List of Agnes Scott College alumnae

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 ^[1]
• 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 ^[2]
• 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 ^[3]
• Chesya Burke, 2013, author of comic books and speculative fiction and assistant professor of English and U.S. Literatures and is the 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 ^[4]
• Anna Irwin Young, 1910, professor of mathematics, physics, and astronomy ^[5]

Art and architecture

• Jordan Casteel, 2011, award-winning figure painter ^[6]
• 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 ^[7]

Business

• Kay Krill, 1977, president and chief executive officer of ANN INC., parent company of Ann Taylor and LOFT ^[8]

Entertainment

• 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 ^{[9] [10]}
• Amira Unplugged, 2019, singer and rapper

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 and assistant professor of English and U.S. Literatures and is the 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 ^[11]
• Agnes White Sanford, 1919, author of The Healing Light

Politics

• Teri Anulewicz, 1998, Georgia State Representative
• Catherine Fleming Bruce, 1984, author, activist, and Director of Operations at Richland County Democratic Party
• Constance Curry, 1955, civil rights activist ^[12]
• Goudyloch E. Dyer, 1938, Illinois state representative ^[13]
• 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 ^[14]
• Marjorie R. Turnbull, non-degreed, Florida House of Representatives

Religion

• Ivylyn Girardeau, 1922, medical missionary in India and Pakistan ^[15]
• Rachel Henderlite, 1928, the 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 ^[15]
• 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

References

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2. "Tommie Dora Barker | History and Traditions | Emory University". emoryhistory.emory.edu. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
3. "Agnes Scott College - Past Presidents". www.agnesscott.edu. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
4. O'Hara, Robert James (1959-). "Biographical Sketch of Cornelia Strong by Elizabeth Ann Bowles, 1967". collegiateway.org. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
5. "Anna Irwin Young". www.agnesscott.edu. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
6. "CV". Jordan Casteel. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
7. Craig, Robert M. (July 31, 2002). "Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967)". New Georgia Encyclopedia (18 September 2017 ed.). Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
8. "Agnes Scott College – Kay Krill, President and CEO of ANN INC., Alum to Speak at Commencement". Agnes Scott College website. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
9. "Saycon Sengbloh". IMDb. Archived from the original on June 20, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
10. "Agnes Scott Fact Sheet" (PDF). www.agnesscott.edu. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
11. "Marsha Norman". July 20, 2008. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
12. "Curry, Constance, 1933-". Civil Rights Digital Library. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
13. 'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' biographical sketch of Goudyloch E. Dyer, pg. 149
14. "Martha Priscilla Shaw Collection". Sumter County Museum. March 1999. Archived from the original on July 17, 2008. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
15. Agnes Scott College (1928). Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1927-1928]. McCain Library Agnes Scott College. Agnes Scott College.