Editing Wellesley College (section)

===Notable alumnae===
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Secalbright.jpg|[[Madeleine Albright]]
File:Portrait of Katharine Lee Bates, ca. 1880-1890.jpg|[[Katharine Lee Bates]]
File:Cokie Roberts (49094906053).jpg|[[Cokie Roberts]]
File:Diane Sawyer May 2014 (cropped).jpg|[[Diane Sawyer]]
File:Nora Ephron cropped.jpg|[[Nora Ephron]]
File:Marjory S Douglas Friends photo.jpg|[[Marjory Stoneman Douglas]]
File:Soong Mei-ling in Taiwan (June 1960).jpg|[[Soong Mei-ling]]
File:Pamela Melroy.jpg|[[Pamela Melroy]]
File:Annie Jump Cannon 1922 Portrait.jpg|[[Annie Jump Cannon]]
</gallery>Wellesley's alumnae are represented among business executives and also work in a variety of other fields, ranging from government and public service to the arts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/29/business/how-to-succeed-go-to-wellesley.html|title=How to Succeed? Go to Wellesley|last=Dobrzynski|first=Judith H.|date=1995-10-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227043034/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/29/business/how-to-succeed-go-to-wellesley.html|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> They include the first woman to be named professor of clinical medicine [[Connie Guion]], class of 1906; architect [[Ann Beha]], class of 1972; author [[Harriet Stratemeyer Adams]] (author and publisher) class of 1914; astronomer [[Annie Jump Cannon]], class of 1884; archaeologist [[Josephine Platner Shear]], class of 1924; astronaut [[Pamela Melroy]] class of 1983; screenwriter [[Nora Ephron]], class of 1962; composers [[Elizabeth Bell (composer)|Elizabeth Bell]] and [[Natalie Sleeth]]; and professor and songwriter [[Katharine Lee Bates]]. Journalists [[Callie Crossley]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Cokie Roberts]], [[Lynn Sherr]], and [[Michelle Caruso-Cabrera|Michele Caruso-Cabrera]] also graduated from Wellesley as did [[Amalya Lyle Kearse]], Judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]], [[Sandra Lynch]], United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and political scientist [[Jane Mansbridge]], class of 1961.<ref>{{cite web |last1=WeNews Staff |title=21 Leaders 2007: Seven Who Exert the Power of their Voice |url=https://womensenews.org/2007/01/seven-who-exert-the-power-their-voice/ |website=www.womensenews.org |date=January 2, 2007 |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030253/https://womensenews.org/2007/01/seven-who-exert-the-power-their-voice/ |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rebecca Lancefield]], a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]], graduated from Wellesley,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Hern |first1=Elizabeth M. |title=Rebecca Craighill Lancefield: Pioneer Microbiologist |journal=ASM (American Society for Microbiology) News |date=1975 |volume=41 |issue=12 |url=https://www.asm.org/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/0000000266/411275p805.pdf |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430104555/https://www.asm.org/ccLibraryFiles/FILENAME/0000000266/411275p805.pdf |archive-date=April 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> as did [[Alice Ames Winter]] (B.A. 1886; M.A. 1889), president of the [[General Federation of Women's Clubs]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=James|first1=Edward T.|last2=James|first2=Janet Wilson|last3=Boyer|first3=Paul S.|editor=Radcliffe College|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0/page/40 40]|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5}}</ref> [[Adaline Emerson Thompson]], class of 1880, later served as a trustee for twenty years.<ref name="Annual-1915">{{cite book |author1=Wellesley College |title=Annual Reports [of] President and Treasurer |date=1915 |page=7 |edition=Public domain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6HOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7 |access-date=18 April 2022 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

Both [[Madeleine Albright]] ('59), and [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary Rodham Clinton]] ('69), have spoken about the formative impact their Wellesley experiences had on their careers. During her life, Secretary Albright returned annually to campus to lead the [[Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs]], a month-long pedagogical seminar where students learn more about global affairs through analysis and action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/albright/about|title=About {{!}} Albright Institute|website=www.wellesley.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630141311/http://www.wellesley.edu/albright/about|archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, three U.S. ambassadors ([[Julieta Valls Noyes]], [[Anne W. Patterson|Anne Patterson]], and [[Michele J. Sison|Michele Sison]]) are Wellesley alumnae. [[Soong Mei-ling]], the wife of former [[President of the Republic of China|President]] [[Chiang Kai-shek]] of the [[Republic of China]], graduated from Wellesley.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Laura Tyson |title=Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Eternal First Lady |date=2007 |publisher=Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |pages=34–38, 212}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pakula |first1=Hannah |title=The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China |url=https://archive.org/details/lastempressmadam00paku |url-access=registration |date=2009 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=NY|isbn=9781439148945 }}</ref>

Other notable Wellesley graduates who have received the college's Alumnae Achievement Award include: [[Anna Baetjer|Anna Medora Baetjer]], class of 1920, public health expert, physiologist, toxicologist; [[Marian Burros]] '54, journalist, food writer; [[Sally Carrighar]], class of 1922, writer, naturalist; [[Elyse Cherry]] '75, an entrepreneur, financial, and social equity activist; [[Suzanne Ciani]] '68, electronic music composer, recording artist; [[Phyllis Curtin]] '43, opera singer; [[Jocelyn Gill]] '38, astronomer; [[Marjory Stoneman Douglas]], class of 1912, environmental activist, author; [[Persis Drell]] '77, particle physicist; [[Nora Ephron]] '62, writer and director; [[Helen Hays]] '53, ornithologist; [[Dorothea Jameson]] '42, psychologist; [[Jean Kilbourne]] '64, media educator; [[Judith Martin]] '59, (pen name [[Miss Manners]]) author; [[Nergis Mavalvala]] '90, a quantum astrophysicist; [[Lorraine O'Grady]] '55, conceptual artist and cultural critic; [[Santha Rama Rau]] '45, writer; [[Marilyn Yalom]] '54, historian, feminist scholar; and [[Patricia Zipprodt]] '46, costume designer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wellesley.edu/alumnae/awards/achievementawards/allrecipientsbyyear|title=Alumnae Achievement Awards: All Recipients by Award Year|publisher=Wellesley College|language=en|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702145247/https://www.wellesley.edu/alumnae/awards/achievementawards/allrecipientsbyyear|archive-date=July 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Additional notable alumni include [[Jasmine Guillory]] '97, American New York Times Best-selling author, and [[Vicky Tsai]] '00, [https://www.tatcha.com/ Tatcha] Founder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Emily |date=2019-04-04 |title=Wellesley alum Jasmine Guillory '97 soars on the New York Times Best Sellers List {{!}} The Wellesley News |url=https://thewellesleynews.com/2019/04/03/wellesley-alum-jasmine-guillory-97-soars-on-the-new-york-times-best-sellers-list/,%20https://thewellesleynews.com/2019/04/03/wellesley-alum-jasmine-guillory-97-soars-on-the-new-york-times-best-sellers-list/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Where Are They Now: Victoria Tsai '00 – Wellesley Career Education Blog |url=https://blogs.wellesley.edu/mycws/vtsai/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=blogs.wellesley.edu}}</ref>