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Benazir Bhutto, graduate of Radcliffe College; first woman elected to lead a Muslim state; Pakistan's first (and to date only) female prime minister, serving twice, 1988–1990 and 1993–1996 Elaine Chao , 1975 graduate of Mount Holyoke College; Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation ; first Asian American woman to be appointed to ...
The organization was founded in 1910 in Washington, D.C. with the original name of the College Alumnae Club. The organization's original founders were Mary Church Terrell, Nancy Fairfax Brown, Sara Winifred Brown, and Mary Cromwell. [1] [2] In 1923, the organization was expanded and renamed as the National Association of College Women (NACW). [3]
Ohio Wesleyan Female College alumni (7 P) Q. Queen Mary College, Lahore alumni (8 P) R. Radcliffe College alumni (846 P) S. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College alumni (17 ...
Name Chapter Notability References Edith Abbott: Kappa: economist, statistician, social worker, dean of the University of Chicago, first female dean in the U.S. [3] Judy L. Bonner: Beta Psi: first woman president of the University of Alabama [4] Martha Burger: Mu: president of Oklahoma City University [5] [1] Alette Coble-Temple: Zeta Epsilon
In 1881, Emily Fairbanks Talbot, Marion Talbot and Ellen Swallow Richards invited 15 alumnae from 8 colleges to a meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. [3] [5] The purpose of this meeting was to create an organization of women college graduates that would assist women in finding greater opportunities to use their education, as well as promoting and assisting other women's college attendance.
St. Mary's Female Seminary Junior College, St. Mary's County, in St. Mary's City (converted legally to coeducational in 1949, but in reality was still mostly female, then mostly a women's college); name changed in 1949 to St. Mary's Seminary (dropping the word "female" from the name - not to be confused with a similarly named Roman Catholic ...
The Producers Guild of America has elected its first woman of color to be president of the organization that represents Hollywood producers. The PGA, whose history dates back to 1950, said ...
Current and former female presidents or chancellors of co-ed colleges and universities are listed in order of the inaugural year. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( September 2015 )