Sorority women strive for success and that is seen in the lists below. These lists show just a fraction of the sorority women changing the world and shaping the lives around them. As you browse the lists you will see some familiar names such as Kate Spade, Katie Couric, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Carrie Underwood.
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Athletics
Julia Marino Paraguay’s first winter Olympian – ski Alpha Chi Omega Teresa (Teri) McKeever U.S. Swimming – coach Olympic Team; First woman to coach a US Olympic team Alpha Gamma Delta Cheyenne Knight Professional golfer Alpha Gamma Delta Maria Maunder 1996 Summer Olympics women’s rower Alpha Gamma Delta Jo Ann Washam Professional golfer Alpha Gamma Delta Kendall Gretsch One-time Paralympian (2018); Two-time Paralympic medalist (2 gold)
PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter GamesAlpha Omicron Pi Coralyn “Corky” Carl Bat girl for the South Bend Blue Sox of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League; First female inductee in the Minnesota Swim Coach HOF, First athletic director overseeing co-ed programs in state of Minnesota, Cross-country skiing champion at age of 76 Alpha Sigma Tau Suzanne Stettinius U.S. Modern Pentathlon Olympic Team Alpha Xi Delta Laua Bennett U.S. Triathlon Olympian Chi Omega Muffy Davis U.S. Paralympic Cycling Olympic gold medalist Delta Delta Delta Annika Dries U.S. Water Polo Olympic Team gold medalist Delta Delta Delta Abby Johnston U.S. Diving Olympic Team silver medalist Delta Delta Delta Mariya Koroleva U.S. Synchronized Swimming Olympic Team Delta Delta Delta Paige Railey U.S. Laser Radial Sailing Olympic Team Delta Delta Delta Meryl Davis U.S. Olympic Ice Dancer gold medalist Delta Delta Delta Alison Lee A professional golfer playing on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. She was ranked #1 in the world by the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2013-2014 before turning professional. She finished 5th in the 2016 LPGA Tour, and has played at the British Open. Delta Gamma Alison Levine Levine was the team captain of the first American women’s Everest expedition and author of On the Edge: The Art of High-Impact Leadership. She has climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles – a feat known as the Adventure Grand Slam, which fewer than 40 people in the world have achieved. Delta Gamma Anne White Rawls Nationally-ranked tennis player in 1980. She has eight career titles in doubles and one in singles. Dela Gamma Bonnie Lauer Professional golfer; named Rookie of the Year in 1977. She has two LGPA tour wins. Delta Gamma Carin Cone Vanderbush A 1956 Olympic silver medalist (100m backstroke) and a six-time world record swimmer. Vanderbush was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1984. Delta Gamma Cynthia Marshall First African American woman to be CEO of an NBA team (Dallas Mavericks) Delta Gamma Emilee Klein Professional golfer, victories include: 1996 Ping Welch’s Championship, 1996 Weetabix Women’s British open Championship, 2001 Michelob Light Classic. Top 90 from 2001 money list through Asahi Ryokukun International Championship. Delta Gamma Jill Savery Member of the U.S. synchronized swimming team that won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Delta Gamma Judy Bell First female president of United States Golf Association (USGA) Delta Gamma Susan Nattrass Became the first woman trap shooter in the Olympic Games in 1976 as a member of the Canadian Olympic team. She was named Canada’s best athlete, male or female, amateur or professional, in 1981. Delta Gamma Polina Edmunds Figure skater, represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics Delta Gamma Allison Aldrich U.S. Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Olympic silver medalist Delta Zeta Rebecca Rusch Ultra endurance pro athlete, world champion, author, entrepreneur, Emmy winner, and motivational speaker Delta Zeta Kay Yow Women’s basketball coach at North Carolina State University, was the head coach for the United States women’s basketball team; coached gold medal team in 1986 Delta Zeta Nikola Girke Canada RSX Windsurfing Olympic Team Gamma Phi Beta JoAnn Schneider Farris Professional Ice Skater Gamma Phi Beta Kerri Strug Two-time Olympic medalist & three-time world championship medalist gymnast Kappa Alpha Theta Nancy Thies Marshall U.S. Olympic gymnast and former vice chair for women of USA Gymnastics Kappa Delta Emily Oberst Member of Team USA for wheelchair basketball Kappa Delta Alanna Flax-Clark Paraequestrian Kappa Delta Mary Washburn Conklin Silver medalist, U.S. first women’s Olympic track team member (1928) Kappa Delta Lily Margaret Wade Women’s basketball player and coach; First woman inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame; The Wade Trophy given by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association since 1978 is named in her honor. Kappa Delta Billie Wickliffe Georgia State Women’s Tennis Singles Champion and Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Kappa Delta Trischa Zorn Paralympian with 55 medals in swimming; USA Swimming created the Trischa L. Zorn Award in 2000 to honor her achievement. Kappa Delta Gloria Ray Established the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Kappa Delta Janet Marie Smith 2020 inductee into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame for her work designing MLB parks Kappa Delta Kristin Armstrong-Savola U.S. Cycling Olympic Team gold medalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Rachel Buehler U.S. Soccer Olympic Team gold medalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Jennifer Kessy U.S. Beach Volleyball Olympic silver medalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Eleanor (Elle) Logan U.S. Rowing Olympic Team gold medalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Kelley O’Hara U.S. Swimming Team gold medalist, World Cup champion Kappa Kappa Gamma Ali Riley New Zealand Soccer Olympic Team Kappa Kappa Gamma Melissa (Mel) Seidemann U.S. Water Polo Olympic Team gold medalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Evelyn Stevens U.S. Cycling Olympic Team Kappa Kappa Gamma Erin Cafaro U.S. Rowing Olympic Team gold medalist Phi Beta Phi Taylor Ritzel U.S. Rowing Olympic Team gold medalist Phi Beta Phi Danielle Donehew Vice president of WNBA team Phi Mu Tatyanna McFadden U.S. Paralympic Track & field olympic team gold medalist Phi Sigma Sigma Theresa Grentz Women’s head basketball boach at University of Illinois & former Big Ten Coach of the year Sigma Kappa Marge Schott Former managing partner, president and CEO of the Cincinnati Reds Theta Phi Alpha Ryan Carlyle Member of the first-ever U.S. Women’s Rugby Sevens Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics Zeta Tau Alpha Sarah Patterson Former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide women’s gymnastics team (6 NCAA championships) Zeta Tau Alpha -
Business
Nicki Meneley CEO of FEA Alpha Chi Omega Paula Garrison Founder of National Sleepwear Alpha Delta Pi Anita Morris Perlman Founder of B’nai Birth Girls Alpha Epsilon Phi Michelle Gass CEO of Kohl’s Corporation Alpha Gamma Delta Jani Macari Pallis Founder of Cislunar Aerospace Alpha Gamma Delta Jeri Wards Senior VP and CCO of Audi of America Alpha Gamma Delta Ellen Brothers Former President of American Girl Alpha Gamma Delta Li Li Leung President and CEO of USA Gymnastics Alpha Gamma Delta Beth Ford President and CEO of Land O’Lakes Alpha Gamma Delta Deborah Lippmann Celebrity manicurist & nail expert with her own line called the “Lippmann Collection” Alpha Phi Janet Murguia President/CEO of National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Alpha Phi Julee Rosso Founded Silver Palate gourmet food shop and author. Alpha Phi Jandy Thompson Hegy Vice president of John Bowles Company Alpha Phi Joanne Ulnick CEO of Ducker Worldwide Alpha Phi Linda Funk Executive director of The Soyfoods Council Alpha Phi Bobbie Nichols First female investment banker in Arkansas Alpha Sigma Tau Colleen Cervantes President of Chevron Lubricants Alpha Sigma Tau Sara Blakely Founder of Spanx Delta Delta Delta Ann Daly Former president of DreamWorks Animation SKG. Daly previously served as DreamWorks’ chief operating officer (2004-2014) and head of the animation division. Delta Gamma Gisel Jurado Ruiz Executive Vice