Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

female, deceased (1886)
Mount Holyoke College alumni, American women writer, lesbian, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, from Amherst, Massachusetts, MountHolyokeCollegealumnae
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Though virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded, along with Walt Whitman, as one...
Frances Perkins

Frances Perkins

female, deceased (1965)
Frances Coralie Perkins, Mount Holyoke College alumni, New Deal Coalition, Labor unions in the United States, labor movement, from Worcester, Massachusetts…MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, Ferry Hall School alumnae, mount holyoke college
Frances Coralie Perkins (born Fanny Coralie Perkins, lived April 10 1882 - May 14 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1947, and the...
Virginia Apgar

Virginia Apgar

female, deceased (1974)
Columbia Medical School alumni, Mount Holyoke College alumni, newborn, scientist, physician, American…MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, mount holyoke college
Virginia Apgar, M.D. (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) was an American physician who specialised in anesthesia and pediatrics and who introduced the...
Lucy Stone

Lucy Stone

female, deceased (1893)
Mount Holyoke College alumni, marriage, Henry B. Blackwell, Henry Brown Blackwell, MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, from Worcester County, Massachusetts…Oberlin College alumni, oberlin college
Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 - October 18, 1893, died at age 75) was a prominent American suffragist. She was the wife of abolitionist Henry Brown...
Elaine Chao

Elaine Chao

female, 56 years old
Mount Holyoke College alumni, Harvard Business School alumni, Elaine Lan Chao, United States Cabinet, MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, from Nassau County, New York
Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) currently serves as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President of the United...
Wendy Wasserstein

Wendy Wasserstein

female, deceased (2006)
Mount Holyoke College alumni, American women writer, the new yorker, Cornell University, Lymphoma death, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner…MountHolyokeCollegealumnae
Wendy Wasserstein was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She was the...
Barbara Cassani

Barbara Cassani

female, 49 years old
Mount Holyoke College alumni, easyJet, Order of the British Empire, MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, Latin honors, American expatriate in the United Kingdom…mount holyoke college
Barbara Ann Cassani, CBE, (born July 22 1960) is an American businesswoman. She was the founder under British Airways of budget airline Go Fly and...
Ella T. Grasso

Ella T. Grasso

female, deceased (1981)
Mount Holyoke College alumni, United States Democratic Party, Italian, democratic national convention, Governor of Connecticut, democratic…MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, mount holyoke college
Ella Grasso, born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician. Grasso was born in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, to Italian immigrant...
Kathryn Irene Glascock

Kathryn Irene Glascock

female, deceased (1923)
Mount Holyoke College alumni, MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, American, poet, Glascock Prize, graduated from Mount Holyoke College
Kathryn Irene Glascock (1901 - February 23, 1923) was an American poet. The "Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest" is named after...
Glenda Hatchett

Glenda Hatchett

female, 58 years old
Mount Holyoke College alumni, Women judge, Glenda A. Hatchett, Judge Hatchett, American, From Atlanta…MountHolyokeCollegealumnae, mount holyoke college, spelman college
Judge Glenda Hatchett has not only achieved great personal success, but has used her achievements to make a real difference for youth across the...