Entertainment

Ashley Judd (Kentucky), known for her roles in movies such as Double Jeopardy and Kiss the Girls.

Sophia Bush (USC),actress,lead star in the television series One Tree Hill, also appeared in Van Wilder

Kate Jackson (Mississippi),lead star in the television series Charlie's Angels.

Helen Wagner Willey (Monmouth), since 1956 has been known as Nancy Hughs, the matriarch of As The World Turns.

Jane Pauley (Indiana), host of Dateline NBC, co-host of the popular NBC morning show Today, and substitute news anchor of NBC Nightly News

Jann Carl (Missouri), Entertainment Tonight news anchor.

Molly Stanton (UC Berkeley), portrays Charity Standish on the soap opera Passions

Nancy O'Dell (Clemson), weekend anchor and weekday correspondent for NBC's entertainment news show, Access Hollywood

Barbara Feldon (Carnegie- Mellon), actress, Get Smart

Rosemary Henderson, Leading Lady of the Ice Capades in 1956.

Anne Elder (DePauw), appeared on "Laugh-In" & won 2 Emmy awards for script writing

Jo Ann Woorley, actress, Laugh In

Bonnie Bartlett (Northwestern), lead role on TV's St. Elsewhere

Jo Ann Plug (Miami), starred in the film M.A.S.H.

Kelly Goldsmith (Duke), Cast Member on CBS's Survivor

Amaya (UCLA), Cast member on MTV's Real World :Hawaii

Jamie (Auburn), Cast member on MTV's Real World : San Diego

Kendal (Iowa), Cast member on MTV's Road Rules :Campus Crawl and Inferno

Fashion, Architecture, Art

Kate Spade (Kansas), internationally renowned designer. Most famous for her handbags, she also makes luggage, glasses, shoes, paper and beauty products.

Laurie Hickson-Smith (Southern Methodist University) , interior designer, TLC's Trading Spaces

Frances Sutton Schmitz (Michigan), first woman architect registered in her state.

Carey Boone Nelson (Missouri), commissioned by governments of France and the United States to create a sculpture of General Lafayette for the U.S. Bicentennial celebration.

Geraldine Rasmussen (Miami), painter whose portraits of world leaders, scientists and composers are included in collections around the world.  In addition, she is a writer and musician.

Business

Ruth Leach Pollack, first woman vice president of IBM.

Loretta McCarthy, vice president of industry and marketing and retail development for the American Express card. Currently vice president of marketing, operations of Oppenheimer Management Corp.

Adele Hall , of Hallmark cards and chairman of the Points of Light Foundation

Law/Government

Susan Harrell Black, Florida's first woman federal judge.

Lucy Webb Hayes (Wesleyan University), wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. (Her key is in the American History Museum in Washington, DC!)

Lou Henry Hoover (Stanford), wife of President Hoover.

Emma Fall Schofield, first woman judge in New England.

Jane Swift (Trinity), became the youngest governor in 2001, governor of Massachusetts.

Barbara T. Eisenhower, Wife of Belgian Ambassador John Eisenhower, Daughter-in-law of President Eisenhower

Science

Edith Clarke, first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree from the Massachussetts Institute of Technology.

Mareta West, first woman astrogeologist, made the map for lunar landing.

Sports

Patty Berg, champion golfer, 1946 U.S. Open winner.

Leslie Bush, Olympic gold medalist in diving in 1964

Donna DeVarona, a two-time gold medalist in Olympic swimming, first woman sportscaster in network television, co-founder of Women's Sports Foundation, and first female sportscaster in network TV .

Doris Hart (Miami), won every major tennis tournament in the world, starting with Wimbledon in 1951.

Other

Jean Bartel, former Miss America 1943

Julia Ward Howe, author of Battle Hymn of the Republic

Phyllis McGinley, past recipient of the Pulitzer Prize