President for Sam’s Club store operations; Former Chief Operating Officer for Walmart U.S. Delta Gamma Jane Clifton Miller Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Gallup. Delta Gamma Leigh Ann Snider Former president for Einstein Bros. Bagels Delta Gamma Sharen Jester Turney Former president and CEO of Victoria’s Secret Delta Gamma Tonia O’ Connor Mayes Chief Revenue Officer for Univision Communications. She has been named “Top 100 People to Watch in Entertainment.” Delta Gamma Mercedes Bates Director of the Betty Crocker kitchens at General Mills in Minneapolis. Later named vice president of the company Delta ZEta Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt Former president of Jockey International Gamma Phi Beta Katherine Hoffman Haley Noted businesswoman and rancher Kappa Alpha Theta Karen C Francis Former marketing VP, CEO and chairman currently a consultant Kappa Alpha Theta Pat Mitchell President of PBS Phi Mu Tammy McClain Cohen Owner and founder of Informat Phi Mu Jennifer Biddulph Maxwell Co-creator of the Power Bar Pi Beta Phi Lara Merriken Founder, LÄRABAR® Pi Beta Phi Patricia Pulliam Upton President/Chairman of Aromatique Pi Beta Phi Gloria Cohen International president of Women’s League Conservative Judaism Sigma Delta Tau Barbara Ann Weinstein CEO of Family Central Sigma Delta Tau Phyllis Snyder President of National Council of Jewish Women Sigma Delta Tau Bonney Schuman Co-founder of Bar Code Systems, camera-ready bar codes for product tracking used by companies like Home Depot Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, Saks Fifth Avenue Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. Zeta Tau Alpha Shelley Green George Owner of Shelley George Bridal Footwear Betsy Holden CEO of Kraft Foods Susan Kinder President of American Express, Travelers’ Cheques June Kummer Co-owner of Marriott Corp. Elisa Lee Morgan President/CEO of MOPS International, Inc. Ann Potter Person Founder of Stretch and Sew Lisa Rawlins Senior vice president of studio and production affairs at Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Norma Tittle Rist President of Norma J. Rist CEO Consulting, Inc. -
Education
Kelly M. Quintanilla first female president of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Alpha Gamma Delta Josefina Castillo Baltodano President of Marian College Alpha Phi Mary Ross Potter Former dean of women at Northwestern University Iva Lowther Peters, sociologist Alpha Phi Elaine Martin Kneebone First woman president of Henderson State University Alpha Sigma Tau Betty Jacka President, National Merit Scholarship Corporation Chi Omega Ada Louise Comstock First full-time president of Radcliffe College (was the women’s university coordinate for Harvard when it was only open to men) Delta Gamma Frances Lucas-Taucher First and only woman to be president of Millsaps College Delta Gamma Clyda Stokes Rent First female president of Mississippi University for Women Delta Gamma Edith Abbott First woman to become dean of a graduate school at an American university, the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, the nation’s first school of social work Delta Gamma Barbara Aronstein Black Former dean of Columbia Law School Delta Phi Epsilon Marinell Ash BBC Educational Producer Delta Zeta Isadore Gilbert Mudge Author of Library reference servies Kappa Alpha Theta Nancy Newman Eustis Special assistant for Disability and Aging Policy to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Kappa Alpha Theta Lily Bess Campbell Renaissance literature scholar and recered UCLA English Professor (1922-1950) Kappa Alpha Theta Ibis Del Mar Nieves Competitor and cast member of MTV’s Road Rules Challenges Kappa Alpha Theta Ruth Colvin Founder and president of Literacy Volunteers of America Kappa Delta Gayle Barron American Road Racing pioneer and author Phi Mu Maria Leonard Founder of national Scholastic Honorary Society Pi Beta Phi Jahnae Harper Barnett First women president of William Woods University Peggy Gordon Elliott President of South Dakota State College Jean M. Buckley President/CEO Future Business Leaders of America Dr. Joy Garrison Cauffman Professor Emerita, University of Southern California Dr. Deborah