Smith College

Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest women's college in the United States. It is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college. It is one of the Seven Sisters and is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium.

Notable alumnae

The Alumnae Association of Smith College considers all former students to be members, whether they graduated or not, and does not generally differentiate between graduates and non-graduates when identifying Smith alumnae.

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• Harriet Boyd-Hawes 1892
• Florence R. Sabin 1893
• Otelia Cromwell 1900
• Margaret Mitchell 1922
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1928
• Julia McWilliams Child 1934
• Madeleine L'Engle 1941
• Betty Goldstein Friedan 1942
• Nancy Davis Reagan 1943
• Barbara Pierce Bush 1947
• Meg Greenfield 1952
• Sylvia Plath 1955
• Gloria Steinem 1956
• Halina Po?wiatowska 1961
• Jane Yolen 1963 (also a professor of the college)
• Sally Katzen 1964
• Jane Harman 1966
• Molly Ivins 1966
• Catharine MacKinnon 1968
• Rochelle Lazarus 1968
• Laura D'Andrea Tyson 1969
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower 1970
• Ann M. Martin 1977
• Margret Edson 1983
• Tammy Baldwin 1984

Barbara Pierce Bush, class of 1947, did not graduate; she left the college in 1945 to marry George H. W. Bush.

Related Topics:
Barbara Pierce Bush - George H. W. Bush

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Margaret Mitchell, class of 1922, withdrew following her final exams in 1918. She returned to Atlanta to take over the household after her mother's death earlier that year from the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Shortly afterward, she joined the staff of The Atlanta Journal where she wrote a weekly column for the newspaper's Sunday edition.

Related Topics:
Margaret Mitchell - Atlanta

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Fictional alumnae

• Charlotte York, from the television series Sex and the City
• Ainsley Hayes, from the television series The West Wing
• Emily Gilmore, from the television series Gilmore Girls
• Christina Yang, from the television series Grey's Anatomy