on the radio. Mt. de Chantal Visitation Academy (West Virginia) 1918.
  • Eustis, Dorothy Harrison – founded The Seeing Eye, the first guide dog facility in the United States. Agnes Irwin School  (Penn.) 1904.
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  • Fadiman, Anne – journalist, editor of The American Scholar.  Marlborough School (Ca.) 1970.
  • Fanning, Katherine Woodruff – editor of Christian Science Monitor, first female president of American Society of Newspaper Editors. Westover School (Conn.) 1945.
  • Fauset, Jessie Redmon – Harlem Renaissance novelist and poet, literary editor of W.E.B. DeBois’ magazine The Crisis. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1900.
  • Feinstein, Dianne – U.S. Senator from California. Convent High School of the Sacred Heart (Calif.) 1951.
  • Fenwick, Millicent Hammond – Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-83. Model for the fictional Lacey Davenport in “Doonesbury.” Nightingale-Bamford School (N.Y.) 1920-24, and Foxcroft (Va.) 1925.
  • Ferraro, Geraldine – first woman to run for vice-president of the U.S. Marymount School (Tarrytown, N.Y.) 1952.
  • FitzGerald, Frances – journalist. Won 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fire in the Lake. Foxcroft (Va.) 1958.
  • Fitzhugh, Louise – author of Harriet the Spy. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1946.
  • Fonda, Jane – actress, political activist. Emma Willard School (N.Y.) 1955.
  • Fore, Henrietta – director of the U.S. Mint. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1966.
  • Fort, Cornelia – first woman pilot to give her life in service of the U.S. military. Harpeth Hall School (Tenn.) 1936.
  • Fout, Nina – equestrian who won 2000 Olympic bronze medal. Foxcroft (Virginia) 1977.
  • Franklin, Shirley Clarke – first female mayor of Atlanta. Philadelphia High School for Girls 1963.
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  • Gates, Melinda French – co-founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ursuline Academy (Tx.) 1982.
  • Gellhorn, Edna – co-founder of the League of Women Voters. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1896.
  • Gibson, Margaret – poet, professor at University of Connecticut, finalist for National Book Award in 1993. St. Catherine’s School (Va.) 1962.
  • Gless, Sharon – Emmy Award-winning actress, Cagney and Lacey. Marlborough School (Ca.) and Santa Catalina School (Ca.) 1961.
  • Goodall, Jane – anthropologist, leading expert on chimpanizees. Oldfields School (Md.) 1944.
  • Grant, Amy – singer. Winner of five Grammy awards. Harpeth Hall School (Tenn.) 1978.
  • Guettel, Mary Rodgers – composer and playwright, Once Upon a Mattress. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1948.
  • Gulkis, Susan – principal violist, Seattle Symphony. Westridge School (Calif.) 1984.
  • Guthrie, Janet – first woman to race in Indianapolis 500. Miss Harris’ Florida School for Girls. 1955.
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  • Hall, Virginia – O.S.S. operative in World War II. Organized three battalions of French Resistance forces in occupied France. Only civilian woman in World War II to receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1924.
  • Hamilton, Alice – founder of field of industrial medicine. First woman faculty member at Harvard University Medical School. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1888.
  • Hamilton, Ann – sculptor, MacArthur genius award recipient. Columbus School for Girls (Ohio) 1974.
  • Hamilton, Edith – classical scholar, author of The Greek Way. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1886.
  • Hampl, Patricia – author of  I Could Tell You Stories and other works; Pushcart Prize winner. Convent of the Visitation School (Minn.) 1964.
  • Hancock, Ellen Mooney – first female vice president at IBM. Ursuline School (N.Y.) 1961.
  • Handler, Evelyn – first woman president of the University of New Hampshire and Braindeis University. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1950.
  • Handy, Patricia – associate conductor with Greenwich Symphone Orchestra; first American woman to receive a conducting fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1961.
  • Hanff, Helene – author, 84 Charing Cross Road. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1933.
  • Harris, Rev. Barbara – first female bishop in the Episcopal Church in America. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1948.
  • Harvey, Rebecca Miller – co-founder of Crabtree and Evelyn, Ltd. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1959.
  • Healy, Bernadine – cardiologist, first woman to head the National Institutes of Health; CEO of American Red Cross at time of 9/11 attacks. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1962.
  • Hearne, Shelley -- executive director of the Trust for America’s Health, a nationwide nonprofit public health advocacy group. Board chair of the American Public Health Association. Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (N.J.), 1979.
