Notable alumnae

Academia Virginia Abernethy, 1955 – academic anthropologist, involved in politics Frances Dorothy Acomb – academic and historian Grace Andrews, 1890 – mathematician and professor Myrtilla Avery, 1891 – classical scholar focused on Medieval art, former chair of Department of Art at Wellesley College and director of the Farnsworth Art Museum 1930–1937; introduced the first art history classes at Wellesley and the earliest museum studies courses Carole B. Balin, 1986 – professor of Jewish history Patricia Bizzell, 1970 – professor of English Jane M. Bowers, 1958 – flautist, musicologist and feminist historian Victoria Budson, 1993 – founder of Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, one of CNN's "Ten Visionary Women" Claudia Lauper Bushman, 1956 – historian Margaret Clapp, 1930 – former president of Wellesley College (1949–1960) and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography Cecilia Conrad, 1976 – economics professor, dean of Pomona College Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 1956 – Romance language scholar, civil rights activist, and first Black professor at Memphis State University Frances Daly Fergusson, 1965 – former president of Vassar College Juliet Floyd, 1982 – professor of Philosophy Margaret Henderson Floyd, 1953 – art historian and professor Susan Foh – biblical scholar Phyllis Fox, 1944 – mathematician and computer scientist Barbara Fraumeni, 1972 – economist Grace Frick, 1925 – linguistics scholar Marjorie Grene, 1931 – philosopher, one of the first philosophers to raise questions about the synthetic theory of evolution Cheryl Harris, 1973 – Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Professor in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at UCLA Law School Mary Hefferan (1873–1948) – taught bacteriology, University of Chicago Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, 1947 – professor of English literature at Columbia University, and mystery novelist under the name "Amanda Cross" Ayesha Jalal, 1978 – historian, 1998 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Theodora J. Kalikow, 1962 – former president, University of Maine at Farmington and University of Southern Maine Amalie Kass, 1949 – historian Yoshi Kasuya, 1923 – educator, former president of Tsuda University Amy Kelly, educator, historian, best-selling author Nannerl O. Keohane, 1961 – political theorist; president, Wellesley College and Duke University Jennie Ellis Keysor, 1883 – pioneer in adult education Jean Kilbourne, 1964 – author, expert on the image of women in advertising Rosalind E. Krauss, 1962 – art critic, professor, theorist Helen Hull Law (1890–1966) – professor of Latin and Greek Anita Calvert Lebourgeoise – attorney, judge, genealogist, biographer and women's suffrage orator Mary Lefkowitz, 1957 – classical scholar Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, 1963 – historian Phyllis Williams Lehmann, 1934 – archaeologist Helen Abbot Merrill, 1886 – mathematician Winifred Edgerton Merrill, 1883 – mathematician, first woman to receive a PhD in mathematics Michele Moody-Adams, 1978 – dean, Columbia College Ellen Fitz Pendleton, 1886 – mathematician, former president of Wellesley College Karen Remmer, 1966 – political scientist Eliza Newkirk Rogers, 1900 – art history professor at Wellesley College and Mount Holyoke College; shaped the art history department at Wellesley; donated her art collection to the Davis Museum at Wellesley College; created the Eliza Newkirk Rogers Prize for Architecture at Wellesley Carol Sanger, 1970 – reproductive rights expert, professor at Columbia Law School Kay Lehman Schlozman, 1968 – political scientist Mary Lyndon Shanley, 1966 – legal scholar, professor of political science at Vassar College Jennifer S. Thaler, 1993 – professor of Entomology at Cornell University Ellen Umansky, 1972 – professor of Judaic studies Roxana Vivian, 1894 – mathematics professor at Wellesley College, the first in her department to hold a doctorate, and Hartwick College. Diana Chapman Walsh, 1966 – former president, Wellesley College Ernestine Wiedenbach, 1922 – nursing theorist Patricia J. Williams, 1972 – law professor at Columbia University, recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

Visual art and design Julia Alexander, 1989 – art historian and curator Molly Bang, 1965 – illustrator Ann Beha, 1972 – founder and principal, Ann Beha Architects, committed to historic preservation Anita Berrizbeitia, 1980 – landscape architect and chair of the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture Anna Campbell Bliss, 1946 – artist and architect Emilie Benes Brzezinski, 1953 – sculptor, wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski Carol Cadou – art curator and museum director Mildred Codding – medical illustrator Leila Daw, 1962 – installation artist Patricia Degener (1924–2008) – ceramic artist Victorine du Pont Homsey, 1923 – architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Anne Fougeron, 1977 – architect, B.A. in architectural history Juliette May Fraser, 1909 – painter, muralist, illustrator, and printmaker in Hawaii Mary Rockwell Hook, 1900 – architect Julia Kunin, 1983 – sculptor, video artist Jennifer Maestre, 1981 – sculptor Lorraine O'Grady, 1955 – conceptual artist and art critic Olivia Parker, 1963 – photographer Eleanor Raymond, 1909 – architect, designed and built the first occupied solar-powered house in the US Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, 1957 – urban planner, landscape architect

