List of Agnes Scott College alumnae explained

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
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martha J. Bailey Resume . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211003234308/http://www.econ.ucla.edu/bailey/CV_Bailey.pdf . October 3, 2021.
2. Web site: Tommie Dora Barker History and Traditions Emory University . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210715140412/https://emoryhistory.emory.edu/facts-figures/people/makers-history/profiles/barker-tommie.html . July 15, 2021 . 2021-10-03 . emoryhistory.emory.edu.
3. Web site: Agnes Scott College - Past Presidents . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211003234308/https://www.agnesscott.edu/president/past-presidents.html . October 3, 2021 . 2021-10-03 . www.agnesscott.edu.
4. Web site: O'Hara . Robert James (1959-) . Biographical Sketch of Cornelia Strong by Elizabeth Ann Bowles, 1967 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026192437/https://collegiateway.org/csc/cora/bowles.html . October 26, 2021 . 2021-10-26 . collegiateway.org . en.
5. Web site: Anna Irwin Young . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20000305150914/http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/ayoung.htm . March 5, 2000 . 2021-10-03 . www.agnesscott.edu.
6. Web site: CV . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426012241/http://www.jordancasteel.com/resume/ . April 26, 2018 . April 25, 2018 . Jordan Casteel . en-US.
7. Web site: Craig . Robert M. . 31 July 2002 . Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808123420/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/leila-ross-wilburn-1885-1967 . August 8, 2020 . 6 August 2020 . New Georgia Encyclopedia . 18 September 2017.
8. Web site: Agnes Scott College – Kay Krill, President and CEO of ANN INC., Alum to Speak at Commencement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311100643/https://www.agnesscott.edu/news/archive/2012/04/krill-alum-speak-commencement.html . March 11, 2016 . February 17, 2016 . Agnes Scott College website.
9. Web site: Saycon Sengbloh . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220620094427/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784255/bio . June 20, 2022 . August 3, 2017 . IMDb.
10. Web site: 2010 . Agnes Scott Fact Sheet . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150911142010/http://www.agnesscott.edu/institutionalresearch/files/documents/fact-sheet-2010.pdf . September 11, 2015 . August 3, 2017 . www.agnesscott.edu.
11. Web site: 2008-07-20 . Marsha Norman . https://web.archive.org/web/20080720183344/http://www.amrep.org/people/norman.html . July 20, 2008 . 2021-10-26.
12. Web site: Curry, Constance, 1933- . February 23, 2023 . Civil Rights Digital Library.
13. 'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' biographical sketch of Goudyloch E. Dyer, pg. 149
14. News: March 1999 . Martha Priscilla Shaw Collection . Sumter County Museum . dead . November 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080717212224/http://www.sumtercountymuseum.org/research/shaw.htm . July 17, 2008.
15. Book: Agnes Scott College . Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly [1927-1928] ]. 1928 . Agnes Scott College . McCain Library Agnes Scott College.