  • Hendrix, Lee – Curator of Drawings, The Getty Museum. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1971.
  • Hewitt, Sarah Cooper – founded Museum of Fine Arts at Cooper Union. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1876.
  • Hills, Carla – U.S. Trade Representative in first Bush administration. Marlborough School (Ca.) 1951.
  • Howe, Florence – founder of The Feminist Press, first woman president of the Modern Language Association. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1946.
  • Hughes, Sarah Tilghman – first female federal district judge in Texas. Administered presidential oath of office to Lyndon Johnson after Kennedy assassination. Western High School (Md.) 1913.
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  • Jacobsen, Josephine – poet. Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1971-73. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1926.
  • Jones, Janis – mayor of Las Vegas, 1991-99. Marlborough School (Ca.) 1967.
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  • Kael, Pauline – film critic. Girls High School (San Francisco) 1930s.
  • Kanter, Martha – president of De Anza College. Winsor School (Mass.) 1966.
  • Kelly, Kate – CBS news anchor. San Domenico School (California) 1975.
  • Kelly, Marguerite – syndicated columnist on parenting issues, author of Family Almanac. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (Wash. DC) 1950.
  • Kobak, Hope McEldowney – president and co-founder of Kirkus Reviews. Emma Willard School (N.Y.) 1940.
  • Kollar-Kotelly, Colleen – federal judge who presided over thje Microsoft antitrust case. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (Wash. DC) 1961.
  • Koppel, Andrea – journalist, CNN. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Maryland ) 1981.
  • Kovel, Terry – antiques expert. Laurel School (Oh.) 1946
  • Kursinski, Anne – equestrian, team silver medalist in 1988, 1996. Westridge School (Calif.) 1976.
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  • Lane, Pinkie Gordon – first African-American poet laureate of Louisiana. Philadelphia High School for Girls 1940.
  • Lebenthal, Alexandra – CEO of Lebenthal & Co. brokerage firm. Nightingale-Bamford School (N.Y.) 1982.
  • Lee, Andrea – writer, Sarah Phillips.  Baldwin School (Penn.) 1970.
  • L’Engle, Madeleine – author of A Wrinkle in Time. Ashley Hall (S.C.) 1937.
  • Leoni, Tea – actress. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1984.
  • Lewis, Carla – senior director of investor relations for Microsoft. Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Wash.) 1975.
  • Lindbergh, Anne Morrow – writer, Gift from the Sea. The Chapin School (N.Y.) 1924.
  • Lippard, Lucy – cultural critic, feminist activist. Abbot Academy (Mass.) 1954.
  • Lloyd, Kate Rand – editor-in-chief, Working Woman. Westover School (Conn.) 1941.
  • Lorde, Audre – poet and feminist. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1951.
  • Luzzatto, Tamara Stanton – chief of staff for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1975.
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  • Marlin, Alice Tepper – founder and executive director of the Council on Economic Priorities, nonprofit that promotes corporate social responsibility. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1962.
  • Marshall, Capricia – White House social secretary for President Bill Clinton. Beaumont School (Oh.) 1982.
  • Mathews, Jessica Tuchman – president of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1963.
  • Maxman, Susan, first female president of the American Institute of Architects. Columbus School for Girls (Oh.) 1954.
  • McCormick, Anne O’Hare – New York Times foreign correspondent. In 1937 was first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. St. Mary of the Springs Academy (Oh.) 1898.
  • McCormick, Ruth Hanna. First woman to run for the U.S. Senate. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1897.
  • McEvoy, Nan – former owner of the San Francisco Chronicle. San Domenico School (California) 1937.
  • McMorrow, Mary Ann – first woman chief justice on Illinois Supreme Court. Immaculata High School (Il.)  1948,
  • McMorrow, Mary Ann – first woman chief justice on Illinois Supreme Court. Immaculata High School (Il.)  1948,
  • Muldaur, Maria – singer. Hunter College High School  (N.Y.) 1960.
  • Merlino, Nell – designed and produced Take Your Daughters to Work Day for the Ms. Foundation for Women. Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (N.J.) 1971.
  • Messinger, Ruth – executive director of American Jewish World Service, former borough president of Manhattan. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1958.
  • Methvin, Stacy Perper – vice president of transportation for Shell Oil Products US, and former CEO of fifth largest oil refinery in the U.S. Springside School, (Penn.) 1975.
  • Mikulski, Barbara – U.S. Senator from Maryland. Notre Dame Preparatory School (Md.).
  • Miller, Emily -- First female department chair at the Virginia Military Institute. St. Catherine’s School (Va.) 1971.
