The following is a list of notable individuals associated with

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

through attendance as a student, service as a member of the faculty or staff, or award of the Barnard Medal of Distinction.

Notable alumnae

Academics and scientists

Anne Anastasi Anne Anastasi (December 19, 1908 – May 4, 2001) was an American psychologist best known for her pioneering development of psychometrics. Her generative work, ''Psychological Testing'', remains a classic text in which she drew attention to the ...

(1928), American psychologist known for her pioneering development of

psychometrics Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

, former president of

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

, recipient of the

National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social scienc ...

* Naomi André (1989), professor of music at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

Natalie Angier Natalie Angier /ænˈdʒɪər/ (born February 16, 1958 in the The Bronx, Bronx, New York City) is an American nonfiction writer and a science journalist for ''The New York Times''. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 1991 ...

(1978), author, science journalist for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'', winner of the

Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting was presented from 1991 to 2006 for a distinguished example of beat reporting characterized by sustained and knowledgeable coverage of a particular subject or activity. From 1985 to 1990 it was known as the ...

* Nina Ansary (1989), historian, author, one of the six UN Women Champions for Innovation, daughter of Iranian diplomat and philanthropist

Hushang Ansary Hushang Ansary ( fa, هوشنگ انصاری, born 1927) is an Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist. He served for eighteen years in the Iranian government prior to the Iranian Revolution including as Minister of Econo ...

* Jacqueline Barton (1974),

Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...

and MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant" winner * Jean Baum (1980), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

Helen M. Berman Helen Miriam Berman is a Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University and a former director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank (one of the member organizations of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank). A structural b ...

(1964), Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at

Martha Biondi Martha Biondi is an American historian. She is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History at Northwestern University. Biography Biondi was raised in Connecticut. She received her B.A. from Barnard Coll ...

(1985), professor of African American studies at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

Joan Birman Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman (born May 30, 1927, in New York CityLarry Riddle., ''Biographies of Women Mathematicians'', at Agnes Scott College) is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology. She has made contributions to t ...

(1948), mathematician and winner of the

Chauvenet Prize The Chauvenet Prize is the highest award for mathematical expository writing. It consists of a prize of $1,000 and a certificate, and is awarded yearly by the Mathematical Association of America in recognition of an outstanding expository article ...

Hazel Bishop Hazel Gladys Bishop (August 17, 1906 – December 5, 1998) was an American chemist and the founder of the cosmetics company Hazel Bishop, Inc. She was the inventor of the first long-lasting lipstick. Early life Bishop was born in Hoboken, New J ...

(1929),

and inventor of innovative cosmetics * Edyta Bojanowska (1993), professor of Slavic languages and literature at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

* Hendrika B. Cantwell (1944), clinical professor of pediatrics, advocate for abused and neglected children *

Marian Chertow Marian Ruth Chertow is an American academic specializing in environmental management. Biography She holds a B.A. from Barnard College (1978), a M.P.P.M. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. from Yale University with thesis titled ''Accelerating comm ...

(1977), academic specializing in

environmental resource management Environmental resource management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environmental resources management aim ...

* Susan Cole (1962), first female president of

Montclair State University Montclair State University (MSU) is a public research university in Montclair, New Jersey, with parts of the campus extending into Little Falls. As of fall 2018, Montclair State was, by enrollment, the second largest public university in New ...

Frances Gardiner Davenport Frances Gardiner Davenport (1870 – November 11, 1927) was an American historian who specialized in the later Middle Ages and the European colonization of the New World. Early life Born in 1870, Davenport was educated at Barnard College and Radc ...

(1890–1), historian * Stacey D'Erasmo (1983), American author and critic, professor at Fordham University * Jerrilynn Dodds (1973), art historian, former dean of Sarah Lawrence College * Ingrith Johnson Deyrup-Olsen (1940), American zoologist, daughter of

The New School The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

founder and first president

Alvin Saunders Johnson Alvin Saunders Johnson (December 18, 1874 – June 7, 1971) was an American economist and a co-founder and first director of The New School. Biography Alvin Johnson was born near Homer, Nebraska. He was educated at the University of Nebraska an ...

Mabel Smith Douglass Mabel Smith Douglass (February 11, 1874 – September 21, 1933) was the first dean, in 1918, of the New Jersey College for Women in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1955, the college was renamed Douglass College in her honor. Life Douglass was appoint ...

(1899), educator and namesake of

Douglass Residential College Douglass Residential College, is an undergraduate, non degree granting higher education program of Rutgers University-New Brunswick for women. It succeeded the liberal arts degree-granting Douglass College after it was merged with the other und ...

Carol Dweck Carol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. She is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is known for her work on motivation and mindset. She was on the faculty at Columbia ...

(1967), professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

at Stanford University *

Pam Eddinger Pam Eddinger is the seventh president of the Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts, United States. Eddinger is the first Chinese-American President in the Massachusetts Community College System. Early life Eddinger was born as Pam Yue ...

(1982), president of Bunker Hill Community College * Jessica Einhorn (1967), former dean of the

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

Hope Tisdale Eldridge Dorothy Hope Tisdale Eldridge (June 18, 1904 – October 5, 1991) was an American physical educator, demographer, and statistician. Early life and education Hope Tisdale was born in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of Marion Eugene Tisdale and H ...

(1925), physical educator, demographer and statistician at the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

* Firth Haring Fabend (1959), novelist and historian * Nancy Farriss (1959), historian, professor at

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Jessica Garretson Finch Jessica Garretson Finch (August 19, 1871 – October 31, 1949) was an American educator, author, women's rights activist, founder of the Lennox School for girls, and founding president of Finch College. Early life Finch was born on August 1 ...

(1893), author, suffragette, founding President of

Finch College Finch College was an undergraduate women's college in Manhattan, New York City. The Finch School opened as a private secondary school for girls in 1900 and became a liberal arts college in 1952. It closed in 1976. Founding Finch was founded in ...

Katherine Elizabeth Fleming Katherine Elizabeth Fleming is President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization in the Department of History at New York University (NYU) as well as Provost Emerita of the ...

(1987), provost of

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Katherine Franke Katherine M. Franke is an American legal scholar who specializes in gender and sexuality law. She is the James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Biography Franke received her B.A. from Barnard College in 1981. She graduated from ...

(1981), professor at

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

* Ellen V. Futter (1971), President of Barnard College and the American Museum of Natural History *

Susan Gal Susan Gal (born 1949) is the Mae & Sidney G. Metzl Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, of Linguistics, and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago She is the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on lingui ...

(1970), anthropologist, professor at

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

Lynn Garafola Lynn Theresa Garafola (born December 12, 1946) is an American dance historian, linguist, critic, curator, lecturer, and educator. A prominent researcher and writer with broad interests in the field of dance history, she is acknowledged as the lea ...

(1968), dance historian *

Virginia Gildersleeve Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (October 3, 1877 – July 7, 1965) was an American academic, the long-time dean of Barnard College, co-founder of the International Federation of University Women, and the only woman delegated by United States ...

(1899), Dean of Barnard College and delegate to the charter conference of the United Nations in 1945 * Karen Goldberg (1983), Vagelos Professor of Energy Research at

* Nieca Goldberg (1979), doctor at the

NYU Langone Medical Center NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and ...

Rebecca Goldstein Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (born February 23, 1950) is an American philosopher, novelist, and public intellectual. She has written ten books, both fiction and non-fiction. She holds a Ph.D. in philosophy of science from Princeton University, and ...

(1972), philosopher, biographer, and novelist * Ruth L. Gottesman (1952), professor of pediatrics at

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a research-intensive medical school located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of t ...

, philanthropist, wife of David Gottesman * Monica Green (1978), medieval historian and Professor of History at Arizona State University *

Maxine Greene Sarah Maxine Greene (née Meyer; December 23, 1917 – May 29, 2014) was an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher. Described upon her death as "perhaps the most iconic and influential living figure associated wit ...

(1938), educator, philosopher, activist; past president of the

American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association (AERA, pronounced "A-E-R-A") is a professional organization representing education researchers in the United States and around the world. AERA's mission is to advance knowledge about education and p ...

* Patricia Greenspan (1966), professor of philosophy at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

Miriam Griffin Miriam Tamara Griffin (née Dressler; 6 June 1935 – 16 May 2018) was an American classical scholar and tutor of ancient history at Somerville College at the University of Oxford from 1967 to 2002. She was a scholar of Roman history and ancien ...

(1956), classical scholar at Somerville College, Oxford * Ellen R. Gritz (1964), cancer researcher at

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (colloquially MD Anderson Cancer Center) is a comprehensive cancer center in Houston, Texas. It is the largest cancer center in the U.S. and one of the original three comprehensive cancer centers ...

* Ruth T. Gross (1941), pediatrician, first woman to hold an endowed chair at Stanford University * Evelyn Byrd Harrison (1941), classical scholar, archaeologist, Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...

* Louise Holland (1893–1990), academic, philologist and archaeologist * Lise Morjé Howard (1991), political scientist, professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Judith Herzfeld Judith Herzfeld (born 1948) is Professor Emerita at Brandeis University. Known for her work in statistical thermodynamics, solid state NMR and chemical education, she is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for ...

(1967), Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

* Evelyn Hu (1969), Gordon McKay Professor of

Applied Physics Applied physics is the application of physics to solve scientific or engineering problems. It is usually considered to be a bridge or a connection between physics and engineering. "Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination ...

and Electrical Engineering at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

* Jean Blackwell Hutson (1969), librarian, archivist, chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture *

Karla Jay Karla Jay (born February 22, 1947) is a distinguished professor emerita at Pace University, where she taught English and directed the women's and gender studies program between 1974 and 2009. A pioneer in the field of lesbian and gay studies, s ...

(1968), pioneer of lesbian and gay studies * Frances Kamm (1960), philosopher, professor at

* Darcy Kelley (1970), American neurobiologist, professor at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

* Linda K. Kerber (1960), feminist intellectual historian, professor at

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

Mirra Komarovsky Mirra Komarovsky (February 5, 1905 – January 30, 1999), was an American pioneer in the sociology of gender. Early years Born to Mendel and Anna Komarovsky (née Steinberg)

(1926), sociologist; pioneer in the

sociology of gender Sociology of gender is a prominent subfield of sociology. Social interaction directly correlated with sociology regarding social structure. One of the most important social structures is status. This is determined based on position that an indiv ...

