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== Notable people ==
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Barnard College has graduated many prominent leaders in science, religion, politics, the [[Peace Corps]], medicine, law, education, communications, theater, and business as well as acclaimed actors, architects, artists, astronauts, engineers, human rights activists, inventors, musicians, philanthropists, and writers. Graduates include academic [[Louise Holland]] (1914),<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Latin Department {{!}} Bryn Mawr College |url=https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/academic-information/departments-programs/greek-latin-classical-studies/history/history-latin-department |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.brynmawr.edu}}</ref> author [[Zora Neale Hurston]] (1928),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurston, Zora Neale |url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/zora-neale-hurston/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=National Women's Hall of Fame |language=en-US |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121072749/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/zora-neale-hurston/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Grace Lee Boggs]], author and political activist (1935),<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 19, 2016 |title=Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/grace-lee-boggs |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=National Archives |language=en |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731210924/https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/grace-lee-boggs |url-status=live}}</ref> television host [[Ronnie Eldridge]] (1952),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burks |first=Edward C. |date=April 4, 1970 |title=Woman of Influence in City Hall |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/04/archives/woman-of-influence-in-city-hall-woman-of-influence-at-city-hall.html |access-date=July 31, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731210936/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/04/archives/woman-of-influence-in-city-hall-woman-of-influence-at-city-hall.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Phyllis E. Grann]], CEO of [[Penguin Group|Penguin Putnam]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/5618/ |title=Now for the Grann Finale |last=Maneker |first=Marion |date=January 1, 2002 |website=New York Magazine |access-date=May 23, 2018 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806061904/https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/5618/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Helen Gahagan]] (1924),<ref>{{Cite web |title=DOUGLAS, Helen Gahagan {{!}} US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DOUGLAS,-Helen-Gahagan-(D000454)/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=history.house.gov |language=en |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826031358/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DOUGLAS,-Helen-Gahagan-(D000454)/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Helene D. Gayle]], [[Spelman College]]'s 11th President and former chair of the [[Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS]] (1970),<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Dr. Helene D. Gayle Selected As Spelman College's 11th President |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/spelman-college-has-selected-dr-helene-gayle-as-its-11th-president/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Black Enterprise |language=en-US |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521071445/https://www.blackenterprise.com/spelman-college-has-selected-dr-helene-gayle-as-its-11th-president/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Susan N. Herman]], president of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (1968),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Susan Herman |url=https://bigthink.com/people/susanherman/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Big Think |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731210923/https://bigthink.com/people/susanherman/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Judith Kaye]], Chief Judge of the [[New York Court of Appeals]] (1958),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judith Kaye |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/judith-kaye |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705210740/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/judith-kaye |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wilma B. Liebman]], [[List of Chairs of the National Labor Relations Board|chair]] [[National Labor Relations Board|of the National Labor Relations Board]] (1971),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilma B. Liebman {{!}} National Labor Relations Board |url=https://www.nlrb.gov/bio/wilma-b-liebman |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.nlrb.gov |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303002531/https://www.nlrb.gov/bio/wilma-b-liebman |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Laurie Anderson]], musician and performance artist (1969),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurie Anderson |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Laurie-Anderson/2117426382 |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en}}</ref> [[Cynthia Nixon]], actress, activist, and gubernatorial candidate (1988),<ref>{{Cite web |title=To a Degree, Nixon's a Success |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-06-19-8602140015-story.html |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Chicago Tribune |date=June 19, 1986 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731211022/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ann Brashares]], author of ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' (1989),<ref>{{Cite web |title=3 Willows – From the Author – About Ann Brashares |url=https://www.randomhouse.com/teens/sisterhoodcentral/3willows/bio.html |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.randomhouse.com |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731211021/https://www.randomhouse.com/teens/sisterhoodcentral/3willows/bio.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amy Hwang]], ''[[The New Yorker]]'' [[cartoonist]] (2000),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amy Hwang, New Yorker Cartoon Originals |url=https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/originals/amy-hwang-new-yorker-cartoon-originals/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=The CartoonStock.com Blog |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731211107/https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/originals/amy-hwang-new-yorker-cartoon-originals/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kelly McCreary]], actress from ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2003),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelly McCreary |url=https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/people/kelly-mccreary/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Geffen Playhouse |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805122345/https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/people/kelly-mccreary/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Greta Gerwig]], writer and director (2004),<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Barnard Alumna Greta Gerwig Exemplifies Why We Need More Women Writing Movies {{!}} Her Campus |url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/columbia-barnard/barnard-alumna-greta-gerwig-exemplifies-why-we-need-more-women-writing/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=www.hercampus.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731211021/https://www.hercampus.com/school/columbia-barnard/barnard-alumna-greta-gerwig-exemplifies-why-we-need-more-women-writing/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Christy Carlson Romano]], [[Disney Channel]] actress (2015).<ref>{{Cite web |title='Even Stevens' Star Christy Carlson Romano Details Her Battle With Depression and Self-Harm |author-first1=Joshua|author-last1=Espinoza|date=28 May 2019|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/05/disney-star-christy-carlson-romano-opens-up-about-mental-health-struggless |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Complex |language=en |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731211021/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/05/disney-star-christy-carlson-romano-opens-up-about-mental-health-struggless |url-status=live}}</ref><gallery mode="packed" heights="140">
File:Martha Stewart 2011 Shankbone.JPG|alt=Martha Stewart, businesswoman, author, television personality|[[Martha Stewart]] 1963,                                                           businesswoman, author, television personality
File:Lauren Graham August 2014.jpg|alt=Lauren Graham, actress, author|[[Lauren Graham]] 1988,                                                                    actress, author
File:Joan Rivers 2010 - David Shankbone.jpg|alt=Joan Rivers, comedian, actress|[[Joan Rivers]] 1955,                                                                       comedian, actress
File:Greta Gerwig Berlinale 2018.jpg|[[Greta Gerwig]] 2006, filmmaker
File:Norma Sklarek public domain.jpg|[[Norma Merrick Sklarek]] 1950, architect
File:Grace Lee Boggs 2012.jpg|[[Grace Lee Boggs]] 1935, author, social activist, philosopher
File:Maria Hinojosa.jpg|[[Maria Hinojosa]] 1985, journalist, activist
File:Helene D. Gayle - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012 crop.jpg|[[Helene D. Gayle]] 1976, physician, public health official
File:Ntozake Shange, Reid Lecture, Women Issues Luncheon, Women's Center, November 1978 Crisco edit.jpg|[[Ntozake Shange]] 1970, playwright, poet, author
File:Laurie Anderson Homeland 3.jpg|[[Laurie Anderson]] 1969, performance artist, [[NASA]]'s first Artist-in-Residence
File:Jacqueline K. Barton.jpg|[[Jacqueline Barton|Jacqueline K. Barton]] 1974, chemist, pioneer in the study of DNA structure
File:Jhumpa Lahiri (2015).png|[[Jhumpa Lahiri]] 1989, author, Pulitzer Prize winner
File:Margaret Mead, AMNH.jpg|[[Margaret Mead]] 1923, anthropologist
File:Cynthia Nixon - Grand Central Terminal 100 Years (cropped).jpg|[[Cynthia Nixon]] 1988, actor, political candidate
File:Twyla Tharp.jpg|[[Twyla Tharp]] 1963, choreographer
File:Zora Neale Hurston.jpg|[[Zora Neale Hurston]] 1928, author
File:Katherine boo 4180009.jpg|[[Katherine Boo]] 1988, journalist, recipient of the Pulitzer and MacArthur Foundation prizes
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