  • Miller, Inger – runner, 1996 Olympic gold medalist. Westridge School (Calif.) 1990.
  • Monroe, Harriet – poet and critic, founded Poetry magazine in 1912. Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 1879.
  • Morris, Sarah – Actress in Felicity. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1996.
  • Munson, Edith Cummings – 1923 national golf champion, first woman on the cover of Time magazine. Westover School (Conn.) 1917.
  • Mueller, Cate Tinkler – head of the U.S. Navy’s News Desk at the Pentagon. Girls Preparatory School (Tenn.) 1983.
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  • Nakasone, Mariko – co-host of PBS children’s show DragonflyTV. Convent of the Visitation School (Minn.) 2002.
  • Nussbaum, Martha – professor of ethics, University of Chicago Law School. Baldwin School (Penn.),1964.
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  • O’Donnell, Kendra Stearns – first female head of school of Phillips Exeter Academy. Emma Willard School (N.Y.) 1960.
  • O’Heill, Anne Cunningham – director of public relations for the United Nations. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1966.
  • O’Keefe, Georgia – painter. Chatham Hall School (Va.) 1905.
  • Onassis, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy – First Lady married to President John F. Kennedy. The Chapin School (N.Y.) and Miss Porter’s School (Conn.)  1947.
  • Ozick, Cynthia – author, The Puttermesser Papers. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1946.
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  • Paltrow, Gwyneth – actress. The Spence School (N.Y.) 1990.
  • Parks, Rosa –  civil rights activist. Montgomery Industrial School for Girls (Alabama).
  • Parker, Dorothy – writer. Miss Dana’s School (N.J.) 1911.
  • Pelosi, Nancy – congresswoman from San Francisco and first woman House minority leader. Nore Dame Preparatory School (Md.).
  • Pert, Florence – first woman ordained as a Collegiate Church minister. Harpeth Hall (Tenn.) 1949.
  • Peters, Ellen – first female member and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1947.
  • Pilot, Ann Hobson – principal harpist, Boston Symphony Orchestra. Philadelphia High School for Girls (Penn.) 1961.
  • Phillips, Teresa Lawrence – first woman to coach a Divison 1 men’s basketball team, as Tennessee State athletic director.  Girls Preparatory School (Chattanooga) 1976.
  • Post, Emily – authority on etiquette. Miss Graham’s School (N.Y.)
  • Post, Marjorie Merriweather – philanthropist. Mt. Vernon Seminary (Wash. D.C.) 1904.
  • Pritzker, Penny – president of Pritzker Realty Group, chairman of Classic Residency by Hyatt. Castilleja School (Calif.) 1977.
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  • Raiser, Molly – Chief of Protocol for U.S. State Department, 1993-97. Buffalo Seminary (N.Y.) 1960.
  • Rasin, Martha – former Chief Judge of the District Court of Maryland. St. Margaret’s School (Va.) 1965.
  • Reagan, Nancy – First Lady, married to President Ronald Reagan. Girls Latin School (Ill.)
  • Rees, Mina – mathematician, first female president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Hunter College High School (N.Y.) 1919.
  • Rice, Condoleezza – National Security Adviser to President George W. Bush. St. Mary’s Academy (Colorado) 1971.
  • Rich, Adrienne – poet, winner of National Book Award. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1947.
  • Richardson, Sally – director of federal Medicaid program in Clinton administration. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1950.
  • Riddle, Theodate Pope – architect. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1888.
  • Ride, Sally – astronaut. Westlake School for Girls (Calif.) 1968.
  • Ripley, Alexandra Braid – author of Scarlett: The Sequel to Gone with the Wind. Ashley Hall (S.C.) 1951.
  • Ripley, Rosemary – vice president for corporate development, Philip Morris Company. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1972.
  • Rivlin, Alice – economist, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget under President Clinton. The Madeira School (Va.) 1948.
  • Roberts, Cokie – journalist, ABC-TV. Stone Ridge Schools of the Sacred Heart (Md.) 1960.
  • Robertson, Donna – dean of College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology. St. Margaret’s School (Va.) 1970.
  • Rodin, Judith Seitz – first female president of the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia High School for Girls 1962.
  • Rogers, Edith Nourse – congresswoman from Massachusetts from 1925 through 1960. Rogers Hall School (Mass.)
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  • Seretean, Tracy – won 2001 Oscar for Best Documentary Film Short. Girls Preparatory School (Tenn.) 1977.
