List of Miss Porter's School alumnae
The following is a list of notable Ancients (alumnae) from Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut.
1850s
[edit]- Eliza Talcott – attended in the 1850s; founder of Kobe College[1]
1870s
[edit]- Grace Hoadley Dodge (1873) – established Columbia University Teachers’ College[2][3]
- Nellie Grant (1873) – daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant[4]
- Mary Knight Wood (1875) – American pianist, music educator and composer[5]
- Julia Lathrop (1876) – the first woman ever to head a government agency in the United States
1880s
[edit]- Helen Gilman Noyes Brown (1881) – philanthropist[citation needed]
- Edith Hamilton (1886) – Greek mythology scholar; sister of Alice Hamilton[6]
- Alice Hamilton (1888) – first female faculty member of the Harvard Medical School; founder of the field of industrial medicine[6]
- Theodate Pope Riddle (1888) – architect and philanthropist; architect and founder of Avon Old Farms School; architect of Westover School[citation needed]
1890s
[edit]- Madeline McDowell Breckinridge (1890) – a leader of the women's suffrage movement, a leading Progressive reformer, and great-granddaughter of Henry Clay[7]
- Ruth Hanna McCormick (1897) – member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate
- Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark (née Nonie May Stewart) – American-born wife of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, the son of King George I of Greece[citation needed]
1910s
[edit]- Edith Roelker Curtis (1912) – author, historian, and diarist
- Dorothy Keeley Aldis (1914) – American children's author and poet
- Emily Hale (1916) – speech and drama teacher, and muse of T.S. Eliot[8]
1920s
[edit]- Helen Coley Nauts (1925) – founder of the Cancer Research Institute[9][10]
1930s
[edit]- Barbara Hutton (1930) – American socialite, dubbed "Poor Little Rich Girl"[11]
- Gloria Vanderbilt – American artist, writer, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite[11]
- Edith Bouvier Beale (1935) – American socialite; cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; subject of the documentary film Grey Gardens[11]
- Anne Cox Chambers (1938) – U.S. Ambassador to Belgium during the Carter administration[12]
- Gene Tierney (1938) – Academy Award-nominated actress[11][13]
- Brenda Frazier (1939) – American socialite[11]
1940s
[edit]- Polly Allen Mellen (1942) – editor of Vogue magazine
- Dina Merrill (née Nedenia Hutton) (1943) – actress and American socialite
- Letitia Baldrige Hollensteiner (1943) – author and social secretary to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy[13][14]
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1947) – former First Lady of the United States[13][15]
- Patience Cleveland (1948) – American actress and published author[citation needed]
- Lilly Pulitzer (née Lillian Lee McKim) (1949) – fashion designer and American socialite[13]
1950s
[edit]- Lee Radziwill (née Bouvier) (1950) – public relations executive for Giorgio Armani, author, and younger sister of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis[13]
- Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam (1951) – founding president of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal[16][17][18]
- Laura Rockefeller Chasin (1954) – American socialite
- Elise Ravenel Wood du Pont (1954) – former First Lady of Delaware and 1984 Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives[19]
- Barbara Babcock (1955) – Emmy Award-winning actress for Hill Street Blues
- Pema Chödrön (formerly Deirdre Blomfield-Brown) (1955) – Buddhist nun and author; resident director of Gampo Abbey[20]
- Edith Kunhardt Davis (1955) – children's author and illustrator, daughter of Dorothy Kunhardt[21][22]
- Agnes Gund (1956) – President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art and 1997 recipient of the National Medal of Arts[23][24]
1960s
[edit]- Mimi Alford (1961) – former White House intern who wrote a book about her affair with John F. Kennedy[25][26]
- Sheila Ford Hamp (1969) – owner of the Detroit Lions[citation needed]
1970s
[edit]- Elizabeth May (1972) – the first elected Green Party Member of Parliament in Canada and leader of the Green Party of Canada
- Dorothy Bush Koch (1977) – philanthropist and member of the Bush political family
- Sarah Ludlow Blake (1978) – American writer[27]
1980s
[edit]- Susannah Grant (1980) – director and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Erin Brockovich[28]
- Ariane de Vogue (1984) – CNN reporter and commentator[29]
- R. Erica Doyle (1985) – educator and poet[30]
- Pippa Tubman Armerding (1986) – director of Africa Research Office, Harvard Business School[31]
- Gregg Renfrew (1986) – entrepreneur and founder of Beautycounter[citation needed]