* Mabel Lang (1939),

archeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and professor at

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

Linda Laubenstein Linda Jane Laubenstein (May 21, 1947 – August 15, 1992) was an American physician and early HIV/AIDS researcher. She was among the first doctors in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic of the early 1980s; she co-authored the first ...

, MD (1969), HIV/AIDS researcher * Sylvia Lavin (1982), professor at the

Princeton University School of Architecture Princeton University School of Architecture is the name of the school of architecture at Princeton University. Founded in 1919, the School is a center for teaching and research in architectural design, history, and theory. The School offers an und ...

Janna Levin Janna J. Levin (born 1967) is an American theoretical cosmologist and a professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most count ...

(1988),

cosmologist Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in Latin by German philosopher ...

and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at

* Helen Longino (1960), philosopher of science, professor at Stanford University * Susan Lowey (1950), biophysicist and professor of the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...

* Susan Mailer (1971), American psychoanalyst, writer, and academic, daughter of novelist Norman Mailer *

Joyce Lee Malcolm Joyce Lee Malcolm (born October 17, 1941) is the Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment at George Mason University School of Law. She has been called "the leading historian on the history of English gun control ...

(1963), professor at Antonin Scalia Law School *

Rita Gunther McGrath Rita Gunther McGrath (born July 28, 1959 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American strategic management scholar and professor of management at the Columbia Business School. She is known for her work on strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship, in ...

(1981), business book author; Professor at Columbia Business School * Elizabeth M. McNally (1983), geneticist, professor at

Eileen McNamara Eileen McNamara (born May 30, 1952) is an American journalist. She is the author of ''Eunice, The Kennedy Who Changed the World,'' to be published by Simon and Schuster, on April 3, 2018. She is chair of the Journalism Program at Brandeis Unive ...

(1974), professor of journalism at

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

; formerly Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of ''

The Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...

'' *

Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard C ...

(1923), anthropologist *

Barbara Stoler Miller Barbara Stoler Miller (August 8, 1940 – April 19, 1993) was a scholar of Sanskrit literature. Her translation of the '' Bhagavad Gita'' was extremely successful and she helped popularize Indian literature in the U.S. She was the president of the ...

(1962), scholar of Sanskrit literature known for the translation of the '' Bhagavad Gita'' *

Nancy K. Miller Nancy K. Miller (born 21 February 1941) is an American literary scholar, feminist theorist and memoirist. Currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center, Miller is the author of several boo ...

(1961), American literary scholar, feminist theorist and memoirist, professor at

Graduate Center, CUNY The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and post-graduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the ...

* Dorothy Miner (1926), American art historian, curator at

Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...

Gertrude Moakley Gertrude Charlotte Moakley (February 18, 1905 – March 28, 1998) was an American librarian and a Tarot scholar. Moakley is notable for having written the earliest and most significant account of the iconography of Tarot, a card game which origi ...

(1926) American

librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time ...

and noted Tarot scholar. * Cathryn Nagler (1979), immunologist, professor at the

* Eva Neer (1959), American chemist, professor at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons * Gertrude Neumark (1948), American physicist and former professor of

* Elissa L. Newport (1969), American psycholinguist, professor at

* Barbara Novak (1950), art historian at

, 1982

National Book Award for Nonfiction The National Book Award for Nonfiction is one of five U.S. annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by U.S. citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers". The panelists ...

finalist *

Aihwa Ong Aihwa Ong (; born February 1, 1950) is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, a member of the Science Council of the International Panel on Social Progress, and a former recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for the s ...

(1974), American anthropologist and professor at

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

and 2001

MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

* Anne Paolucci (1947), Italian American writer, dramatist, professor at St. John's University *

Elsie Clews Parsons Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (November 27, 1875 – December 19, 1941) was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Tewa and Hopi—in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mex ...

(1896), first woman elected President of the American Anthropological Association *

Esther Pasztory Esther Pasztory is a professor emerita of Pre-Columbian art history at Columbia University. From 1997 to her retirement in 2013 she held the Lisa and Bernard Selz Chair in Art History and Archaeology.https://arthistory.columbia.edu/sites/default/f ...

(1965), scholar of

Pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, ...

Art at

Marjorie Perloff Marjorie Perloff (born September 28, 1931) is an Austrian-born poetry scholar and critic in the United States. Early life Perloff was born Gabriele Mintz into a secularized Jewish family in Vienna. The annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany exa ...

(1953), professor of English at Stanford University *

Helen Perlstein Pollard Helen Perlstein Pollard (born 1946) is an American academic ethnohistorian and archaeologist, known for her publications and research on pre-Columbian cultures in the west-central Mexico region. Biography As an undergraduate Pollard studied at Ba ...

(1967), archaeologist, ethnologist,

Mesoamerican Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. Withi ...

ist scholar, professor of anthropology at MSU *

Helen Ranney Helen Margaret Ranney (April 12, 1920 – April 5, 2010) was an American doctor and hematologist who made significant contributions to research on sickle-cell anemia. Early life Ranney was born in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York, where ...

(1941), first woman to lead a university department of medicine in the U.S., be president of the

Association of American Physicians The Association of American Physicians (AAP) is an honorary medical society founded in 1885 by the Canadian physician Sir William Osler and six other distinguished physicians of his era for "the advancement of scientific and practical medicine." ...

, or serve as a Distinguished Physician of the

Veterans Administration The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...

* Amy Richards (1992), American historian and feminist activist *

Ida Rolf Ida Pauline Rolf (May 19, 1896 – March 19, 1979) was a biochemist and the creator of Structural Integration or " Rolfing", a pseudoscientific alternative medicine practice. Early life and education Rolf was born in New York City in the Bronx ...

(1916), biochemist, founder of Rolfing Structural Integration * Barbara Rose (1957), art historian and founding director of the

Katzen Arts Center The Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center is home to all of the visual and performing arts programs at American University and the American University Museum It is located at Ward Circle, the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and Massachusetts Avenu ...

at American University, first wife of artist

Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in Ma ...

* Ora Mendelsohn Rosen (1956), cell biology researcher *

Louise Rosenblatt Louise Michelle Rosenblatt (23 August 1904 in Atlantic City, New Jersey – 8 February 2005 in Arlington, Virginia) was an American university professor. She is best known as a researcher into the teaching of literature. Biography Rosenblatt wa ...

(1920s), influential literary theorist and educator * Joan Ruderman (1969), professor at

* Mavis Sanders (1987), research scholar * Myriam Sarachik (1954), American physicist, professor at the City College of New York and recipient of the

Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize The Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize is an annual award given by the American Physical Society "to recognize and encourage outstanding theoretical or experimental contributions to condensed matter physics." It was endowed by AT&T Bell Lab ...

in 2005 * Kim Lane Scheppele (1975), political scientist, professor at

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive course ...

Anna Schwartz Anna Jacobson Schwartz (pronounced ; November 11, 1915 – June 21, 2012) was an American economist who worked at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City and a writer for ''The New York Times''. Paul Krugman has said that Schwar ...

(1933), economist *

Shuly Rubin Schwartz Shuly Rubin Schwartz is the Chancellor and Irving Lehrman Research Professor of American Jewish History and Sala and Walter Schlesinger Dean of the Gershon Kekst Graduate School at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS). As Chancellor, she ...

(1988), first female chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * Anne A. Scitovsky (1937), health economist, former member of the

President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research The President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research was a bioethics organization in the United States. Purposes This Congressionally mandated group was formed in November 1978, by Public ...

* Susan C. Scrimshaw (1967), medical anthropologist, former president of

Simmons University Simmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university. Its ...

and

The Sage Colleges The Sage Colleges were a private educational institution comprising three institutions in New York State: Russell Sage College, a women's college in Troy; Sage College of Albany, a co-educational college in Albany; and the Sage Graduate Sch ...

Samah Selim Samah Selim is an Egyptian scholar and translator of Arabic literature. She studied English literature at Barnard College, and obtained her PhD from Columbia University in 1997. At present she is an associate professor at the Department of Africa ...

(1986), professor of Arabic literature at

* Louise Slade (1968), food scientist *

Vivian Sobchack Vivian Carol Sobchack is an American cinema and media theorist and cultural critic. Sobchack's work on science fiction films and phenomenology of film is perhaps her most recognized. She is a prolific writer and has authored numerous books and a ...

(1961), cultural critic *

Maya Soetoro-Ng Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng (; ; born August 15, 1970) is an Indonesian-American academic, who is a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based in the College of Social Sciences at the University ...

(1993), educator; half-sister of President

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

* Judith E. Stein (1965), art historian and curator * Barbara J. Stoll (1971), former dean of the

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the T ...

* Barbara Lerner Spectre (1964), academic and scholar on Jewish studies * Amy Sueyoshi (1993), historian and academic * Susan Rubin Suleiman (1960), professor of French literature at

* Hessy Levinsons Taft (1955), chemistry professor at St. John's University * Abigail Thernstrom (1958), American political scientist and conservative scholar on race relations, voting rights and education who served on the

United States Commission on Civil Rights The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility fo ...

* Erin L. Thompson (2002), professor of art at

John Jay College of Criminal Justice The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts ...

Judith Jarvis Thomson Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929November 20, 2020) was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experimen ...

(1950), philosopher and professor at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

Merryl Tisch Merryl H. Tisch is the former Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents and wife of James S. Tisch, an heir to the Loews Corporation. In November 2015, she stepped down from her role after nearly 20 years on the board. Background Tisch w ...

(1977), educator, chancellor,

New York State Board of Regents The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York is responsible for the general supervision of all educational activities within New York State, presiding over University of the State of New York and the New York State Education Depa ...

