Agnes Scott College is a women's college in Decatur, Georgia. It was known as the Decatur Female Seminary from 1889 to 1890 and the Agnes Scott Institute from 1890 to 1906.
Academia Andrea Abrams, anthropologist and associate professor at Centre College Martha Bailey, 1997, professor of economics and scholar of how access to contraception has shaped women's lives Anita Barbee,1982, psychologist and professor & Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville's Kent School of Social Work Tommie Dora Barker, 1909, public librarian and founding dean of Emory Library School Marilyn Breen, 1966, professor of mathematics at the University of Oklahoma Mary Brown Bullock, 1966, seventh president of Agnes Scott College and executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University Chesya Burke, 2013, author of comic books and speculative fiction; assistant professor of English and U.S. Literatures; director of Africana Studies at Stetson University Sue Jinks-Robertson, 1977, professor of genetics and microbiology Susan M. Phillips, 1967, economist, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and dean of the George Washington University School of Business Loretta Ross, 2007, academic, feminist, and activist who advocates for reproductive justice Cornelia Strong, 1901, professor, mathematician, and astronomer Anna Irwin Young, 1910, professor of mathematics, physics, and astronomy
Art and architecture Jordan Casteel, 2011, figure painter Ipek Duben, 1963, contemporary visual artist Margot Gayle, 1931, historic preservationist and author who helped save the Victorian cast-iron architecture in New York City's SoHo district Anna Colquitt Hunter, Historic Savannah Foundation founder Mary E. Hutchinson, non-degreed, artist Leila Ross Wilburn, 1904, architect
Business Kay Krill, 1977, president and chief executive officer of ANN INC., parent company of Ann Taylor and LOFT
Entertainment Amaarae, 2017, singer and songwriter Amira Unplugged, 2019, singer and rapper Michelle Malone, 1990, singer-songwriter and guitarist Joanna Moore, non-degreed, actress and mother of Tatum O'Neal Jennifer Nettles, 1997, lead singer of the AMA and Grammy Award-winning country music band Sugarland Saycon Sengbloh, 2000, actress and singer
Law Jean H. Toal, 1965, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Literature Kimberly Belle, novelist Chesya Burke, 2013, author of comic books and speculative fiction; assistant professor of English and U.S. Literatures; director of Africana Studies at Stetson University Mary Norton Kratt, 1958, writer of Charlotte history and Southern novels Catherine Marshall, 1936, author of the novel Christy Marsha Norman, 1969, playwright Agnes White Sanford, 1919, author of The Healing Light
Politics Teri Anulewicz, 1998, Georgia state representative Catherine Fleming Bruce, 1984, author, activist, and 2026 candidate for United States Senate Constance Curry, 1955, civil rights activist Goudyloch E. Dyer, 1938, Illinois state representative'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' biographical sketch of Goudyloch E. Dyer, pg. 149 Caroline Frederick, 1928, South Carolina House of Representatives Katherine Harris, 1979, U.S. House of Representatives, Secretary of State of Florida, and Florida Senate Bertha "B" Holt, 1938, former North Carolina state representative and children's rights advocate Brownie Ledbetter, political activist, social justice crusader, and lobbyist who was involved in the civil rights, feminist, labor, and environmental movements in Arkansas Rosalind McGee, non-degreed, Utah House of Representatives Frances Freeborn Pauley, 1927, civil rights activist Martha Priscilla Shaw, non-degreed, mayor of Sumter, South Carolina (1952–1956), first female mayor in South Carolina Marjorie Turnbull, non-degreed, Florida House of Representatives
Religion Sarah Fisher, 1993, Episcopal bishop Ivylyn Girardeau, 1922, medical missionary in India and Pakistan Rachel Henderlite, 1928, first woman to be ordained a pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Science and medicine Frances Anderson, pioneer of art therapy Ivylyn Girardeau, 1922, medical missionary in India and Pakistan Kathryn Johnson, 1947, journalist Lucia Murchison, 1922, social worker, club woman, and president of the South Carolina Public Health Association Willie W. Smith, 1927, physiologist who specialized in radiobiology and researcher with the National Institutes of Health Patricia Ann Webb, 1945, microbiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health
Sports Wasfia Nazreen, 2006, mountaineer
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