Floyd President Emerita Prestonsburg Community College Kentucky Gamma Phi Beta Patricia Albjerg Graham Dean of Graduate Education, Harvard University Dr. Marsha Guenzler-Stevens Director of activities & Associate Director of the Stamp Student Union Anna Rose Hawes Dean of Mills College AAUW National President Kathryn Sisson Phillips Organized the National Association of Deans of Women and was the first president Dr. Shirley Raines The president of The University of Memphis Patsy Bostick Reed Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Asheville Kala Mays Stroup Missouri State Commissioner of Higher Education Nancy L. Zimpher President of University of Cincinati -
Entertainment
Hannah Brown TV Personality, Bachelorette and “Dancing with the Stars” winner Alpha Chi Omega Melissa d’Arabian TV chef Alpha Chi Omega Cathy Bates Actress Alpha Delta Pi Shirley Christian Pulitzer Prize Winner Alpha Delta Pi Jeannie Smart Actress Alpha Delta Pi Kate Capshaw Actress Alpha Delta Pi Rita Coolidge Grammy award-winning singer Alpha Gamma Delta Wynn Everett Actress Alpha Gamma Delta Donna Fargo Grammy award-winning singer Alpha Gamma Delta Dorothy Provine Actress Alpha Gamma Delta Jeanne Robertson Humorist Alpha Gamma Delta Karen McCullah Lutz Screenwriter Alpha Gamma Delta Kimberly Williams-Paisley Actress, writer & director Alpha Phi Angela Kinsey Actress Chi Omega Heather Locklear Actress Chi Omega Lucy Liu Actress Chi Omega Sela Ward Actress Chi Omega Elizabeth Banks Actress Delta Delta Delta JoAnna Garcia Actress Delta Delta Delta Molly Sims Actress Delta Delta Delta Cathy Guidewite Cartoonist Delta Delta Delta Patricia Heaton Actress Delta Gamma Sabrina Bryan Singer & actress Delta Gamma Donna Mills Actress Delta Gamma Eva Marie Saint (married name: Hayden) Academy Award-winning Actress Delta Gamma Samantha Harris (married name: Shapiro) TV personality Delta Gamma Lizz Winstead Co-creator of The Daily Show Delta Gamma Channing Dungey TV executive and producer, first black American president of a major broadcast TV network Delta Gamma Alex Guarnaschelli Celebrity chef & tv personality Delta Gamma Bette Midler Actress & Singer Delta Phi Epsilon Melissa Pam Ordway Gaston Actress; well known from “The Young and the Restless” Delta Zeta Pat Priest Actress; well known for her role on “The Munsters” Delta Zeta Nanette Fabray TV Personality Delta Zeta Marcia Wallace Best known for her role as his loyal receptionist on “The Bob Newhart Show,” for which she received an Emmy nomination. A newer generation of viewers came to know her as the voice of Edna Krabappel on “The Simpsons.” Delta Zeta Florence Henderson Actress Delta Zeta Cloris Leachman Actress Gamma Phi Beta Kristin Chenoweth Actress Gamma Phi Beta Bailey Hanks Broadway actress Gamma Phi Beta Demetra George Opera Singer Gamma Phi Beta Kelli O’Hara Broadway actress Gamma Phi Beta Sheryl Crow Singer Kappa Alpha Theta Ann Margret Singer & Dancer Kappa Alpha Theta Amy Grant Singer Kappa Alpha Theta Rue McClanahan Actress Kappa Alpha Theta Ashley Judd Actress Kappa Kappa Gamma Mariska Hargitay Actress Kappa Kappa Gamma Sophia Bush Actress Kappa Kappa Gamma Meghan Markle Actress & Duchess of Sussex Kappa Kappa Gamma Jenna Dewan Tatum Actress Pi Beta Phi Jennifer Garner Actress Pi Beta Phi Beth Brickell Actress Pi Beta Phi Christy Carlson Romano Actress Sigma Delta Tau Cathy Connie Britton Actress Sigma Kappa Carrie Underwood Grammy award-winning singer Sigma Sigma Sigma Erin Andrews TV host and sideline reporter Zeta Tau Alpha Betty Buckley Won a Tony Award in 1983 for her performance as Grizabella in “Cats” Zeta Tau Alpha Nicole Paggi Actress, jewelry designer Zeta Tau Alpha Dr. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Musician – First female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music (1983) for “Three Movements for Orchestra (Symphony No. 1)” Zeta Tau Alpha Dixie Carlson Romano Actress Elizabeth Sims Actress Jeannie Romer Morrison Concert Pianist -
Fashion & Design