; wife of James S. Tisch, heir to the

Loews Corporation Loews Corporation is an American conglomerate headquartered in New York City. The company's majority-stake holdings include CNA Financial Corporation, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Loews Hotels and Altium Packaging. ...

* Nim Tottenham (1996), professor of psychology at

Jessie Ann Owens Jessie Ann Owens is an American author and educator. She is a professor of music at University of California, Davis and a former dean of the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies. Owens is a recognized musicologist of Renaissance musi ...

(1971), professor of music at

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

* Diane E. Pataki (1993), professor at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

and recipient of the James B. Macelwane Medal in 2008 *

Lila Wallis Lila Amdurska Wallis (June 1, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American physician who was board-certified in internal medicine, hematology, and endocrinology/metabolism; the only doctor in the United States to be board-certified in al ...

(1947), physician, former president of the

American Medical Women's Association The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a professional advocacy and educational organization of women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha Van Hoosen, the AMWA works to advance women in medicine and to serve as a v ...

and pioneer in women's health * Beatrice Warde (1920s),

calligrapher Calligraphy (from el, link=y, καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "t ...

, librarian, researcher on type matters and influence upon 20th century

typography Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), ...

* Katherine Brehme Warren (1930), geneticist and scientific editor * Susan Weber (1977), professor of

Bard Graduate Center The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture is a graduate research institute and gallery located in New York City. It is affiliated with Bard College, located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The gallery occup ...

and wife of

George Soros George Soros ( name written in eastern order), (born György Schwartz, August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist. , he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated mo ...

* Helen L. Webster (1853-1928), philologist and educator * Judith Weisenfeld (1986), scholar of Afro-American religion, professor at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

Karen Wilkin Karen Wilkin (born 1940) is a New York-based independent curator and art critic specializing in 20th-century modernism. Biography Educated at Barnard College (1962) and Columbia University, she was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Fulbri ...

(1962), art critic and curator * Irene J. Winter (1960), American art historian, professor at

Actresses and performers

* Sissy Biggers (1979), host of '' Ready.. Set... Cook!'' 1996–2000 * Franziska Boas (1923), dancer, percussionist and dance therapist * Clara Bryant (2007), actress * Catherine de Castelbajac (1975), model and fashion journalist *

Michelle Collins Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1962) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas ''EastEnders'' and ''Coronation Street''. Collins played Cindy Beale in the BBC soap ''EastEnders'' fro ...

(2002), American comedian and talk show host, former presenter of '' The View'' *

Jill Eikenberry Jill Susan Eikenberry (born January 21, 1947) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as lawyer Ann Kelsey on the NBC drama '' L.A. Law'' (1986–94), for which she is a five-time Emmy Award and four-time Go ...

(1968), actress * Denise Faye (1996), director, choreographer, actress *

Greta Gerwig Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films ...

(2006), actress, screenwriter, filmmaker who won the

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Eligibility Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in ...

in 2018 and was nominated for two

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

* Jaime Gleicher (2010), reality star, producer, psychotherapist. * Lauren Graham (1988), actress, played

Lorelai Gilmore Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character in The WB dramedy television series ''Gilmore Girls''. Portrayed by actress Lauren Graham, she appeared in every episode of the show from the pilot in 2000 to the series finale in 2007. Lorelai ...

on TV show ''

Gilmore Girls ''Gilmore Girls'' is an American Comedy drama, comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and beca ...

'' *

Sprague Grayden Sprague Grayden (born July 21, 1980) is an American actress. She played schoolteacher Heather Lisinski in the television drama '' Jericho'', Karen Kawalski in ''John Doe'', first daughter Olivia Taylor in the television thriller '' 24'', and K ...

(2000s), actress, played Judith Montgomery on '' Joan of Arcadia'' * Alexandra Guarnaschelli (1991), celebrity chef at Butter Restaurant in New York City, television personality * Anshula Kapoor (2012), daughter of Indian film producer

Boney Kapoor Achal Surinder "Boney" Kapoor (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian producer primarily associated with Hindi cinema in addition to Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life Kapoor was born as Achal Surinder Kapoor in 1955, the son of Surinder Kapoor ...

and member of the

Kapoor family The Kapoor family
The New York Times. 30 April 2020. is a prominent Indian show business fa ...

in Hindi cinema *

Shari Lewis Shari Lewis (born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, singer, actress, author, and symphonic conductor. She wa ...

(dropped out – 1950s),

ventriloquist Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is a performance act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) creates the illusion that their voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered prop known as a "dummy". The act of ventriloquism is ve ...

, puppeteer, television show host *

Mozhan Marnò Mozhan Marnò (born May 3, 1980) is an Iranian-American film and television actress. She is known for her roles in ''The Blacklist'' and ''House of Cards''. Early life and education Marnò was born in Los Angeles. Her parents are from Iran an ...

(2001), actress, ''

House of Cards A house of cards (also known as a card tower or card castle) is a structure created by stacking playing cards on top of each other, often in the shape of a pyramid. "House of cards" is also an expression that dates back to 1645 meaning a structu ...

'' *

Peggy McCay Margaret Ann "Peggy" McCay (November 3, 1927 – October 7, 2018) was an American actress whose career began in 1949, and includes theatre, television, soap operas, and feature films. McCay may be best known for originating the roles of Vanessa ...

(1949), actress *

Kelly McCreary Kelly J. McCreary (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her role on the ABC drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey. She joined the series as a guest a ...

(2003), actress, ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into s ...

'' *

Julie Mond Julie Mond is an American actress. She may be best known for establishing the role of Dr Lisa Niles on the daily soap opera '' General Hospital'' in November 2009, then being replaced by a different actress after two weeks. Mond also gained atte ...

(2000s), actress *

Cynthia Nixon Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is an American actress, activist, and theater director. For her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), she won the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supp ...

(1988), actress, played

Miranda Hobbes Miranda Hobbes is a fictional character on the American HBO television series ''Sex and the City'', its subsequent film spinoffs, and HBO Max revival '' And Just Like That...''. She is played by actress Cynthia Nixon. Nixon received an Emmy Aw ...

on TV show ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United Stat ...

'' *

Chelsea Peretti Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, television writer, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for portraying Gina Linetti in the comedy series '' Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' and writing for '' Parks and ...

(2000), actress, writer for TV show '' Parks and Recreation'' *

Lee Remick Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in ...

(dropped out – 1953), actress * Ariane Rinehart (2015), actress, played Liesl on ''

The Sound of Music Live! ''The Sound of Music Live!'' is an American television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1959 Broadway musical ''T ...

'' *

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...

(1954), star comedian, TV host *

Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Ren Stevens on ''Even Stevens'' and voicing the titular character from '' Kim Possible'', both of which aired on the Disney Channel. Earl ...

(2009), actress, voice of Kim Possible *

Frankie Shaw Rachel Frances Shaw (born 1981) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is best known for playing Bridgette Bird on the Showtime series ''SMILF,'' based on the 2015 short film of the same title, which she wrote, directed and starred in. Shaw ...

(2007), actress on ''

Mr. Robot ''Mr. Robot'' is an American drama thriller television series created by Sam Esmail for USA Network. It stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker with social anxiety disorder, clinical depression and dissociati ...

'' *

Vinessa Shaw Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actor, and had her breakout role in Disney's 1993 Halloween comedy-fantasy film '' Hocus Pocus''. Shaw also appeared in '' Ladyb ...

(dropped out – 1990s), actress, ''

40 Days and 40 Nights ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' is a 2002 satirical erotic romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Rob Perez, and starring Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Paulo Costanzo. The film depicts Matt Sullivan, a San Francisco web des ...

'' *Ebonie Smith (2007), actress, ''

The Jeffersons ''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, ...

'' *

Leslie Stefanson Leslie Ann Stefanson (born May 10, 1971) is an American model, actress and artist. She is most known for playing the title role as Capt. Elisabeth Campbell in the film '' The General's Daughter'', and Joan Bennett Kennedy in the television minise ...

(1993), actress, ''The General's Daughter'' *

Zuzanna Szadkowski Zuzanna Szadkowski (; born October 22, 1978) is a Polish-American actress known for her role as Dorota Kishlovsky on CW teen drama series ''Gossip Girl''. Szadkowski also appeared on ''The Knick'', ''Girls'', '' Search Party'', ''The Good Wife'' ...

(2001), actress, played Dorota on TV show ''

Gossip Girl ''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...

'' *

Sophia Takal Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as '' All the Light in the Sky'', '' Supporting Characters'' and ''Gabi on the Roof in July''. '' Filmmaker'' magazine named Tak ...

(2007), actress and director *

Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. Fr ...

(1963), choreographer, dancer * Sarah Thompson (1990s), television actress *

Donna Vivino Donna Marie Vivino is an American theatre, television, film actress and singer. She is well known for playing Elphaba in the Broadway production of ''Wicked'' and as the original Young Cosette in ''Les Misérables'' on Broadway. She was seen on ...

(2000), actress and singer *

Jane Wyatt Jane Waddington Wyatt ( ; August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as Frank Capra's ''Lost Horizon'', but is likely best known for her role as the housewife and mother Marga ...

(1932), Emmy Award-winning actress, ''

Father Knows Best ''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by ...

Architects

Norma Merrick Sklarek Norma Merrick Sklarek (April 15, 1926 – February 6, 2012) was an American architect. Sklarek was the first African American woman to become a licensed architect in the states of New York (1954) and California (1962). Her notable works include t ...

(1950), first black woman to be licensed as an architect in the United States * Carole Rifkind (1956), American architectural critic, historian, and author, wife of cancer researcher Richard Rifkind

Artists

* Afruz Amighi (1997), Iranian-born American sculptor, installation artist. * March Avery (1954), American painter, daughter of artist

Milton Avery Milton Clark Avery (March 7, 1885 – January 3, 1965Haskell, B. (2003). "Avery, Milton". Grove Art Online.) was an American modern painter. Born in Altmar, New York, he moved to Connecticut in 1898 and later to New York City. He was the husband ...

Sana Amanat Sana Amanat is an American comic book editor and an executive of production and development at Marvel Studios, having formerly been the Director of Content and Character Development at Marvel Comics.