  • Sexton, Anne – poet. Rogers Hall (Mass.) 1947.
  • Shepard, Molly. Chair, president and co-founder of Manchester Inc., an outplacement and career management company. Miss Hall’s School (Mass.) 1964.
  • Shriver, Maria – journalist, NBC-TV. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Md.) 1973.
  • Simmons, Adele – president of Hampshire College and of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Garrison Forest School (Md.) 1959.
  • Simpson, Wallis Warfield – wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor, for whom he abdicated the British throne. Oldfields School (Md.) 1914
  • Sinkler, Rebecca Pepper – former editor of New York Times Book Review. Springside School (Penn.) 1955.
  • Skinner, Cornelia Otis – actress and writer, Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1918.
  • Slick, Grace – lead singer for rock group Jefferson Airplane. Castilleja School (Calif.) 1957.
  • Smith, Anna Deveare – actress and playwright. Western High School (Md.) 1967.
  • Smith, Mary Oates Skinner – vice president of the World Bank. Springside School (Penn.) 1959.
  • Smith, Robin – chairman and former CEO of Publishers Clearing House. Baldwin School (Penn.) 1957.
  • Sorenson, Alexandra – MSNBC anchor and correspondent. Marlborough School (Ca.) 1978.
  • Stahlman, Mildred – pediatric neonatologist who developed the first modern neonatal intensive care unit in the world. Harpeth Hall School (Tenn.) 1940.
  • Stanton, Elizabeth Cady – suffrage leader. Troy Female Seminary/Emma Willard School 1837.
  • Stark, Melissa – sports reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football. Roland Park Country School (Md.) 1991.
  • Stockwell, Tracy Caulkins – swimmer with three Olympic gold medals. Harpeth Hall School (Tenn.) 1981.
  • Swados, Elizabeth – playwright and musician, winner of three Obie Awards and five Tony award nominations. Buffalo Seminary (N.Y.) 1968.
  • Szold, Henrietta – founder of Hadassah, the national organization of Jewish women. Western High School (Md.) 1877.
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  • Taylor, Melanie Smith – Olympic gold medal equestrian. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1967.
  • Taylor, Peggy – President of PeopleSoft Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of PeopleSoft. Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Wash.) 1968.
  • Thielen, Cynthia – congresswoman from Hawaii. Marlborough School (Ca.) 1951.
  • Thompson, Caroline – screenwriter, Edward Scissorhands. National Cathedral School (Washington DC) 1974.
  • Tierney, Gene – actress. Miss Porter’s School (Conn.) 1938.
  • Townsend, Kathleen Kennedy – Lt. Governor of Maryland. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Md.) 1969.
  • Tyson, Nora Wingfield – first woman to head a navy aviation operational squadron. Second in command of the U.S. Bataan. St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Tenn.) 1975.
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  • Urban, Amanda – co-head of New York office of International Creative Management. Kent Place School (N.J.) 1964.
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  • Vanden Heuval, Katrina – editor in chief of The Nation. Brearley School (N.Y.) 1977.
  • VanDerveer, Tara – coach of gold medal-winning U.S. women’s basketball team in 1996 Olympics. Buffalo Seminary (N.Y.) 1971.
  • Van Lengen, Karen – Dean of the University of Virginia’s architecture school. Stoneleigh-Burnahm School (Mass.) 1969.
  • Vieira, Meredith – television host, The View.  Lincoln School (R.I.) 1971.
  • Von Stade, Frederica – opera singer. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Md.) 1963.
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  • Walsh, Diana Chapman – President of Wellesley College. Springside School (Penn.) 1962
  • Walther Beverly Rayburn – first female tenured professor at the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. Hutchison School (Tenn.) 1987.
  • Wasserstein, Wendy – playwright, The Heidi Chronicles. Calhoun School (N.Y.) 1967.
  • Weaver, Sigourney – actress. The Chapin School (N.Y.) 1967.
  • White, Katherine Sergeant – first fiction editor of The New Yorker. Winsor School (Mass.) 1909.
  • Whitman, Christine Todd – governor of New Jersey, EPA secretary for President George W. Bush. The Chapin School (N.Y.) 1964.
  • Williams, Mary Alice – journalist, founder of CNN, won Emmy as anchor of NBC nightly news. Convent of the Visitation School (Minn.) 1967.
  • Witherspoon, Reese – actress. Harpeth Hall (Tenn.) 1994.
  • Wright, Lana duPont – equestrian. At 1964 Olympics was first woman to compete in equestrian sport of “eventing”. Oldfields School (Md.) 1957
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