Notable Alumni of Bryn Mawr College

Carolyn Goodman 1938–

Former mayor of Las Vegas

Also attended: University of Nevada--Las Vegas

Spouse: Oscar Goodman (Haverford College, University of Pennsylvania)

Allyson Schwartz 1948–

Democratic politician and former U.S. Representative

Master of Social Work · Class of 1972

Also attended: Simmons University

Eleanor Lansing Dulles 1895–1996

Economist, professor and State Department official

Also attended: George Washington University, Harvard University

Sibling: John Foster Dulles (George Washington University, Princeton University)

Angela Kane 1948–

German diplomat and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Justine W. Polier 1903–1987

First woman justice in New York; Family Court judge

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University, Barnard College

Father: Stephen Samuel Wise (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Edwin Erickson 1938–2019

Former chairman of Delaware County Council, Pennsylvania

Doctor of Philosophy · Biochemistry · Class of 1969

Also attended: Albright College, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou 1967–

Greek lawyer, politician and Member of European Parliament

Also attended: Cornell University

Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn 1878–1951

Suffragist and women's suffrage leader

Child: Katharine Hepburn (Bryn Mawr College)

Mildred Fahrni 1900–1992

Canadian pacifist and socialist activist

Ana Botín 1960–

Executive chairman of Santander Group

Jacqueline Mars 1939–

Billionaire heiress of Mars Inc. and investor

Father: Forrest Mars (University of California-Berkeley, Yale University)

Sibling: John Franklyn Mars (Yale University)

Dorothy Schiff 1903–1989

Owner and publisher of the New York Post

Emily Greene Balch 1867–1961

Economist, sociologist and pacifist at Wellesley College

Attended until 1889

Also attended: University of Chicago, Wellesley College

Nettie Stevens 1861–1912

Geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1903

Also attended: Westfield State University, Stanford University

Olga Taussky-Todd 1906–1995

Mathematician in number theory and matrices

Attended until 1934

Drew Gilpin Faust 1947–

Historian and 28th president of Harvard University

Bachelor of Arts · Study of history

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania

Spouse: Charles E. Rosenberg (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Katharine Burr Blodgett 1898–1979

Physicist who invented non-reflecting glass

Also attended: University of Chicago

Salima Ikram 1965–

Pakistani Egyptologist and professor

Tsuda Umeko 1864–1929

Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University

Harriet Brooks 1876–1933

Canadian nuclear physicist

Ayşe Erzan 1949–

Turkish theoretical physicist

Also attended: Stony Brook University

Elaine Showalter 1941–

Literary critic and feminist scholar

Also attended: University of California-Davis, Brandeis University

Child: Michael Showalter (New York University, Brown University)

Jacqueline Hewitt 1958–

Astrophysicist, first to discover an Einstein ring

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alice Rivlin 1931–2019

Economist, 16th vice chair of the Federal Reserve

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Sidney G. Winter (Yale University, Swarthmore College)

Lilli Hornig 1921–2017

Chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project

Bachelor's degree · Chemistry · Class of 1942

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Donald Hornig (Harvard University)

Frederica de Laguna 1906–2004

Anthropologist and archaeologist, AAA president 1966–67

Attended until 1927

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Jeannette Piccard 1895–1981

High-altitude balloonist and Episcopal priest

Also attended: University of Chicago, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Child: Don Piccard (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Helen Taft Manning 1891–1987

Historian, acting president of Bryn Mawr College

Father: William Howard Taft (Yale University, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus)

Mother: Helen Herron Taft (University of Cincinnati-Main Campus)

Katharine Hepburn 1907–2003

Actress with a six-decade stage and screen career

Mother: Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (Bryn Mawr College)

A. S. Byatt 1936–2023

English novelist, critic and poet

Marianne Moore 1887–1972

American modernist poet

Martha Gellhorn 1908–1998

War correspondent and novelist

Mother: Edna Fischel Gellhorn (Bryn Mawr College)

Daniel Dae Kim 1968–

Actor in television and film

Also attended: New York University, Haverford College

H.D. 1886–1961

Imagist poet who wrote as H.D

Ann Harding 1902–1981

Theatre, film and television actress

Spouse: Werner Janssen (The New England Conservatory of Music, Dartmouth College)

Anna Louise Strong 1885–1970

Journalist who reported on Soviet and Chinese communism

Also attended: University of Chicago, Oberlin College

Maggie Siff 1974–

Actress known for Mad Men

Also attended: New York University

Edith Hamilton 1867–1963

Classicist, author and educator

Bess Armstrong 1953–

Actress known for The Four Seasons and High Road to China

Also attended: Brown University

Ellen Kushner 1955–

Fantasy writer, editor and radio host

Also attended: Barnard College

Spouse: Delia Sherman (Vassar College, Brown University)

Paula Vogel 1951–

Playwright and university teacher

Also attended: Catholic University of America, Cornell University

Spouse: Anne Fausto-Sterling (Brown University)

Elaine Hammerstein 1897–1948

American silent film and stage actress

Spouse: Alan Crosland (Dartmouth College)

Renata Adler 1938–

Author, journalist and former New York Times film critic

Also attended: Yale University, Harvard University

Ray Strachey 1887–1940

British feminist activist and writer

Mother: Mary Berenson (Harvard University, Smith College)

Sibling: Karin Stephen (Bryn Mawr College)

Margaret Ayer Barnes 1886–1967

Novelist and playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner

Sibling: Janet Ayer Fairbank (University of Chicago)

Anne Truitt 1921–2004

Sculptor known for minimalist works

Elizabeth Gray Vining 1902–1999

Author who tutored Crown Prince Akihito in English

Also attended: Drexel University

Barbara Marx Hubbard 1929–2019

Futurist, author and public speaker

Ellis Avery 1972–2019

Writer, two-time Stonewall Book Award winner

Also attended: Goddard College

Fatima Siad 1986–

Somali model, America's Next Top Model contestant

Michelle Zauner 1989–

Japanese Breakfast lead vocalist and author

Jeannine Oppewall 1946–

Film art director with four Oscar nominations

Also attended: Calvin University

Sarah Jones 1973–

Actress and playwright, Tony-winning Bridge & Tunnel

Emily Cheney Neville 1919–1997

Children's author, Newbery Medal winner

Agnes Hsu-Tang 1901–

Archaeologist, board chair of New-York Historical Society

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Spouse: Oscar Tang (Yale University, Harvard University)

Grace Lee Boggs 1915–2015

Social activist, author and feminist

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1940

Also attended: Barnard College

Hadley Richardson 1891–1979

First wife of Ernest Hemingway

Also attended: Washington University in St Louis

Spouse: Paul Scott Mowrer (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

Deborah Ahenkorah 1987–

Ghanaian activist, co-founder of Golden Baobab

Alys Pearsall Smith 1867–1951

Quaker relief organiser and first wife of Bertrand Russell

Sibling: Logan Pearsall Smith (Harvard University, Haverford College)

Sibling: Mary Berenson (Harvard University, Smith College)

Dora Keen 1871–1963

Mountaineer, first to summit Mount Blackburn

Father: William Williams Keen (Thomas Jefferson University, Brown University)

Dorothy Arnold 1885–1910

New York socialite who disappeared in 1910