(2005), comic book creator and director at

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

, creator of Marvel's first Muslim female superhero, ''

Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. M ...

'' * Polly Barton (1978), textile artist *

Sarah Charlesworth Sarah Edwards Charlesworth (March 29, 1947 – June 25, 2013) was an American conceptual artist and photographer. She is considered part of The Pictures Generation, a loose-knit group of artists working in New York in the late 1970s and early ...

(1969), photographer and

conceptual artist Conceptual art, also referred to as conceptualism, is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional Aesthetics, aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. Some works of conceptual art, sometimes ca ...

and professor at

* Madeline Hollander (2008), American artist and choreographer * Amy Hwang (2000), Asian American cartoonist for ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'' *

Clermont Huger Lee Clermont Huger Lee (March 4, 1914 – June 14, 2006) was a landscape architect from Savannah, Georgia, most known for her work designing gardens and parks for historical landmarks in the state. Specifically, Lee is known for her designs such as th ...

(1936), landscape architect, Savannah Women of Vision * Michelle Lopez (1992), American sculptor and installation artist and 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient *

Maud Morgan Maud (Cabot) Morgan (March 1, 1903 – March 14, 1999) was an American modern artist and teacher who is best known for her abstract expressionism. She mentored Frank Stella and Carl Andre, and had art pieces shown alongside such notable contempor ...

(1926), modern artist * Josephine Paddock (1949), painter * Jane Teller (1933), sculptor and recipient of the 1988

Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award The Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award was established under the presidency of Lee Ann Miller (1978–80). Joan Mondale, artist and wife of vice-president Walter Mondale, helped to secure approval for a national award honoring women ...

Mierle Laderman Ukeles Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939) is a New York City-based artist known for her feminist and service-oriented artworks, which relate the idea of process in conceptual art to domestic and civic "maintenance". She has been the Artist-in-Residence ...

(1961), performance artist, winner of the 2001

Anonymous Was A Woman Award The Anonymous Was A Woman Award is a grant program for women artists who are over 40 years of age, in part to counter sexism in the art world. It began in 1996 in direct response to the National Endowment for the Arts' decision to stop funding in ...

* Donna Zakowska (1975), Emmy Award-winning American costume designer for her work on ''

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...

Athletes

Stacey Borgman Stacey Borgman (born April 23, 1975) is an American rower. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, in the women's lightweight double sculls. Borgman was born in Homer, Alaska. She graduated from Barnard College in 1998 and was ind ...

(1993), member of

crew A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved ...

team for the United States at the 2004 Olympics *

Gloria Callen Gloria Marie Callen (December 21, 1923 – September 2, 2016) was an American backstroke swimmer. She was the 1942 Associated Press Athlete of the Year.Associated Press Athlete of the Year The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP) in 1931. At a time when women in sports were not given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award t ...

of 1942 *

Abby Marshall Abby Marshall (born June 11, 1991) is a chess player from Columbus, Ohio, United States, who has resided in Virginia, United States since late 2005. She is a Woman FIDE Master and in 2009 won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, the f ...

(2014), chess player; won 2009

Denker Tournament of High School Champions The Denker Tournament of High School Champions is a chess tournament that occurs annually in the United States alongside the US Open, Dewain Barber National Tournament of Middle School State Champions, IM Ruth Haring National Tournament of Girls St ...

Alexis Sablone Alexis Sablone (born August 12, 1986) is a goofy-footed American professional skateboarder, who ranked 12th in the world as of July 2021. She has competed in every X Games competition since 2009, the World Skateboarding Championship, and skated ...

(2008), American skateboarder and architect * Erinn Smart (2001), fencer for the United States at the 2004 Olympics silver medalist in team foil fencing at the Beijing 2008 Olympics * Robin Wagner (1980), figure-skating coach

Businesswomen

Flora Miller Biddle Flora Miller Biddle (born 1928) is an American author, honorary chairman, and former president of the Whitney Museum of American Art, serving from 1977 to 1995. She is the granddaughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the founder of the Whitney Mus ...

(attended), former president of the

Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–194 ...

, granddaughter of

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, ...

Eileen Ford Eileen ( or ) is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín and may refer to: People Artists * Eileen Agar (1899–1991), British Surrealist painter and photographer *Eileen Fisher (born 1950), clothing retailer and designer * Eilee ...

(1943), co-founder of

Ford Models Ford Models, originally the Ford Modeling Agency, is an American international modeling agency based in New York City. It was established in 1946 by Eileen Ford and her husband Gerard W. Ford. Company Ford Models was started in 1946 by Eileen ...

, one of the world's oldest and most influential

modeling agencies A modeling agency is a company that represents fashion models, to work for the fashion industry. These agencies earn their income via commission, usually from the deal they make with the model and/or the head agency. The top agencies work with bi ...

Phyllis E. Grann Phyllis E. Grann (born September 2, 1937) is a former book editor and publishing executive. She was the first female CEO of a major publishing firm, Penguin Putnam, and one of the most commercially successful publishers in recent history. She was a ...

(1958), first female CEO of

Penguin Putnam Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initially ...

and editor of

Knopf Doubleday Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

Elinor Guggenheimer Elinor Sophia Coleman "Ellie" Guggenheimer (11 April 1912 – 29 September 2008) was an American civic leader, author, and philanthropist in New York City.Nemy, Enid (December 19, 1973)To Elinor Guggenheimer, Affluence Is No Excuse to Take It Easy.' ...

(1933), civic leader, philanthropist * Alexandra Creel Goelet (1974), heiress, niece of Robert David Lion Gardiner, wife of Robert Guestier Goelet and owner of

Gardiners Island Gardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County. It is located in Gardiner's Bay between the two peninsulas at the east end of Long Island. It is long, wide and has of coastline. The isl ...

Nina Griscom Nina Louise Griscom (née Renshaw; May 8, 1954 – January 25, 2020) was an American model, television host, designer, columnist and businesswoman. Early years Griscom's father was journalist Charles C. Renshaw Jr., and her mother was Elizabeth ...

(1977), model, television host, socialite, businesswoman, stepdaughter of

Felix Rohatyn Felix George Rohatyn ( ; May 29, 1928 – December 14, 2019) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He spent most of his career with Lazard, where he brokered numerous large corporate mergers and acquisitions from the 1960s through ...

Mary Harriman Rumsey Mary Harriman Rumsey (November 17, 1881 – December 18, 1934) was the founder of The Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements, later known as the Junior League of the City of New York of the Association of Junior Leagues Internati ...

(1905), founder of nonprofit organization

Junior League The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society. With ...

, daughter of railroad magnate

E. H. Harriman Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. Early life Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman Sr., an Episcopal clergyman ...

and sister to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman * Anjli Jain (2003), executive director of CampusEAI Consortium * Madeline Kripke (1943–2020), book collector *

Harriet Burton Laidlaw Harriet Wright Laidlaw ( Burton; December 16, 1873 – January 25, 1949) was an American social reformer and suffragist. She campaigned in support of the Nineteenth Amendment and the United Nations, and was the first female corporate director o ...

(1902), suffragist and first female corporate director of Standard & Poor's * Adele Lewisohn Lehman (1903), philanthropist and member of the

Lehman family The Lehman family is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families. The ...

, daughter-in-law of

Mayer Lehman Mayer Lehman (January 9, 1830 – June 21, 1897) was a German-born American businessman, banker, and philanthropist. He was one of the three founding brothers of the investment bank Lehman Brothers. Early life Mayer Lehman was born in 1830 to ...

* Liz Neumark (1977), founder and CEO of New York catering company Great Performances *

Sheila Nevins Sheila Nevins (born April 6, 1939) is an American television producer and head of MTV Documentary Films division of MTV Studios. Previously, Nevins was the President of HBO Documentary Films. She has produced over 1,000 documentary films for HB ...

(1960), president of HBO documentary films; winner of 27 Primetime Emmy Awards and 3 Peabody Awards *

Joan Whitney Payson Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was also co-founder and majority owner of ...

(1925), co-founder and majority of owner of the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

, granddaughter of

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

John Hay and member of the

Whitney family The Whitney family is an American family notable for their business enterprises, social prominence, wealth and philanthropy, founded by John Whitney (1592–1673), who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. The historic fa ...

* Azita Raji (1983), investment banker,

United States Ambassador to Sweden The United States Ambassador to Sweden ( sv, Förenta Staternas ambassadör i Sverige) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and the Government of the Kin ...

Helen Rogers Reid Helen Miles Rogers Reid (November 23, 1882 – July 27, 1970) was an American newspaper publisher. She was president of the ''New York Herald Tribune''. Early life Reid was born Helen Miles Rogers in Appleton, Wisconsin on November 23, 1882. ...

(1903), newspaper publisher, president of the '' New York Herald Tribune'' * Phyllis Robinson (1942), executive at

Doyle Dane Bernbach DDB Worldwide Communications Group LLC, known internationally as DDB, is a worldwide marketing communications network. It is owned by Omnicom Group, one of the world's largest advertising holding companies. The international advertising networks ...

* Cindy Rose (1985), president of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

Western Europe * Devorah Rose (2002), socialite, entrepreneur and editor of Social Life magazine *

Alexis Stewart Alexis Gilbert Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is an American television host and radio personality. She is the only child of Martha Stewart and her ex-husband Andrew. She was the co-host of ''Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer'' on Sirius Satell ...

(1987), daughter of

Martha Stewart Martha Helen Stewart (, ; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing pu ...

'64; TV host and radio personality *

(1964), business magnate, entrepreneur, homemaking advocate * Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1914), heiress, and owner of ''

'', daughter of ''

'' publisher Adolph Ochs * Elizabeth Wiatt (1967), businesswoman in the fashion industry * Virginia Wright (1951), art collector, philanthropist who supported

Seattle Art Museum The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park on Cap ...

Journalists

(1978), author and science writer for ''

''; won the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting in 1991 * Jami Bernard (1978), film critic for ''

The New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com, and the entertainment site Decider.com. It was established ...

'' and ''

The New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in t ...

