Smith College - Notable Alumnae

Notable Alumnae

A number of Smith alumnae have gone on to become notable in their respective fields and endeavors. Some examples include:

• Barbara Adams, General Counsel of Pennsylvania
• Tammy Baldwin, Congresswoman, D-Wisconsin
• Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States
• Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author
• Penny Chenery, recipient of the Smith College Medal, owner/breeder of Secretariat
• Julia Child, chef and author
• Barbara Cooney, author and award-winning illustrator
• Margaret Edson, award-winning playwright
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower, former First daughter
• Margaret Farrar, crossword puzzle editor
• Janet Fish, artist
• Bonnie Franklin, actress
• Betty Friedan, feminist, activist, author
• Sara Haines, Online Correspondent, NBC News TODAY Show
• Jane Lakes Harman, head of the Woodrow Wilson Center, former Congresswoman, D-California
• Molly Ivins, columnist and author
• Yolanda King, actress, activist daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
• Karen Klinger, rower and Smith crew head coach
• Carol Herselle Krinsky, architectural historian
• Tosca Lee, author
• Madeleine L'Engle, award-winning author
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author and aviator
• Catharine MacKinnon, feminist, activist, lawyer
• Sarah MacLean, bestselling author
• Tori Murden McClure, first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean
• Kathleen Marshall, choreographer
• Ann M. Martin, author
• Joan Mitchell, painter
• Margaret Mitchell, award-winning author of 'Gone With the Wind'
• Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, acting Smith College president 1939-40
• Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Emmy and Oscar awards-winning film documentarian
• Sylvia Plath, poet and author
• Halina Poświatowska, poet
• Nancy Reagan, former First Lady of the United States
• Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's Ambassador to U.S.
• Eleanor Sanger, first women's sports producer
• Gloria Steinem, feminist, activist, journalist (Class of 1956)
• Niki Tsongas, Congresswoman, D-Massachusetts
• Laura Tyson,Chairperson, National Economic Council under President Clinton
• Cynthia Voigt, award-winning author
• J.R. Ward, bestselling author
• Virginia Euwer Wolff, award-winning author
• Jane Yolen, award-winning author
• Frances Mossiker, author
• Rose Jang, pop opera singer and PR ambassador for South Korea, UNESCO and New7Wonders of Nature.
• Olga Gorelli, composer and pianist.
• Caterina Fake, entrepreneur, founder of Flickr and Hunch
• Susan George, is a well-known Franco-American political and social scientist, activist and writer

The Alumnae Association of Smith College considers all former students to be members, whether they graduated or not, and does not generally differentiate between graduates and non-graduates when identifying Smith alumnae.