Brittani Grant Civil engineer of National Museum of African American History and Culture Alpha Chi Omega Ruth Whitney Former Editor in Chief of Glamour Magazine Alpha Chi Omega Brittany Allen Contestant on Project Runway Alpha Omicron Pi Sheree Clark Founder & co-owner of Sayles Graphic Design in Des Moines, Iowa Alpha Phi Betsey Johnson Fashion designer Alpha Xi Delta Natalie Massenet Founder of Net-A-Porter Delta Gamma Edith Head Academy award-winning costume designer Delta Zeta Adriana Carrig Jewlry designer Delta Zeta Kelly Fisher Katz International Spokesperson, Mark Katz Jewelers Delta Zeta Marylou Imparato Fashion journalist/editor, author Gamma Phi Beta Patricia Miller Co-owner/president of Vera Bradley Designs Kappa Delta Bridget Ryan Berman Retail Group President, Polo Ralph Lauren Kappa Delta Kate Spade Fashion designer Kappa Kappa Gamma Julia (Judy) Morton Cole Fabric and Fashion Designer Kappa Kappa Gamma Kathrine Baumann Designer of jewelry & wearable art and owner of Katherine Baumann Beverly Hills Phi Mu -
Influential Women in History
Annette Greenfield Strauss Mayor of Dallas, Texas; First woman mayor of Dallas Alpha Epsilon Phi Margaret Bourke-White The first American female war photojournalist, and having one of her photographs (the construction of Fort Peck Dam) on the cover of the first issue of Life magazine. Alpha Omicron Pi Liz Carpenter First woman executive assistant to U.S. Vice President to Lyndon B. Johnson’s staff and his press secretary. Alpha Phi Dr. Linda Hawes Cleaver First woman govenor Alpha Xi Delta Martha Layne Collins Govenor of Kentucky; first and only woman governor to date in Kentucky Chi Omega Carol Bellamy Chair of the Board of Governors for the International Baccalaureate since 2009. She is a former executive director of UNICEF (1995-2005), former Director of the U.S. Peace Corps (appointed by President Clinton) and former president of the New York City Council. Delta Gamma Mary Gladwin Red Cross nurse who served in three wars from 1898 to 1919, decorated by the United States, Russian, Japanese and Serbian governments Delta Gamma Sarah Tilghman Hughes first female federal judge, and the first and only woman to swear in a U.S. President (Lyndon B. Johnson, on the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963) Delta Gamma Susan Shannon Engeleiter First woman to head the Small Business Administration. She was the youngest woman to ever have been elected to the Wisconsin Legislature at the age of 22. Delta Gamma Grace Abbott Social worker and advocate, immigration rights and child welfare advocate, helped draft the Social Security Act, first woman to be nominated for a Presidential cabinet position, highest ranking woman in the United States government for over a decade as the head of the United States Children’s Bureau Delta Gamma Anna Marion MacLean First to receive Ph.M from the University of Chicago (1897), a found member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae Kappa Alpha Theta Mary Ritter Beard Women’s rights activist and first historian to write about the roles of women play in society Kappa Alpha Theta Mary Roberts Coolige The first woman to gain a full-time academic position in sociology Kappa Alpha Theta Katherine Towle The first woman appointed Director of Women Marines Kappa Alpha Theta Susan M Kinsbury Sociologist and first director of Byrn Mawr’s Graduate School of Social work Kappa Alpha Theta Eva Bertrand Adams Director of the first U.S. Mint Kappa Kappa Gamma Julia Warner Snow Botany instructor and first to teach bacteriology at Smith college in 1902 Kappa Kappa Theta Carol Laise Bunker U.S. Ambassador to Nepal 1966-1973; first woman Director General, Foreign Service Phi Mu Geraldine “Jerrie” Ferdnitz Mock The first woman to successfully fly solo around the world (1964) Phi Mu Carrie Chapman Catt Suffragist & founder of the National League of Women Voters Pi Beta Phi Virginia Dill McCarty Former U.S. Attorney General; first woman named to a full term as the Attorney General Pi Beta Phi Betty Montgomery Attorney General of Ohio; first woman Attorney General Zeta Tau Alpha Mary Jane Ridpath An administrator in Indiana Schools (1875) -
Journalism and Communications