'', founder of Barncat Publishing Inc.; author whose books include a memoir of surviving breast cancer *

Katherine Boo Katherine "Kate" J. Boo (born August 12, 1964) is an American investigative journalist who has documented the lives of people in poverty. She has won the MacArthur "genius" award (2002) and the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012), and her wo ...

(1988), recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2000 and the MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant" *

Mona Charen Mona Charen Parker (; born February 25, 1957) is a columnist, journalist, and political commentator in the United States. She has written three books: ''Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First'' (200 ...

(1979), nationally syndicated columnist, political analyst, and author * Liz Clarke (1983), journalist for ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

'', co-host of ''

The Tony Kornheiser Show ''The Tony Kornheiser Show'' is a sports podcast talk show out of Washington, D.C., hosted by Tony Kornheiser, which was originally a sports radio talk show appeared on WTEM from 1992 to 1997; on ESPN Radio between 1998 and 2004; back on WTEM ...

'' *

Herawati Diah Siti Latifah Herawati Diah (3 April 1917 – 30 September 2016) was an Indonesian journalist. Herawati Diah graduated from Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough ...

(1941), Indonesian journalist * Deborah Feyerick (1987), journalist and CNN correspondent *

Laura Flanders Laura Flanders (born 5 December 1961) is an English broadcast journalist living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show ''The Laura Flanders Show''. Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person". The brother ...

(1984), correspondent for Air America and host of "GritTV" *

Sylvana Foa Sylvana Foa (born January 31, 1945, in Buffalo, New York) is a former foreign correspondent and public affairs specialist. She was the first woman to serve as the foreign editor of a major international news organization, the first woman news d ...

(1967), first female news director of an American television network; first Spokeswoman for Secretary General of the United Nations * Rana Foroohar (1992), columnist for ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Ni ...

'' *

Alexis Gelber Alexis Gelber is a Goldsmith Fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government for the Spring 2011 semester. She is an editorial consultant based in Washington, DC and New Yor ...

(1974), former president of the

Overseas Press Club The Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member, as was the war correspondent Peggy Hull. The club seeks to maintain ...

* Julianna Goldman (2003), CBS News correspondent * Piri Halasz, correspondent for ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

'' magazine and art critic *

Maria Hinojosa Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa Ojeda (born July 2, 1961) is a Mexican-American journalist. She is the anchor and executive producer of ''Latino USA'' on National Public Radio, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She is also the founder, pres ...

(1984), correspondent for

CNN CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...

; ''

NOW Now most commonly refers to the present time. Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to: Organizations * Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization * National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization * Now ...

'' on

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

; host of

NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

's ''

Latino USA ''Latino USA'' is a nationally syndicated public radio program and podcast produced by The Futuro Media Group and distributed nationwide by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), after 27 years of being distributed by NPR. The program is anchored by M ...

'' *

Cathy Horyn Cathy Horyn (born September 11, 1956) is an American fashion critic and journalist who worked for ''The New York Times'' from 1998 until 2014 where she had the highly noted and provocative blo''On The Runway'' In 2015, she was appointed critic- ...

, fashion journalist, ''New York Times'' fashion critic *

Freda Kirchwey Mary Frederika "Freda" Kirchwey (September 26, 1893 – January 3, 1976) was an American journalist, editor, and publisher strongly committed throughout her career to liberal causes ( anti-Fascist, pro-Soviet, anti- anti-communist). From 1933 ...

(1915), journalist, editor and publisher of ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper t ...

'' * Alex Kuczynski (1990), style reporter for ''

'', daughter of Peruvian president

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

* Minna Lewinson (1918), journalist for ''

'', first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize *

Juliet Macur Juliet Macur is an American journalist. Biography Macur is from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, born to Catholic Polish immigrant parents, and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School West. She attended Barnard College at Columbia University, ...

(1992), sports journalist for ''

'' *

Courtney E. Martin Courtney E. Martin (born December 31, 1979) is an American feminist, author, speaker, and social and political activist. She is known for writing books, speaking at universities throughout the nation, and for co-editing the feminist blog, ...

(2002), feminist author and editor of the feminist blog Feministing *

Agnes E. Meyer Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer (née Ernst; January 2, 1887 – September 1, 1970) was an American journalist, philanthropist, civil rights activist, and art patron. Throughout her life, Meyer was engaged with intellectuals, artists, and writers ...

(1907), American journalist, philanthropist,

civil rights activist Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of ...

, and art patron, mother of ''

'' publisher

Katharine Graham Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, ''The Washington Post'', from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal, whi ...

Judith Miller Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on ...

(1969), former correspondent for ''New York Times'' who reported on the story of

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

's alleged WMD program; Aspen Strategy Group member *

Nonnie Moore Nonnie Moore (January 21, 1922 – February 19, 2009) was a fashion editor at '' Mademoiselle'', ''Harper's Bazaar'' and '' GQ''. Biography She was born in Plainfield, New Jersey as Marjorie Eilers on January 21, 1922, and acquired the nicknam ...

(c. 1946), fashion editor at '' Mademoiselle'', '' Harper's Bazaar'' and '' GQ'' *

Mary Ellis Peltz Mary Ellis Peltz (4 May 1896 – 24 October 1981) was an American drama and music critic, magazine editor, poet and writer on music. Born Mary Ellis Opdycke, Peltz was educated at the Spence School and Barnard College (Phi Beta Kappa). At the age ...

, music critic, poet, and first chief editor of '' Opera News'' *

Anna Quindlen Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her ''The New York Times, New York Times'' column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992 Pulitzer Prize, 1992. She bega ...

(1974), author and columnist for ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

'' who won the

Pulitzer Prize for Commentary The Pulitzer Prize for Commentary is an award administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism "for distinguished commentary, using any available journalistic tool". It is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes that are ...

in 1992 * Paola Ramos (2009), American journalist, daughter of TV anchor Jorge Ramos *

Atoosa Rubenstein Atoosa Rubenstein (born Atoosa Behnegar, fa, آتوسا بهنگار; ) is an Iranian-American former magazine editor. She was the editor-in-chief of '' Seventeen'' magazine and the founding editor of ''CosmoGirl''. She went on to found Big Mom ...

(1993), founder of

CosmoGirl ''CosmoGirl'', also stylized as ''CosmoGIRL!'', was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It ...

and editor-in-chief of '' Seventeen''; youngest ever editor of a teen magazine * Susan Stamberg (1959), special correspondent,

's ''

Morning Edition ''Morning Edition'' is an American radio news program produced and distributed by NPR. It airs weekday mornings (Monday through Friday) and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours. The show feeds live from 5:00 to 9:00 A ...

'', former host of ''

All Things Considered ''All Things Considered'' (''ATC'') is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio (NPR). It was the first news program on NPR, premiering on May 3, 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United ...

'' and the first woman in the United States to anchor a national nightly news program * Mary V. R. Thayer (1926), socialite, journalist, and author *

Jeannette Walls Jeannette Walls (born April 21, 1960) is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of '' The Glass Castle'', a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had ...

(1984), gossip columnist for

MSNBC MSNBC (originally the Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is an American news-based pay television cable channel. It is owned by NBCUniversala subsidiary of Comcast. Headquartered in New York City, it provides news coverage and politi ...

; author of ''The Glass Castle'' *

Sharon Waxman Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, and blogger who has been a correspondent for '' The Washington Post'' and '' The New York Times'', and founded the Hollywood and media business news site ''TheWrap'' in early 2009. ...

(born c.1963), journalist *

Beverly Weintraub Beverly Weintraub is an American journalist. She shared the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing with Arthur Browne and Heidi Evans of ''The New York Daily News'' for their editorials on Ground Zero workers’ health problems. Biography Wei ...

(1982), Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer for '' New York Daily News'' *

Lis Wiehl Lis Wiehl (born August 19, 1961) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling American author of fiction and nonfiction books, and a legal analyst. She is the author of twenty books, including, most recently, ''A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of th ...

(1983), legal analyst for

Fox News The Fox News Channel, abbreviated FNC, commonly known as Fox News, and stylized in all caps, is an American multinational conservative cable news television channel based in New York City. It is owned by Fox News Media, which itself is owne ...

Ellen Willis Ellen Jane Willis (December 14, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American left-wing political essayist, journalist, activist, feminist, and pop music critic. A 2014 collection of her essays, ''The Essential Ellen Willis,'' received the National ...

(1960s), essayist and pop music critic * Julie Zeilinger (2015), feminist writer and editor

Musicians, singers, and composers

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

(1969), musician,

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...

's first artist-in-residence and pioneer in

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...

, famous for her single "

O Superman "O Superman", also known as "O Superman (For Massenet)", is a 1981 song by performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson. The song became a surprise hit in the United Kingdom after it was championed by DJ John Peel, rising to #2 on the UK Single ...

" * Sadie Dupuis (2011), vocalist for

Speedy Ortiz Speedy refers to something or someone moving at high speed. Speedy may refer to: Ships * HMS ''Speedy'', nine ships of the Royal Navy * ''Speedy''-class brig, a class of naval ship * ''Speedy'' (1779), a whaler and convict ship despatched i ...

* Dorothy Papadakos (1982), concert organist, playwright, and author *

Louise Post Louise Lightner Post (born December 7, 1966) is an American musician. She is best known for being a vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band Veruca Salt, which she co-founded with Nina Gordon in 1993. Early life Post was born in ...

, lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band

Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. They are best known for their first single, " Seether", th ...

Roxanne Seeman Roxanne Joy Seeman is an American songwriter and lyricist. She is best known for her songs by Billie Hughes, Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, Earth, Wind & Fire, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, The Sisters of Mercy, The Jacksons, Jacky Cheung, and in ...

(1975), songwriter *

Faye-Ellen Silverman Faye-Ellen Silverman (born October 2, 1947) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She is also an author and an educator. Life and education Born in New York, New York, Silverman began studying music at the Dalcroze School of ...

(1968), composer *

Jeanine Tesori Jeanine Tesori (known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson) is an American composer and musical arranger best known for her work in the theater. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway m ...

(1983),

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

composer * Suzanne Vega (1981), singer-songwriter, "

Luka Luka may refer to: People * Luka (given name), a South Slavic masculine given name cognate of Luke, and a Japanese given name * Luka (singer), stage name of Brazilian singer and songwriter Luciana Karina Santos de Lima (born 1979) * Luka Keʻelik ...

", "

Tom's Diner "Tom's Diner" is a song written in 1982 by American singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of '' Fast Folk Musical Magazine''. Originally featured on her second studio album, '' Solitude S ...

Playwrights, screenwriters, and directors

Jamie Babbit Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', '' The Quiet'' and ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee''. She has also directed episodes of television pr ...

(1993), director of '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' and ''

Itty Bitty Titty Committee ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' is a feminist lesbian comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It was released on September 28, 2007. It follows the political awakening of Anna, a young, mild-mannered lesbian woman who joins a radical feminist group. ...

'', and television shows including ''

'', ''

Alias Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''Alias the ...

'', and ''

Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...

'' * June Bingham Birge (1940), author, playwright, great-granddaughter of

* Debra Black (1976),

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

-winning producer, wife of Apollo Global Management co-founder

Leon Black Leon David Black (born July 31, 1951) is an American investor and the co-founder and former-CEO of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. Black also served as the chairman of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City from Ju ...

Petra Costa Petra Costa (born on 8 July 1983) is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018. The first, '' Undertow Eyes'' (2009), portrays her grandparents' recollections and sto ...

(2006),

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-nominated director, ''

The Edge of Democracy ''The Edge of Democracy'' ( pt, Democracia em Vertigem) is a 2019 Brazilian documentary film directed by Petra Costa. The film follows the political past of the filmmaker in a personal way, in context with the first term of President Lula and the ...

'', heiress to the

Andrade Gutierrez Andrade Gutierrez is a Brazilian private multinational conglomerate headquartered in Belo Horizonte. The company was founded in 1948 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais by the Andrade and Gutierrez families. As of 2013, Andrade Gutierrez is the seco ...

fortune *

Helen Deutsch Helen Deutsch (21 March 1906 – 15 March 1992) was an American screenwriter, journalist, and songwriter. Biography Deutsch was born in New York City and graduated from Barnard College. She began her career by managing the Provincetown Player ...

(1927), screenwriter, ''

Lili ''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for ...

'', ''

National Velvet ''National Velvet'' is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. Plot summary ''National Velvet'' is the story of a 14-year-old girl named ...

'', ''

King Solomon's Mines ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the ...

'' *

Delia Ephron Delia Ephron ( ; born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright. Life and career Ephron was born in New York City, the second eldest of four daughters of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. Her movies i ...

(1966), author, screenwriter, playwright, ''

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Fore ...

'', ''

You've Got Mail ''You've Got Mail'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play '' Parfumerie'' by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as ''The S ...

'' *

(2006), actor, screenwriter, and

-nominated director, '' Lady Bird'', '' Little Women'' * Stephanie Gillis (1990), writer, and Peabody Award-winning writer, (2020), “

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...

”;

WGA Award WGA may refer to: In arts and entertainment: * Web Gallery of Art * Writers Guild of Alberta * Writers Guild of America, an American union ** Writers Guild of America, East ** Writers Guild of America, West Other uses: * Wagga Wagga Airport ...

-winning writer (2019); “

”, Emmy Award-nominated writer, “

” (2010, 2015) *

Maria Semple Maria Keogh Semple (born May 21, 1964) is an American novelist and screenwriter. She is the author of ''This One Is Mine'' (2008), ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2012), and '' Today Will Be Different'' (2016). Her television credits include ''Be ...

(1986), screenwriter, ''

Arrested Development The term "arrested development" has had multiple meanings for over 200 years. In the field of medicine, the term "arrested development" was first used, ''circa'' 1835–1836, to mean a stoppage of physical development; the term continues to be use ...

Mad About You ''Mad About You'' is an American television sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a married couple in New York City. It initially aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999, winning numerous awards including four Golden Glob ...

'' *

Bettina Gilois Bettina Gilois (July 9, 1961July 5, 2020) was a German-American screenwriter and author, known for her work on the HBO film '' Bessie'', and Disney's ''Glory Road'' and ''McFarland, USA''. Gilois won an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Writing o ...

(1985), screenwriter, ''Bessie'', ''

McFarland, USA ''McFarland, USA'' (also known as ''McFarland'') is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Niki Caro, produced by Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray, written by Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Grant Thompson with music composed by An ...

'' *

Gina Gionfriddo Gina Gionfriddo is an American playwright and television writer. Her play ''Becky Shaw'' was a 2009 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and her play ''Rapture, Blister, Burn'' was a 2013 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She has wr ...

(1991), Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright *

Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Naomi Foner ( Achs; born March 4, 1946) is an American screenwriter and director. She is the mother of actor and actress Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal. Early life and education Foner was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of doctors Rut ...

(1966), Golden Globe Award-winning screenwriter; mother of Maggie and

Jake Gyllenhaal Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (; ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He ...

* Kait Kerrigan (2003), playwright * Bonnie Sherr Klein (1961), filmmaker and activist *

Annie Leonard Annie Marie Leonard (born 1964) is an American proponent of sustainability and a critic of consumerism. She created the animated film '' The Story of Stuff'' (2007), which describes the life cycle of material goods. In 2014, she became the Execut ...

(1986), activist and director, ''

The Story of Stuff ''The Story of Stuff'' is a short animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods. The documentary is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes sustainability. Filmmaker Annie Leonard wrote and narrated the film, which was funde ...

'' *

Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange ( ;
FilmReference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018. October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) ...

(1970), Obie Award-winning playwright, ''

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf ''for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf'' is Ntozake Shange's first work and most acclaimed theater piece, which premiered in 1976. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance moveme ...

'' *

Veena Sud Veena Cabreros-Sud (pronounced "Sood") is a Canadian-born American television writer, director, and producer. She is best known for developing the American television drama '' The Killing'', which is based on the Danish series '' Forbrydelsen (T ...

(1989), director of '' Seven Seconds'' *

Amy Talkington Amy Virginia Talkington (born 1969) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and author. Background Talkington was born in Dallas, Texas. Her father, Clement Talkington, is a surgeon; her mother, Virginia Savage McAlester, is an architectural ...

(1993), Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter, producer, writer *

Linda Yellen Linda Yellen is an American director, producer and writer of film and television, (born in New York City). As a producer some of her credits are '' Playing for Time'' (1980), ''The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana'' (1982) and ''Second Serve' ...

(1969), Emmy Award-winning director, '' Northern Lights'' ; producer, '' Playing for Time'' *

Juli Weiner Juli Weiner is an American writer known for her work on the HBO show '' Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.'' Biography Weiner is a native of Maple Glen, Pennsylvania. Her father is a heart surgeon. She graduated from Upper Dublin High School ...

(2010), Emmy Award-winning writer, '' Last Week Tonight with John Oliver''

Political, social and judicial figures

* Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1974), judge of the New York Court of Appeals * Ann Aldrich (1948), judge of the

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

Elizabeth Moore Aubin Elizabeth Moore Aubin is an American diplomat and State Department official who has served as the United States ambassador to Algeria since 2022. She served the acting principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for Regi ...

(1987), nominee to serve as the

United States Ambassador to Algeria The ambassador of the United States to Algeria is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Algeria. Until 1962, Algeria had been under the dominion of France. Independence from France was formally ...

Caroline Lexow Babcock Caroline Lexow Babcock (February 5, 1882 – March 8, 1980) was an American pacifist and suffragist, co-founder of the Women's Peace Union, and Executive Secretary of the National Women's Party from 1938 to 1946. Early life and education Caroli ...

(1904), co-founder of the Women's Peace Union and former secretary of the

National Woman's Party The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's political organization formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage. After achieving this goal with the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the NW ...

Grace Lee Boggs Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. In th ...

(1935), author and political activist * Margot Botsford (1969), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *

Janet Lee Bouvier Janet Norton Lee Auchincloss, previously Bouvier, (December 3, 1907 – July 22, 1989) was an American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill. Early life Janet Norton Lee was born on December ...

(1929), American socialite and mother of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis * Claire C. Cecchi (1986), judge of the

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the ...

Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum (September 16, 1929 – February 5, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education Born into a Jewish family, Cedarbaum grew up in the Crow ...

(1952),

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judge * Hagar Chemali, Political Satirist, Writer, Producer, Television Personality, and Political Commentator *

Nora Hsiung Chu Nora Tze Hsiung Chu (1902–1977) was a Chinese educator. As secretary general of the National Association for Refugee Children in the 1940s, she oversaw dozens of orphanages and programs for child refugees in China. Early life Hsiung was born ...

(1926), Chinese educator who served on the

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Ellie Cohanim Ellie Cohanim (born December 10, 1972) is an American broadcast journalist who served as Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the United States Department of State during the Donald Trump administration. Education Cohanim ...

(1995), broadcast journalist and Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism * Sharon L. Cromer (1980), nominee to serve as

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* Mindy Domb (1981), representative of the

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* Ronnie Eldridge (1952), activist, businesswoman, politician, and television host *

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* Lila Fenwick (1953), first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School and former United Nations official *

Muriel Fox Muriel Fox (born February 3, 1928) is an American public relations executive and feminist activist. Childhood and education Muriel Fox's parents were Anne Rubenstein Fox and M. Morris Fox. In 1980, Muriel said (at a Mother's Day rally for the Equa ...

(1948), public relations executive who in 1966 co-founded the

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and led the communications effort that introduced the modern women's movement to the media of the world * Paula Franzese (1980), professor of real property law at

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(1924),

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Congresswoman from California * E. Susan Garsh (1969), associate justice of the

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* Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H. (1970), president and CEO of CARE USA and chair of the

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(1967), Judge on

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* Ellen F. Golden (1968), director, Women's Business Center, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,

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* Diane Gujarati (1990), American lawyer, judge of the

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* Betty Hall (1943), American politician, New Hampshire state representative *

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(1975), chair of the

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* Patricia McMahon Hawkins (attended),

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from 2008 to 2011 * Allegra "Happy" Haynes (1975), Denver politician who served on the

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Susan Herman Susan N. Herman (born 1947) is an American constitutional law scholar and presided as president of the American Civil Liberties Union from October 2008 to January 2021. Herman has taught at Brooklyn Law School since 1980. Early life and educatio ...

(1968), President of the

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; Professor at

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* Marian Blank Horn (1965), judge on the

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(1898,

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candidate, author, teacher, founder of Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity * Mila Jasey (1972), member of the

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representing the 27th Legislative District * Helene L. Kaplan (1953), American lawyer with

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, former chairman of the Carnegie Corporation of New York *

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(1958), first woman in highest position in state

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, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals *

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(2012), American politician and member of the

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* Claire R. Kelly (1987), judge on the

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* Christina Kishimoto (1992), current superintendent of the

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(1948), first woman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations * Phyllis Lamphere (1943), former president of the

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and the

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* Linda Lee (2001), Member of the New York City Council from the 23rd district * Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1916), Chinese advocate for women's suffrage in the United States and the first woman to receive a PhD from

* Wilma B. Liebman (1971), List of Chairs of the National Labor Relations Board, Chair, National Labor Relations Board * Catherine McCabe (1973), acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in 2017 and commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection * Loretta J. Mester (1980), 11th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland * Herminia Palacio (1983), former Deputy Mayor of New York City and CEO of Guttmacher Institute * Hope Portocarrero (1950), first lady of Nicaragua, the wife of Anastasio Somoza Debayle * Stephanie Garcia Richard (1996), former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives and current New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands * Paula Reimers (1969), Rabbi, political activist for Palestinian rights, gender equity, and religious freedom * Rosalyn Richter (1976), associate justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Judicial Department * Ramona Romero (1985), former general counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture, general counsel of

*Rhea Suh (1992), Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior and former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council *Marguerite Engler Schwarzman (1914), educator, activist for affordable housing, senior citizens * Nina Shaw (1976), talent attorney whose clients include Jamie Foxx and Nick Cannon * Shirley Adelson Siegel (1937), housing activist and advocate * Madeline Singas (1988), district attorney for Nassau County, New York * Jessica Stern (1985), policy consultant on terrorism who served on the United States National Security Council under Bill Clinton * Audrey Strauss (1968), acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York replacing Geoffrey Berman * Anna Diggs Taylor (1954), United States District Court judge * Kang Tongbi (1907), daughter of Kang Youwei and political activist, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference * Gloria Tristani (1974), former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, granddaughter of Senator Dennis Chávez * Polly Trottenberg (1986), United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation and former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation * Anne Warburton (1946), first female British Ambassador, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark, British Ambassador to Denmark from 1976 to 1983, and List of Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from 1983 to 1985; president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge University from 1985 to 1994 *Barbara M. Watson (1943), first woman to serve as an Assistant Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to Malaysia *Helene White (1975), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit * Constance H. Williams (1966), Pennsylvania State Senate, Pennsylvania state senator from 2001 to 2009; daughter of Leon Hess, founder of the Hess Corporation * Emma Wolfe (2001), Deputy Mayor of New York City and chief of staff to Bill de Blasio * Mae Yih (1951), member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate, first Chinese American to serve in a state senate in the United States

Religious figures

* Sara Hurwitz (1999), first woman to serve as a Rabba in the Modern Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish clergy *Sharon Kleinbaum (1981), rabbi and leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah *Joy Levitt (1989), first female leader of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Spies

*Marion Davis Berdecio (1943), accused Soviet spy in U.S. State Department, comrade of Coplon and Wovschin *Judith Coplon (1943), Soviet spy in U.S. Justice Department whose convictions were overturned on technicalities *Virginia Hall (1927), American spy with the Special Operations Executive during WWII. *Juliet Stuart Poyntz (1907), involved in intelligence activities for the Soviet OGPU; founding member of the Communist Party USA *Patricia Warner (1949), American spy and Congressional Gold Medal recipient *Flora Wovschin (1943), Soviet spy in U.S. State Department, stepdaughter of Columbia University, Columbia professor/:Soviet spies, Soviet spy Enos Wicher

Writers

*Léonie Adams (1923), poet *Joan Abelove (1966), writer *Susan Mary Alsop (attended), Washingtonian socialite and writer *Mary Antin (1902), author of the immigrant experience *Charlotte Armstrong (1925), writer *Lura Beam (1908), writer and educator *

(1986), writer, ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' * Jami Bernard (1978), writer and film critic *Fatima Bhutto (2004), Pakistani poet and writer, granddaughter of Pakistani president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and member of the Bhutto family *Ann Brashares (1989), author of ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' *Sasha Cagen (1996), writer *Hortense Calisher (1932), writer *Diana Chang (1949), pioneering Asian-American novelist *Melissa Clark (1990), American cookbook author and 2018 James Beard Foundation Award recipient *Cassandra Clare (1995), author of The Mortal Instruments *Rachel Cohn (1989), author of ''Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' and ''Gingerbread'' *Nadine Jolie Courtney (2002), Bravo (U.S. TV network), Bravo TV personality ''Newlyweds: The First Year'' and author of ''Beauty Confidential'' and ''Confessions of a Beauty Addict'' *Elise Cowen (1956), poet of the Beat Generation *Galaxy Craze (1993), novelist *Susan Daitch (1977), short story writer *Edwidge Danticat (1990), writer *Lydia Davis (1970), short story writer, essayist, winner of the International Booker Prize *Thulani Davis (1970), novelist who won the Grammy Award in 1992 *Tory Dent (1981), poet and HIV/AIDS activist *Babette Deutsch (1917), author, poet, translator and critic *Marjorie Housepian Dobkin (1944), author; Barnard College professor and dean *Avni Doshi (2005), writer who is shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize *Francine du Plessix Gray (1952), Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer *Hallie Ephron (1969), novelist *Cristina García (journalist), Cristina García (1983), author of ''Dreaming in Cuban'' *Mary Gordon (writer), Mary Gordon (1971), writer and professor of English at

*Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2004), American writer, poet, activist *Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen (1970s), writer *Monique Raphel High (1969), novelist *Patricia Highsmith (1940), author of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' and ''The Price of Salt'' *Anne Hollander (1952), historian of fashion *Nansook Hong (1991), American writer, daughter-in-law of Unification church founder Sun Myung Moon *Helen Hoyt (1900s), poet *Zora Neale Hurston (1928), Harlem Renaissance writer *Elizabeth Janeway (1935), author and critic *Joyce Johnson (author), Joyce Johnson (1955), writer, ''Minor Characters'' *June Jordan (1957), writer and activist *Erica Jong (1963), writer *Molly Jong-Fast (1997, according to her although it appears she only attended a summer program for high school students), writer *Alexa Junge (1984), writer for ''The West Wing'' and ''Friends'' *Loolwa Khazzoom (1991), Iraqi Jewish-American writer, journalist, and activist *Jolie Kerr (1998), American writer and podcast host on Heritage Radio Network *Suki Kim (1992), Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim fellow; author of the award-winning novel ''The Interpreter'' and the ''New York Times'' bestselling literary nonfiction book, ''Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite'' *Joan Kahn (late 1930s), mystery fiction, mystery book editor, editor and anthologist; also novelist and children's writer *Mary Beth Keane (1999), American writer and 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim fellow *Lily Koppel (2003), author of ''The Red Leather Diary'' and ''The Astronaut Wives Club (book), The Astronaut Wives Club''; writer for the ''New York Times'' *Jhumpa Lahiri (1989), Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ''The Namesake (novel), The Namesake'' and ''Interpreter of Maladies'' *Jane Leavy (1974), sports biographer *Kyle Lukoff (2006), transgender children's book author; ''Storytelling of Ravens'' and ''When Aidan Became a Brother'' *Florence Ripley Mastin (born 1886), poet. *Faith McNulty (1920s, attended one year), writer *Daphne Merkin (1975), literary critic, essayist, and novelist, daughter of philanthropist Hermann Merkin *Alice Duer Miller (1899), writer and advisory editor of ''

'' *Ottessa Moshfegh (2002), 2016 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner for ''Eileen'' *Diana Muir (1975), writer and historian *Alana Newhouse (1997), writer and editor of ''Tablet Magazine'' *Alice Notley (1967), poet *Sigrid Nunez (1972), novelist, Whiting Awards and the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction recipient *Iris Owens (1929–2008), novelist *Edie Parker (1940s), author; first wife of Jack Kerouac *Helena Percas, Helena Percas de Ponseti (1940), writer, essayist, scholar, and professor *

(2000), writer and comedian *Marisha Pessl (2000), author of ''Special Topics in Calamity Physics'' *Julia Phillips (author), Julia Phillips (2010), American author, ''Disappearing Earth'' and finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction *Claudia Roth Pierpont (1979), staff writer of ''

'' *Belva Plain (1939), writer *Jenelle Porter (1994), art curator and author *Ariana Reines (2002), poet *Kristen Roupenian (2003), writer, ''Cat Person'', ''You Know You Want This'' *Lynne Sharon Schwartz (1959), writer *Courtney Sheinmel (1999), author of children's books *Lionel Shriver (1978), novelist and 2005 Orange Prize winner *Dean Spade (1997), writer, activist, lawyer, assistant professor of law at Seattle University School of Law *Eileen Tabios (1982), poet *Lauren Tarshis (1985), writer, and director at Scholastic Corporation *Camilla Trinchieri (1963), writer *Joan Vollmer (1943), Beat poet, partner of William S. Burroughs *Anne Elizabeth Wilson (1923) writer, poet, editor; pet cemetery owner *Cecily Wong (2010), writer * Julie Zeilinger (2015), blogger and feminist writer

Miscellaneous

*Grace Banker (1915), telephone operator who served in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and led the Hello Girls, for which she received the Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army), Distinguished Service Medal *Maria Foscarinis (1977), activist, founder of the National Homelessness Law Center * Madeline Kripke (1965), book collector who held one of the world's largest collections of dictionaries, daughter of Jewish philanthropist and rabbi Myer S. Kripke *Susan Rosenberg, member of May 19th Communist Organization and charged with a role in the 1983 United States Senate bombing *Elana Maryles Sztokman (1991), American sociologist, writer, and Jewish feminism, Jewish feminist activist *Fumiko Yamaguchi (1925), Japanese physician and birth control advocate

