Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a women's liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. Today, the mission of the college is to "provide an excellent liberal arts education for women who will make a difference in the world." The college's motto, "Non Ministrari sed Ministrare" (not to be ministered unto but to minister), reflects this purpose.

Notable alumnae

• Katharine Lee Bates (1880) (author of the words to the anthem America the Beautiful)
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1912) (conservationist and writer)
• Bing Xin (1926) (Chinese poet, essayist, short-story writer)
• Annie Jump Cannon (1884) (astronomer)
• Madeleine Albright (1959) (former U.S. Secretary of State)
• Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1917) (former First Lady of the Republic of China)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (1969) (U.S. Senator; Former First Lady of the U.S.)
• Nora Ephron (1962) (movie screenplay writer: When Harry Met Sally; Writer and Director: Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail)
• Judith Martin (1959) (newspaper columnist: Miss Manners)
• Cokie Roberts (1964) (journalist)
• Diane Sawyer (1967) (journalist)
• Lynn Sherr (1963) (journalist)
• Pamela Melroy (1983) (astronaut)
• Virginia Abernethy (1955) (anthropologist)
• Lisa Kleypas (1986) (novelist)
• Anne W. Patterson (1971) (acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations)