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The list of Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters (commonly referred to as Kappas) includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Notable alumnae

Business

Dixie Carter
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Ruth Leach Amonette First woman Vice President at IBM [1]
Dixie Carter President of TNA Entertainment [2]
Elizabeth McKay Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand, Elizabeth McKay [3]
Virginia Rometty Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation [3]
Kate Spade Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York [3]
Amber Venz Box
Gamma Phi
President & Co-Founder of rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it. and part of 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 [citation needed]
Whitney Wolfe Herd Founder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of the dating app Tinder [citation needed]

Entertainment

Sophia Bush
Jamie Chung
Ashley Judd
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Jean Bartel Miss America 1943 [4]
Julie Marie Berman Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital [5]
Lo Bosworth Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County [6]
Sophia Bush Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill [7][8]
Gretchen Carlson Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor [8]
Nancy Christy First female winner of $1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire [9]
Jamie Chung Actress and reality show contestant, known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row [10]
Gretchen Cryer Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road [8]
Alexandra Curtis Miss Rhode Island 2015 [11]
Ann Elder Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special [8]
Barbara Feldon Actress, Get Smart [8]
Jane Froman Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart [8]
Elisabeth (Lis) Giolito International Model, known for her work with Forever 21 [8]
Annabeth Gish Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files [8]
Greer Grammer Actress, Awkward. [12]
Mariska Hargitay Actress, plays Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [citation needed]
Alexa Havins Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children [13]
Kirstin Maldonado Singer, vocal group Pentatonix [8]
Kelley Menighan Hensley Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns [8]
Margaret Hillis Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus [8]
Kate Jackson Actress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels [8]
Ashley Judd Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy [3]
Madelyn Pugh Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy [8]
Maggie Rose Country music singer [8]
Meghan Markle Actress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex [8]
Nancy Morgan Actress, Grand Theft Auto [8]
Sarah Jane Morris Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters [8]
Nancy Olson Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard [8]
Jo Ann Pflug Actress, MASH [8]
Casey Reinhardt Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County [14]
Gena Rowlands Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress [8]
Maria Sansone Correspondent and co-host of LX New York [8]
Savvy Shields Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017[15] [16]
Kim Stanley Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [8]
Sydnee Stottlemyre Miss Missouri USA 2016 [8]
Lailee Taghdisi Cast Member, Big Brother Season 17 [8]
Helen Wagner Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns [8]
Florence Woods Miss Indiana 1933 [8]

Literature

Ann Bannon
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Ann Bannon Lesbian pulp fiction author [17]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist [18]
Neta Lohnes Frazier Children's author [18]
Valerie Joan Haig-Brown Author, Editor, Conservationist [19]
Julia Ward Howe
Phi (Honorary)
Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist [18]
Phyllis McGinley Pulitzer Prize-winning poet [3]
Alice Duer Miller Author and poet, wrote for the New York Tribune, suffragette [18]
Betty Jane Wylie Canadian writer and playwright, member of the Order of Canada [18]

Media

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Jann Carl Former correspondent for Entertainment Tonight [20]
Nancy Dickerson NBC News correspondent (1963–1970) [20]
Martha MacCallum FOX News anchor [20]
Erin Moriarty Emmy Award-winning correspondent for 48 Hours [20]
Nancy O'Dell Former television co-host on Access Hollywood, entertainment journalist, and 1987 Miss South Carolina [20]
Maureen Orth Journalist, Vanity Fair correspondent (1993–present) [21]
Jane Pauley Television journalist, former anchor on Today and Dateline NBC [3]
Nora Waln Journalist and author whose book on Nazi Germany, Reaching for the Stars, was a bestseller [20]
Isabella Mayfield Delta Tau Blogger, comedian, and professional impersonator for SNL

Politics and public service

Kirsten Gillibrand
M. Margaret McKeown
Beverly Perdue
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Cindy Axne U.House Representative from Iowa (2019–present) [22]
Kay Barnes Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007) [22]
Susan H. Black Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [22]
Mary Brooks Director of the United States Mint (1969–1977) [22]
Diane Denish Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (2003–2011) [22]
Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Senator from New York (2009–present) [23]
Emily Gorman Director of the Women's Army Corps (1962–1966)
Mary Rumsey Founder of the Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements [22]
Lucy Webb Hayes
Rho (Honorary)
20th First Lady of the United States and wife of Rutherford B. Hayes [22]
Lou Henry Hoover 33rd First Lady of the United States and wife of Herbert Hoover [24]
Mary Hickcox Kotker Author, founder of The Well Spouse Foundation [22]
Barbara McDougall Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1984–1993) [22]
Frances McGovern Member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1954–1959) [22]
M. Margaret McKeown Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [22]
Shelley Moore Capito Republican member of the United States Senate representing West Virginia [22]
Nancy Paterson International war crimes prosecutor [22]
Maryon Pearson Wife of Lester B. Pearson the 14th Prime Minister of Canada [22]
Beverly Perdue First female governor of North Carolina [22]
Kate Shelley Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881 [25]
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch Social worker, member of the Committee of Fourteen [22]
Jane M. Swift First female governor of Massachusetts [22]
Juliet Poyntz Co-founder of the Communist Party USA [22]
Jean Casselman Wadds Canadian politician, represented Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968) [22]
Amelia Himes Walker American suffragist and women's rights activist. [26]
Helen Robson Walton Philanthropist and wife of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart [25]
Elaine C. Wagner United States Navy Rear Admiral (retired) and former Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps [27]
Mary Carlin Yates U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (1999–2002) and Ghana (2002–2005) [22]

Science and education

Emily Barringer
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Emily Barringer First woman resident at New York City's Gouverneur Hospital [28]
Sarah Gibson Blanding President of Vassar College (1946–1964) [28]
Edith Clarke First woman to earn an electrical engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1919), first woman elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers [28][29]
Kathy Cox Georgia superintendent of public schools [28]
Mary Maxwell Gates Served on the board of regents University of Washington (1975–1993), mother of Bill Gates [28]
Virginia Gildersleeve Dean of Barnard College (1911–1947), delegate at the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization [22]
Sarah Lee Lippincott Astronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College [28]
Louise Pound Folklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska [28]
Gertrude Van Wagenen biologist and professor at Yale University, pioneering primate research on reproduction and contraception [30]
Mareta West First female astrogeologist, chose the site for the first human moon landing [28]

Sports

Helen Wills Roarke
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Roberta Alison Professional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters [18]
Kristin Armstrong Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012. [31][32]
Peggy Kirk Bell Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship [18]
Patty Berg Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame [33]
Jane Blalock Professional golfer, member of the LPGA [34]
Doris Hart Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame [34]
Eleanor (Elle) Logan Rower, first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) [34]
Kelley O'Hara Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London games in 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion. [34]
Helen Wills Roarke Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times [34]
Betty Robinson Schwartz Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay [34]
Hollis Stacy Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984 [34]
Genevra (Gevvie) Stone Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, earned Silver medal in Rio 2016 [34]
Isabella Tobias Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in top ten at two European Championships [34]
Donna de Varona Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games [34]
Sharon Weber Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics [34]
Beth Whittall Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy [34]
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919 [34]

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