Fictional alumnae

*In the 1988 Woody Allen film ''Another Woman (1988 film), Another Woman'', Gena Rowlands, Gena Rowland's character is a philosophy professor at Barnard. * In the 1992 Woody Allen film ''Husbands and Wives'', Juliette Lewis' character, Rain, is a Barnard student. * In the 2005 Sigrid Nunez novel ''The Last of Her Kind'', heroines Georgette George and Ann Drayton meet in 1968 as freshman roommates at Barnard. *In the 2007 Noah Baumbach film ''Margot at the Wedding'', Nicole Kidman's character, a novelist, is a Barnard graduate. * In the television series ''Mad Men'', the character List of Mad Men characters#Rachel Menken, Rachel Menken is a Barnard graduate. * In the 2015 film ''Mistress America'', the lead character Tracy Fishko is a freshman at Barnard. * In season 4 of the television series ''BoJack Horseman'', it is mentioned that the title character's mother, Beatrice Horseman, attended Barnard. *In the 2018 Mira T. Lee novel ''Everything Here is Beautiful'', the narrator talks about going to Barnard and reuniting there with one of her childhood friends from Tennessee. *In the 2018 Paul Feig film A Simple Favor (film), ''A Simple Favor'', Anna Kendrick's character, Stephanie Smothers, was an English major at Barnard and did her thesis on ''The Canterbury Tales''.

Notable faculty

*Nadia Abu El Haj, anthropologist *Robert Antoni, Commonwealth Writers Prize–winning author *Randall Balmer, author and historian of American religion *Dave Bayer, mathematician; actor and math consultant for the film ''A Beautiful Mind (film), A Beautiful Mind''; one of few holders of an Erdős-Bacon number *Ruth Benedict, anthropologist *Jenny Boylan, writer *Frank Brady (writer), Frank Brady, leading figure in international chess *Harriet Brooks, physicist *Tina Campt, Africana and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies *Demetrios James Caraley, Editor of the ''Political Science Quarterly''; President of the Academy of Political Science *Elizabeth Castelli, Professor Of Religion *John Cheever (1956–1957), Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and short story writer *Yvette Christiansë, Yvette Christianse, poet, librettist *Alexander Cooley, political scientist, former director of the Harriman Institute *Dennis Dalton (1969–2008), political scientist; renowned nonviolence proponent; scholar of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi *Pauline Hamilton Dederer (1878–1960), biologist; zoology instructor at Barnard before 1917 *Celia Deutsch, professor, religious sister, academic, educator, writer, and Old Testament scholar *Rosalyn Deutsche, art historian, author, and art critic *Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, author *Patricia Louise Dudley (1929–2004), Zoology, zoologist *Mortimer Lamson Earle, classicist *Theodor Gaster, author; religion scholar; translator *Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), president of Brooklyn College, and chancellor of the New School for Social Research *

*Mary Gordon (writer), Mary Gordon, writer *Elizabeth Hardwick (writer), Elizabeth Hardwick, writer; co-founder of ''The New York Review of Books''; wife of Robert Lowell *Ken Hechler, U.S. Congressman from West Virginia *Anne Higonnet, art historian, Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow *Janet Jakobsen, religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies *Rebecca Jordan-Young, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, author of ''Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences'' *Charles Knapp (scholar), Charles Knapp, PhD, Philology, philologist and classical scholar *Dorothy Y. Ko, historian of early China, Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow * Elizabeth Kujawinski, American oceanographer, Woods Hole Senior Scientist *

, physicist *David Macklovitch, musician *Perry Mehrling, economic historian *Gabriela Mistral, first Latin American Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize winner for Literature *Samuel Alfred Mitchell, astronomer *Raymond Moley (1923–1933), proponent and later critic of the New Deal *Frederick Neuhouser, philosopher *Sigrid Nunez, novelist * Barbara Novak, art historian *Elaine Pagels (1970–1982), scholar of early and gnostic Christianity *Ben Philippe, Haitian-Canadian author and screenwriter *Alan F. Segal, ancient Judaism and origins of Christianity; author of ''Life after Death'', and ''Paul the Convert'' *William C. Sharpe, cultural historian, Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow *Edmund Ware Sinnott, botanist *Paige West, anthropologist, Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow *Dolph Sweet, actor *Ashley Tuttle, former principal dancer at ABT; Tony-nominated actress *Elie Wiesel (1997–1999), Nobel Peace Prize–winning writer and activist

Recipients of the Medal of Distinction

The Barnard Medal of Distinction is the College's highest honor. 1977 *Joan Mondale 1978 *Samuel R. Milbank *Richard Rodgers * Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger '14 1979 *Adelyn Dohme Breeskin *Helen Gahagan Douglas '24 *Eleanor Thomas Elliott '48 *William Am Marstellar *Toni Morrison *Francis T. P. Plimpton 1980 *Dorothy Height *Julius S. Held * Mary Dublin Keyserling '30 *Margaret Mahler * Alan Pifer *Henrietta Hill Swope, Henriette H. Swope '25 1981 *Robert L. Hoguet *Elizabeth Janeway '35 *Beverly Sills 1982 *Carol Bellamy *Council of Economic Advisers, Raymond J. Saulnier *

'63 1983 *Mario Cuomo *Vernon Jordan, Jr. *List of American Sociological Association presidents, Mirra Komarovsky '26 1984 *Arthur Altschul *Annette Kar Baxter '47 (posthumous) *Joseph G. Brennan *Anna Hill Johnstone '34 1985 *Marian Wright Edelman *Sidney Dillon Ripley *Elizabeth Man Sarcka '17 1986 *A. Bartlett Giamatti * Frances Lehman Loeb *Helen Ranney, Helen M. Ranney '41 1987 *

'58 *Sally Falk Moore '43 *Rev. James Parks Morton *Ellen Stewart 1988 *Bank Street College of Education, Augusta Souza Kappner '66 *

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'70 *Maxine Singer 1989 *Joan Kaplan Davidson *Eugene Lang * Bernice Segal (posthumous) *Lottie L. Taylor-Jones 1990 * Jacqueline Barton '74 *Robert L. Bernstein * Jean Blackwell Hutson '35 *Julie V. Marsteller '69 1991 *

'50 * Tisa Chang '63 * Mamphela Ramphele, delivered the 2002 Commencement address 1992 * Ingrith Johnson Deyrup-Olsen '40 *Fred W. Friendly *Millicent Carey McIntosh *

1993 *Arthur Ashe (posthumous) *Elizabeth B. Davis '41 *Helene L. Kaplan, Helene Lois Kaplan '53 *Bette Bao Lord *Cyrus Vance 1994 *Walter Cronkite * Ellen V. Futter '71 *

'62 (posthumous) *Arthur Mitchell (dancer), Arthur Mitchell *Sheila E. Widnall 1995 *Madeleine Albright *Rosemary Park Anastos *Derek Bok *Sissela Bok 1996 *Rita R. Colwell *Kitty Carlisle Hart *Maya Lin *Anne Warburton, Dame Anne Warburton 1997 *Sarah Brady *Merce Cunningham *Charlayne Hunter-Gault *Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1998 *Mary L. Good *Joan Ganz Cooney *David Aaron Kessler 1999 *Zoe Caldwell *Abby Joseph Cohen *Esther Dyson *William T. Golden 2000 *Doris Kearns Goodwin, delivered the 2000 Commencement address *Hanna Holborn Gray *Annie Leibovitz *Kathie L. Olson 2001 *Morris Dees *Susan Hendrickson *

'38 *Bernice Johnson Reagon, delivered the 2001 Commencement address * Barbara Novak '50 *Alice Rivlin *Harold E. Varmus 2003 *Susan Band Horwitz *

'69, delivered the Commencement address *Martha Nussbaum 2004 *Sylvia Earle *Louise Glück 2005 *Carla D. Hayden *Amartya Sen 2006 *Linda Greenhouse *Audra McDonald *Francine du Plessix Gray '52 2007 *Joan Didion *Nicholas D. Kristof *Mary Patterson McPherson *Muriel Petioni *Anna Deavere Smith 2008 *Thelma C. Davidson Adair *Michael Bloomberg, delivered the 2008 Commencement address *Billie Jean King *David Remnick *Judith Shapiro 2009 *Hillary Clinton, delivered the 2009 Commencement address *Kay Murray *Indra Nooyi * Irene J. Winter '60 2010 *Thelma Golden *Olympia J. Snowe *Meryl Streep, delivered the 2010 Commencement address *Shirley M. Tilghman 2011 *Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, delivered the 2011 Commencement address *Sylvia Rhone *Roberta Guaspari *Jenny Holzer 2012 *

, President of the United States, delivered the 2012 Commencement address *Sally Chapman, Barnard Professor of Chemistry * Helene D. Gayle '76, President and CEO of CARE, USA *Evan Wolfson, founder and President of Freedom to Marry 2013 * Leymah Gbowee, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered the 2013 Commencement address * Elizabeth Diller, architect and designer of the High Line * Lena Dunham, creator, director, writer and star of the HBO series ''Girls (TV series), Girls'' 2014 * Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation * Mahzarin Banaji, social psychologist and professor of social ethics at Harvard University * Ursula Burns, chair and chief executive officer of Xerox * Patti Smith, musician, poet, and artist 2015 * Samantha Power, academic and journalist * Simi Linton, expert on disability and the arts * Nadia Lopez, principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy * Diana Nyad, long-distance swimmer and author 2016 * Anne-Marie Slaughter * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Simone Campbell * Shafi Goldwasser 2017 * Joanne Liu * Johnnetta Cole * Diane von Furstenberg * Zainab Salbi 2018 * Abby Wambach * Katherine Johnson *

’74 * Rhea Suh ’92 2019 * Viola Davis *

’04 * Cherríe Moraga * Shirley Adelson Siegel ’37

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