1. Barbara Bush

    Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the current U.S. President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. She was also the Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1988.

  2. Grace Coolidge

    Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Grace Anna Goodhue grew up in the Green Mountain city of Burlington, Vermont, the only child of Andrew and Lemira B. Goodhue. While still a girl she heard of a school for deaf children in Northampton, Massachusetts, and eventually decided to share its challenging work.

  3. Kay Bailey Hutchison

    Kathyrn Ann Bailey Hutchison, usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22 1943), is the senior United States Senator from Texas. She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by "Ladies Home Journal".

  4. Patricia Neal

    Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926, Packard, Kentucky) is an Academy Award winning American actress.

  5. Faye Dunaway

    Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.

  6. Jane Sibbett

    Jane Sibbett (born November 28, 1962) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Heddy on the FOX tv series "Herman's Head" and as Ross' ex-wife, Carol, on the "Must-see TV" show "Friends". She also co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the 1995 film "It Takes Two", and was the voice of Joy in the movie "Charlotte's Web".

  7. Jennifer Garner

    Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award- and SAG Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actress, and producer. She first became known for her role as Sydney Bristow on "Alias", a CIA agent.

  8. Sue Grafton

    Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels.

  9. Jane Bryant Quinn

    Jane Bryant Quinn is an American journalist. Born in Niagara Falls, New York, she graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College in Vermont. She is a contributing editor for "Newsweek" and has a weekly article in Newsweek. She also writes a monthly column for Good Housekeeping. Her twice-weekly, syndicated Washington Post Writers Group column, “Staying Ahead”, ran for 27 years. For ten years, she worked for CBS News, first on "The CBS Morning News", then, …

  10. Martha Hyer

    Martha Hyer (born August 10, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress. Her first movie role was at age eleven when she appeared in "Thunder Mountain". After completing her education, she next appeared in "The Locket" in 1946. She had roles in "Sabrina" (1954), "Houseboat" (1958), "First Men in the Moon" (1964), and "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965), among many others.

  11. Paula Prentiss

    Paula Prentiss (born March 4, 1938) is an American actress well-known for her Southern accent and her film roles in "Where the Boys Are", "The Stepford Wives", and "The Parallax View". She was born Paula Ragusa to Sicilian emigrants in San Antonio, Texas. She is very tall, standing almost six feet. Prentiss first became widely known as a comedic actress with such films as "Where the Boys Are", "The Honeymoon Machine", …

  12. Kathy Garver

    Kathy Garver (born December 13, 1945) is a television, stage, screen, and voice actress. Born in Long Beach, California, her full name is Kathleen Marie Allison Garver. Garver is best known for playing Cissy Davis, the eldest sibling on the original TV series "Family Affair". She is one of the last two surviving cast members of the series, along with Johnny Whitaker, who shares the same birthday with her, …

  13. Carrie Chapman Catt

    Carrie Chapman Catt (January 91859 - March 9 1947) was a woman's suffrage leader. She was elected president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) twice; her first term was from 1900 to 1904 and her second term was from 1915 to 1920.

  14. Nancy Kulp

    Nancy Jane Kulp (born August 28, 1921 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, died February 3, 1991 in California) was an American actress best known as "Miss Jane Hathaway" on the popular television series "The Beverly Hillbillies".

  15. Traylor Howard

    Traylor Elizabeth Howard (born June 14, 1966, in Orlando, Florida, USA) is an American actress. Traylor attended Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida. Traylor graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Communications and Advertising and a minor in English. Her most notable roles to date are as Natalie Teeger, Adrian Monk's (Tony Shalhoub) assistant on the USA Network television series "Monk", and as Sharon Carter, …

  16. Marilyn Horne

    The American opera singer Marilyn Horne (b. January 16 1934, Bradford, Pennsylvania) is a mezzo-soprano who is particularly associated with the music of Rossini and Handel. Horne was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, but moved with her parents to Long Beach, California when she was 11. She studied voice at the University of Southern California and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal classes. Horne's first major professional engagement was in 1954, …

  17. Courtney Gibbs

    Courtney Ann Gibbs was born in Dallas, Texas on August 20, 1966. After winning Miss Texas USA, she won the Miss USA title in 1988. She was the 4th of five Texans to win consecutively from 1985 to 1989. At the 1988 Miss Universe pageant, Gibbs won the preliminary contests, placing 1st overall, but was placed 8th on finals night, with the crown going to Thailand's Porntip Nakhirunkanok.

  18. Eileen Heckart

    Eileen Heckart was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American actress of stage, screen, and television. Born Anna Eileen Heckart in Columbus, Ohio to a family of Irish extraction, she graduated from Ohio State University with a B.A. in drama. Heckart began her Broadway career as the assistant stage manager and an understudy for "The Voice of the Turtle" in 1943. Her many credits include "Picnic", "The Bad Seed", "A View from the Bridge", …