Business Mary Cunningham Agee, 1973 – president, The Nurturing Network Robin Chase, 1980 – co-founder of Zipcar Elisabeth DeMarse, 1976 – former CEO, chairman, and president of TheStreet.Com Heather Higgins, 1981 – nonprofit executive, political commentator Lois Juliber, 1971 – vice chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Sophie Kim, 2006 – CEO of Kurly Elizabeth Parr-Johnston, 1961 – economist Priya Paul, 1988 – chairman of Park Hotels, head of Apeejay Surendra Group, trustee of Wellesley College Marion Sandler, 1952 – CEO and founder of Golden West Financial Anne Toth, 1993 – privacy and policy executive, former Chief Trust Officer of Yahoo Vicky Tsai, 2000 – CEO and founder of Tatcha Susan Wagner, 1982 – founder and former COO of BlackRock and board member of Apple Inc. Joan Wallace-Benjamin, 1975 – CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers

Government and public service Eleanor D. Acheson, 1969 – former assistant attorney general of the United States Bertha Adkins, 1928 – former undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Madeleine Albright, 1959 – diplomat and political scientist, 64th United States secretary of state (1997–2001), the first woman to hold the position Michelle Au, 1999 – state senator, Georgia; first Asian-American woman appointed to Georgia State Senate Annette Baker Fox, 1934 – international relations advisor Carolina Barco Isakson, 1973 – Colombian foreign minister 2002–2006, ambassador to the US, 2006–2010 Jocelyn Benson, 1999 – current secretary of state, Michigan; former dean, Wayne State University Law School; youngest dean appointed to an accredited law school Jane Bolin, 1928 – first African-American woman to become a judge Sophonisba Breckinridge, 1888 – activist Anita B. Brody, 1955 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Emily Sophie Brown, 1904 – one of the first women to serve in the Connecticut House of Representatives Janath R. Cannon, 1939 – counselor to the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wilma Chan, 1971 – California Democrat Harriette L. Chandler, 1959 – president of the Massachusetts Senate Gail Chang Bohr, 1966 – former Minnesota judge Soong Mei-ling 宋美齡 (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek), 1917 – former First Lady of the Republic of China Marguerite S. Church, 1915 – U.S. representative from Illinois Esther Clenott, 1945 – politician from Maine, former two-term mayor of Portland and state representative Hillary Clinton, 1969 – First Lady of the United States (1993–2001), U.S. senator (D-New York) (2001–2009), 67th United States secretary of state (2009–2013) Deborah Cochran, 1960 – congresswoman from Massachusetts Jan Coggeshall, 1957 – 49th mayor of Galveston, Texas (1984–1989) Elinor G. Constable, 1955 – diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Kenya Rita Crocker Clements – former First Lady of the U.S. state of Texas Ophelia Dahl, 1994 – executive director of Partners in Health, daughter of children's author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal Molly Dewson, 1897 – feminist, political activist Diana DiZoglio, 2010 – Massachusetts state representative (D-14th Essex District) Christine Durham, 1967 – chief justice, Utah Supreme Court Virginia Durr, 1925 – civil rights activist Carolyn Dykema, 1989 – former Massachusetts state representative Susan Estrich, 1974 – lawyer, professor, author, feminist advocate and commentator for Fox News Colette Flesch, 1960 – Luxembourg politician (vice-prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs) and Olympic fencer Loletta Fyan, 1915 – first librarian in Michigan Cynthia Glassman, 1967 – commissioner of the SEC Susan P. Graber, 1969 – circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wendy Lee Gramm, 1966 – economist, former director of ENRON Jean Constance Hamilton, 1968 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Abigail Harrison, 2019 – founder of nonprofit the Mars Generation Aurelia Harwood – philanthropist, former president of Sierra Club Ellen Segal Huvelle, 1970 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Farahnaz Ispahani, 1985 – member of Pakistan's parliament, spokesperson for the president of Pakistan, journalist Carol E. Jackson, 1973 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Katie Johnson, 2003 – personal secretary to President Barack Obama Amalya Lyle Kearse, 1959 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, five time U.S. Champion bridge player Leslie E. Kobayashi, 1979 – judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Nancy K. Kopp, 1965 – treasurer of Maryland M. Hannah Lauck, 1986 – judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Gail Laughlin, 1894 – first woman from Maine to practice law and founder of the National League for Women's Service Henrietta Wells Livermore, 1887 – suffragette Sandra L. Lynch, 1968 – chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Yukiko Maki, 1924 – Japanese educator, Fulbright officer, worked in international exchange Nora Margaret Manella, 1972 – presiding justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Four, former judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California Chirlane McCray, 1975 – public affairs activist, First Lady of New York City Ida Craven Merriam, 1925 – statistician for the Social Security Administration Lindsey Miller-Lerman, 1968 – justice, Nebraska Supreme Court Mary V. Mochary, 1963 – attorney and Republican politician, formerly mayor of Montclair, New Jersey Helen Barrett Montgomery, 1884 – women's rights activist, church leader, Bible translator Alicia Munnell, 1964 – economist Laura W. Murphy, 1976 – lobbyist and civil rights activist Helen O'Bannon, 1961 – economist Anne W. Patterson, 1971 – U.S. ambassador to Egypt, former acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Alex Poon, 2014 – transgender rights activist Ruth Baker Pratt, 1898 – congresswoman 1929–1933, first woman elected to Congress from New York Reena Raggi, 1973 – judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Leticia Ramos-Shahani, 1951 – former Philippine senator, diplomat, human rights activist Diane Ravitch, 1960 – historian, former U.S. assistant secretary of Education Desiree Rogers, 1981 – public relations executive, White House Social Secretary