- Lisette Bross (1989) – Chief Strategy Officer, Radar Pictures[32]
- Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj (1989) – American writer and editor[citation needed]
1990s
[edit]- Katherine Collins Pope (1990) – president of television at Chernin Entertainment, formerly president of Universal Media Studios, and executive producer of such television series as New Girl, Touch, and Ben & Kate[33][citation needed]
- Kate Bennett (1993) -- CNN White House reporter assigned to Melania Trump[34]
- Chrishaunda Lee (1994) – niece of Oprah Winfrey and hostess of PBS programming[35]
2000s
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- Mamie Gummer (2001) – actress; daughter of actress Meryl Streep
- Victoria de Lesseps – French-American artist
Fictional alumnae
[edit]- In the 2003 drama Mona Lisa Smile, Joan Brandwyn's student file reveals that she attended Miss Porter's School, though the film incorrectly locates it in Pennsylvania[citation needed]
- In the 2000 drama The Skulls, Chloe is stated to have attended Miss Porter's School[citation needed]
- In the series Gossip Girl, a guest character by the name of Shelby Wright goes to Miss Porter's
- In the series Mad Men, Sally Draper attended Miss Porter's[citation needed]
References
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- ^ John F. Ohles (1978). Biographical Dictionary of American Educators. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 386–387. ISBN 978-0-313-04012-2.
- ^ Waxman, Olivia B. (July 4, 2012). "Nellie Grant | Happy Birthday to America—and her First Daughters". Time. Time. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ The Musician. 5. Vol. 22. Hatch Music Company. 1917. p. 396. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ a b Gorman, Kathleen (July 11, 1995). "Miss Porter's Graduate to Appear on Stamp". Hartford Courant. Hartford. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ "Madeline McDowell Breckinridge Papers, 1867, 1888–1923. – Kentucky Digital Library". Eris.uky.edu. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Identifier: CA-MS-00344. "Emily Hale Papers". Smith College. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
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- ^ "Our History – CRI". Cancerresearch.org. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Peretz, Evgenia (2009-06-09). "The Code of Miss Porter's". Vanity Fair. No. July. ISSN 0733-8899. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ Heckert, Amanda. "Anne Cox Chambers: A conversation with the famously private billionaire". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Glasberg, Eve (March 3, 2006). "A 'Village of Pretty Houses,' Where Women's Lives Were Reshaped". The New York Times.
- ^ Davis, Nancy; Barbara Donahue (1992). Miss Porter's School: A History. ISBN 0-9632985-1-8.
- ^ "Boarding School Graduates – The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)". Boardingschools.com. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "2012 Presidential Citizens Medal Recipients | The White House". whitehouse.gov. April 1, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013 – via National Archives.
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- ^ "Miss Porter's School Annual Report 2009-2010, page 9" (PDF). Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Bartlett, Kay (July 1, 1984), "Delaware's first lady becomes a candidate", The Milwaukee Journal, p. 3
- ^ "Pema Chödrön". Gampo Abbey. Archived from the original on March 24, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "Back in Print: 'Pat the Bunny' Author's Earliest Titles". Publishers Weekly. Aug 1, 2013.
- ^ "Bulletin" (PDF). Miss Porter's School. Winter 2012.
- ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 12/22/10 | The White House". whitehouse.gov. December 22, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2013 – via National Archives.
- ^ Prato, Judy (October 18, 2003). "Miss Porter's School Honors Agnes Gund – Hartford Courant". Articles.courant.com. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (February 9, 2012). "Sure, Mr. President, If You Really Want Me To". The New York Times. p. C4. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Emily Esfahani (February 9, 2012). "What's the Most Shocking Part of Mimi Alford's Story?". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ "Teacher Is Wed To Sarah Blake". The New York Times. August 5, 1984.
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- ^ "CNN Profiles - Ariane de Vogue – CNN Supreme Court Reporter - CNN". CNN. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- ^ "R. Erica Doyle". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
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