Atoosa Rubenstein Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine Alpha Chi Omega Gail Sheehy Author and journalist Alpha Chi Omega Judy Woodruff TV newscaster Alpha Delta Pi Nancy Grace CNN News Anchor Alpha Delta Pi Andrea Canning ABC news national correspondent in Washington D.C. Alpha Gamma Delta Carolyn Alvey Led a five member taskforce to create the Amber Alert Alpha Omicron Pi Jodi Brooks National Emmy Award-winning reporter Alpha Phi Kristin Hoke News anchor Alpha Phi Catherine Anaya Two-time Emmy award-winning news anchor Alpha Phi Alexa Conomos News anchor Alpha Phi Christy Bulkeley Daily newspaper reporter, editor and publisher Alpha Phi Denise Blankenship Joyce Assisstant editor of the Chicago Trubune’s “Live!” feature section Alpha Phi Katie Longworth Sportscaster, CBS 2 in Southern California Alpha Phi Kim Kelleher VP & Publisher of SELF magazine Alpha Phi Lucy Morgan Founder of Penland School of Craft Alpha Sigma Tau Gwen Frostic Artist, author Alpha Sigma Tau Louise McNeill Poet, West Virginia poet laureate (1979-1993) Alpha Sigma Tau Betsy Ross Emmy-award winning sports reporter and co-founder and president of Game Day Communications Alpha Sigma Tau Nellie Harper Lee Writer of To Kill a Mockingbird & Pulitzer Prize winner Chi Omega Jennifer Smith Producer for CNN’s Crossfire (1982-2005, 2013-2014) and currently a journalist for CNN Digital. Delta Gamma Katie Couric News anchor Delta Delta Delta Lauren Purcell Editor-in-chief of Every Day with Rachael Ray, and former deputy editor of Self magazine. In 2005, she wrote Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! (with her sister Anne Purcell Grissinger). She has written about food, entertaining and celebrities for Mademoiselle, American Health and Harper’s Bazaar, and she has had numerous television appearances. Delta Gamma Kyra Phillips CNN News anchor and correspondent Delta Gamma Zenith Jones Brown Author Delta Zeta Hazel Brannon Smith Journalist Delta ZEta Carol Brink Author of more than 30 books and won the 1936 Newbery Medal Gamma Phi Beta Jennifer Gilbert Two-time Emmy award-winning TV news Kappa Alpha Theta Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Pulitizer Prize winner for fiction in 1939 Kappa Alpha Theta Barbara Lemmon Bartocci Magaine writer, author, keynote speaker Kappa Kappa Gamma Dorothy Canefield Fisher Author of 22 novels and 18 books of non-fiction Kappa Kappa Gamma Gretchen Carlson News anchor and Miss America, 1989 Kappa Kappa Gamma Lucretia Leonard Romey Award-winning artist, quiltmaker Kappa Kappa Gamma Margaret (Peggy) Simson Curry Author, magazine writer, poet and first female board member of Western Writers of America Kappa Kappa Gamma Anne Armstrong Thompson Bestselling author Kappa Kappa Gamma Jane Pauley TV journalist Kappa Kappa Gamma Joyce Carol Oates Author of more than 40 novels Phi Mu Augusta Evans Wilson Author Phi Mu Jane Brody A New York Times “Personal Health” columnist and best selling author Phi Sigma Sigma Ann Cook Author and face of Gerber Babe Pi Beta Phi Sue Grafton Author Pi Beta Phi Sue Grafton Crime author and won British Crime Writer’ Association Cartier Dagger and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America Pi Beta Phi Dr. Joyce Brothers Psychologist and advice columnist Sigma Delta Tau Marilyn Salenger CBS Emmy-winning news correspondent Sigma Delta Tau Hadas Gold News correspondent for CNN Sigma Kappa Judith Guest Author Sigma Kappa Donna Leger Managing Editor of USA Today Zeta Tau Alpha Faith Skowronski Daniels Talk show host and news anchor Zeta Tau Alpha Phyllis George TV’s first female sportscaster in 1974 Zeta Tau Alpha Betty Nguyen TV anchor and correspondent Zeta Tau Alpha Laura McKeeman Rutledge Co-host of “SEC Nation” on the SEC Network Zeta Tau Alpha Tamara Traeder Co-author of Girlfriends books and products -
Law, Government and Military
