Leaders
- Ella Weed, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and college Secretary ?–1894.
- Emily James Smith, Dean 1894–1900
- Laura Drake Gill, Dean 1901–1907
- Virginia Gildersleeve, Dean 1911–1947
- Millicent McIntosh, Dean 1947–1962, President 1952–1962
- Rosemary Park, President 1962–1967
- Martha Peterson, President 1967–1975
- Jacquelyn Mattfield, 1975–1981
- Ellen V. Futter, 1981–1993
- Judith R. Shapiro, 1994–2008
- Debora L. Spar, 2008–present
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