List of Agnes Scott College alumnae

Following is a list of notable alumnae from Agnes Scott College. The college was known as the Decatur Female Seminary from 1889 to 1890 and Agnes Scott Institute from 1890 to 1906.

## Academia[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

## Entertainment[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Jean H. Toal 1965, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court

## Literature[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Teri Anulewicz, 1998, Georgia State Representative
* Catherine Fleming Bruce, 1984, author, activitst, 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[edit]

* Ivylyn Girardeau 1922, medical missionary in India and Pakistan[15]
* Rachel Henderlite, 1928, first woman to be ordained a pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the United States

## Science and medicine[edit]

* Frances Anderson, pioneer of art therapy
* Ivylyn Girardeau 1922, medical missionary in India and Pakistan[15]
* Lucia Murchison, 1922, social worker, clubwoman, 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[edit]

* Wasfia Nazreen, 2006, mountaineer

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Martha J. Bailey Resume" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 3, 2021.
2. ^ "Tommie Dora Barker | History and Traditions | Emory University". emoryhistory.emory.edu. Archived from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
3. ^ "Agnes Scott College - Past Presidents". www.agnesscott.edu. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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 2021-10-26.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. ^ "Anna Irwin Young". www.agnesscott.edu. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
6. ^ "CV". Jordan Casteel. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
7. ^ Craig, Robert M. (31 July 2002). "Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967)". New Georgia Encyclopedia (18 September 2017 ed.). Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved 6 August 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". 2008-07-20. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
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. ^ a b Agnes Scott College (1928). Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1927-1928]. McCain Library Agnes Scott College. Agnes Scott College.