Dr. Condoleezza Rice U.S. Secretary of State Alpha Chi Omega Jody Olsen 20th Director of the Peace Corps Alpha Chi Omega Gracia Backer Missouri State House of Representatives Alpha Delta Pi Karen Hughes Presidential Spokesperson Alpha Delta Pi Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Alpha Epsilon Phi Bessie Margolin U.S. Labor Department Appeals Attorney Alpha Epsilon Phi Elaine Marshall NC Secretary of State Alpha Gamma Delta Judy Baar Topinka First female state treasurer in Illinois Alpha Gamma Delta Beth Chapman Alabama Secretary of State Alpha Gamma Delta Kerry-Lynne Findlay former member of Canadian House of Commons and Minister of National Revenue Alpha Gamma Delta Carolyn Bennett member of Canadian Parliament Alpha Gamma Delta Jamie Jones Miller Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs at Department of Defense Alpha Sigma Tau Marianne Blackburn Drew Rear Admiral, Navy Alpha Xi Delta Blanche Lambert Lincoln US. Senator (D-AR) Chi Omega Marsha Blackburn U.S. Sentator (R-TENN.) Chi Omega Alison Lundergan Grimes Kentucky Secretary of State Chi Omega Shirley Mount Hufstedler Former U.S. Secretary of Education Chi Omega Elizabeth Dole U.S. Senator (R-NC); Former President, Red Cross of America Delta Delta Delta Terri Walter Gabreski Brigadier General, Marine Corps Delta Delta Delta Yvonne Kauger Chief Justice Oklahoma Supreme Court Delta Delta Delta Deborah L. Cook United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Delta Gamma Grace Abbot The highest-ranking woman in the United States government for over a decade, Abbott was head of the United States Children’s Bureau from 1921-1934. She was the first woman to be nominated for a Presidential cabinet position—Secretary of Labor in the Herbert Hoover administration, and the first American sent to the League of Nations to represent the United States. Her work paved the way for programs such as the Federal Emergency Relief effort during the Depression, the Social Security Act and UNICEF. Delta Gamma Kathy Higdon Wilson Chairwoman of the National Women’s Political Caucus from 1981-1985, who famously lobbied on behalf of women’s issues. Delta Gamma Ruth Bryan Owen (married name: Rhode) First woman appointed as a United States ambassador Delta Gamma Margaret Conditt Member of the Ohio House of Representatives since 2011, representing the 52nd District. Delta Gamma Susan Shannon Engeleiter First woman to head the Small Business Administration Delta Gamma Barbara Levy Boxer U.S. Senator (D-CA) Delta Phi Epsilon Maurine Brown Neuberget U.S. Senator (D-OR) Delta Zeta Ivy Baker Priest Treasurer of the United States under President Dwight D. Eisenhower Delta Zeta Shelley Levine Berkley Former U.S. House of Representatives (NV) Delta Zeta Yvonne Kauger Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Delta Zeta Barbara Campbell Fast U.S. Army Major General Delta Zeta Lisa M. Franchetti U.S. Navy Vice Admiral. First woman to serve as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea and one of fewer than 40 female admirals in the U.S. Navy Delta Zeta Deb Fischer U.S. Senator (R-NE) Gamma Phi Beta Jocelyn Burdick U.S. Senator (D-ND) Gamma Phi Beta Claire McCaskill U.S. Senator (D-MO) Kappa Alpha Theta Elizabeth Warren U.S. Senator (D-MA) Kappa Alpha Theta Laura Welch Bush First Lady, U.S Kappa Alpha Theta Lynne Cheney Wife of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Kappa Alpha Theta Nancy Landon Kassebaum US. Senator (R-KS) Kappa Alpha Theta Claudia Kennedy General Army Kappa Delta Jean Carnahan U.S. Senator (D-MO) Kappa Delta Kristen Gillibrand U.S. Senator (D-NY) Kappa Kappa Gamma Shelley Moore Capito U.S. House of Representatives (R-WV) Kappa Kappa Gamma Evett Simmons Attorney Phi Mu Barbara Bush First Lady, US Pi Beta Phi Grace Goodhue Coolidge First Lady, U.S. Pi Beta Phi Margaret Chase Smith first woman woman U.S. Senator and the first woman to sit in both houses of Congress (R-ME) Sigma Kappa Margaret A. Brewer Brigadier General. First woman to hold the position of general in the U.S. Marine Corps. Zeta Tau Alpha Sarah Ford Bales Daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford Zeta Tau Alpha Deborah Platt Majoras Chief Legal Officer of Proctor & Gamble; Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (2004–2008) Zeta Tau Alpha Lynda Byrd Johnson Robb Daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson Zeta Tau Alpha -
Philanthropy
Nancy Goodman Brinker founder, Susan G. Komen Foundation Alpha Epsilon Phi Elizabeth Meyer Glazer founder, Pediatric AIDS Foundation Alpha Epsilon Phi Susan Bernstein Zeegan founder of Pediatric AIDS Foundation Alpha Epsilon Phi Margaret Moffat Toy founder, Meals-on-Wheels Alpha Gamma Delta Betty Stanley Beene president/CEO, United Way of America Alpha Omicron Pi Susan Lacek founder of Faith’s Lodge Alpha Phi Donna Stone Pesch founder/president, Prevent Child Abuse America Alpha Phi Dr. Ruth Hartgraves president, American Women’s Association Chi Omega Carol Bellamy Director of the Peace Corps (presidential appointment), former Executive Director of UNICEF Delta Gamma Lee Ducat founder, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Delta Phi Epsilon Melvynne Sommers founder, Save Our Seniors Delta Phi Epsilon Tani Austin Chief Philanthropy Officer at Starkey Hearing Delta Zeta Cindy Hensley McCain philanthropist Kappa Alpha Theta Lynne Vincent Cheney erved as Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) 1986-1993 and author Kappa Alpha Theta Pat Mitchell president PBS Phi Mu Tara Lawrence founder of “Hats Off for Cancer” Phi Mu Kyle Zimmer President, CEO, and Co-founder Pi Beta Phi Henrietta Szold founder Hadassah Sigma Delta Tau Geralyn Lucas Breast cancer activist and author Zeta Tau Alpha Shonda Brewer Schilling Founder of the Shade Foundation of America (supports children’s skin cancer education and prevention), and The Curt & Shonda Schilling Melanoma Research Fund Zeta Tau Alpha Mimi Halper Silbert Founder Delancey Street Foundation Rhoda Morrow Tomasco Founder of Sunshine Kids Foundation -
Science, Medicine and Aviation
Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti Mayo Clinic MS researcher Alpha Chi Omega Dr. Jessie Gray the first Woman elected to the Royal Academy of Surgeons of Canada Alpha Delta Pi Judith Resnik Astronaut Alpha Epsilon Phi Gail Saltz Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, columnist, author, TV commentator on psychiatry Alpha Gamma Delta Edris Rice-Wray Carson, M.D. public health doctor Alpha Phi Dr. Joann Boughman geneticist, executive vice president of the American Society of Human Genetics Alpha Phi Dr. Sophie DeAberle Brophy a specialist in Indian affairs Alpha Phi Mildred Doran Student pilot and only woman to enter the Dole Air Race in 1927, created to be the first to fly from California to Hawaii. Flint school teacher who made history attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean. She was wearing her Badge when the plane went down. Alpha Sigma Tau Dr. Teresa Helmlinger Ratcliff First woman president of National Society of Professional Engineers Alpha Sigma Tau Jan Davis Astronaut Alpha Xi Delta Susan Helms Astronaut Chi Omega Rita Colwell first woman director of the National Science Foundation Delta Gamma Carolyn Huntoon Astronaut Delta Zeta Jean Haley Harper One of the first three women pilots hired by United Airlines. Delta Zeta Donna Shirley Mars project manager, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Gamma Phi Beta Laurel Clark an astronaut on Columbia shuttle Gamma Phi Beta Dian Fossey pioneer zoologist Kappa Alpha Theta Julia Morgan Architect, San Simeon Kappa Alpha Theta Dr. Edith Williams Veterinarian Kappa Alpha Theta Eilene Slack Galloway recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the International Institute of Space Law and from Women in Aerospace Kappa Alpha Theta Wanda Bash Whitsitt founder of LifeLine Pilots in 1979 Kappa Alpha Theta Edith Schwartz Clements Botanist Kappa Alpha Theta Bonnie Dunbar Astronaut Kappa Delta Mary Kathryn Hammock neurosurgeon & founder of National Brain Research Association Kappa Kappa Gamma Jerrie Mock The first woman to successfully fly solo around the world Phi Mu Judy Graham-Weaver manager of public relations for AirTran Airways Phi Mu Mary Ellen Weber astronaut and chemical engineer Phi Mu Mary Ellen Weber Ph.D., astronaut Phi Mu Dr. Marion Fay first woman president of a medical college (The Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia) Phi Sigma Sigma Dr. Gladys Henry Dick co-discoverer, test for scarlet fever and the anti-toxin used in its treatment Pi Beta Phi Anna Fisher Astronaut Pi Beta Phi Dr. Valerie Neal curator, Smithsonian Institution, National Air & Space Museum, Department of Space History Pi Beta Phi Shaesta Waiz youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft Theta Phi Alpha Julie Clark awarding-winning veteran pilot and air show performer Ann Bigby McFarren lobbyist and public advocate for programs in reproductive health