| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| Léonie Adams |
Poet |
9-Dec-1899 |
27-Jun-1988 |
Those Not Elect |
| Susan Mary Alsop |
Socialite |
19-Jun-1918 |
18-Aug-2004 |
Washington DC Socialite |
| Laurie Anderson |
Artist |
5-Jun-1947 |
|
Tape bow violinist and performance artist |
| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
| Mary Antin |
Author |
1881 |
15-May-1949 |
The Promised Land |
| Jacqueline K. Barton |
Chemist |
7-May-1952 |
|
Professor of Chemistry at CalTech |
| Margot Botsford |
Judge |
16-Mar-1947 |
|
Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court |
| Rosellen Brown |
Author |
12-May-1939 |
|
Before and After |
| Janet Burroway |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1936 |
|
The Dancer from the Dance |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
|
In the Absence of Angels |
| Mona Charen |
Pundit |
? |
|
Conservative columnist |
| Edwidge Danticat |
Author |
19-Jan-1969 |
|
The Dew Breaker |
| Patricia Duff |
Socialite |
Apr-1954 |
|
Ron Perelman's ex-wife |
| Jessica P. Einhorn |
Administrator |
c. 1945 |
|
Dean, School of Advanced International Studies |
| Bonnie Erbe |
TV Personality |
? |
|
Host of To the Contrary |
| Ellen V. Futter |
Educator |
21-Sep-1949 |
|
President of Barnard College, 1980-93 |
| Helen Gahagan |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Actress, California Congresswoman |
| Lauren Graham |
Actor |
16-Mar-1967 |
|
Belly Buttons are Cool |
| Sprague Grayden |
Actor |
21-Jul-1980 |
|
Heather Lisinski on Jericho |
| Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
| Cheryl F. Halpern |
Government |
? |
|
Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| Patricia Highsmith |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1921 |
4-Feb-1995 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Maria Hinojosa |
Journalist |
1961 |
|
CNN, NPR journalist |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Erica Jong |
Author |
26-Mar-1942 |
|
Fear of Flying |
| June Jordan |
Poet |
9-Jul-1936 |
14-Jun-2002 |
Who Look At Me |
| Helene L. Kaplan |
Attorney |
19-Jun-1933 |
|
Of Counsel, Skadden Arps |
| Judith S. Kaye |
Judge |
4-Aug-1938 |
|
Chief Judge, State of New York |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Government |
19-Nov-1926 |
7-Dec-2006 |
Reagan's UN Ambassador |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
Author |
11-Jul-1967 |
|
Interpreter of Maladies |
| Linda Fayne Levinson |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Vendare Media Corporation |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| Sheila Nevins |
Film/TV Producer |
6-Apr-1939 |
|
President, HBO Documentary and Family |
| Cynthia Nixon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1966 |
|
Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City |
| Louise Post |
Musician |
7-Dec-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Veruca Salt |
| Susan Kaufman Purcell |
Scholar |
c. 1941 |
|
Center for Hemispheric Study |
| Anna Quindlen |
Columnist |
8-Jul-1953 |
|
NYT columnist turned novelist |
| Lee Remick |
Actor |
14-Dec-1935 |
2-Jul-1991 |
Days of Wine and Roses |
| Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
|
Can we talk? |
| Anna J. Schwartz |
Economist |
c. 1915 |
|
A Monetary History of the United States |
| Vinessa Shaw |
Actor |
19-Jul-1976 |
|
Hocus Pocus |
| Susan Stamberg |
Radio Personality |
7-Sep-1938 |
|
NPR |
| Alexis Stewart |
Radio Personality |
27-Sep-1965 |
|
Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer |
| Martha Stewart |
Business |
3-Aug-1941 |
|
Professional housekeeper, insider trader |
| Anna Diggs Taylor |
Judge |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Federal judge |
| Twyla Tharp |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
Choreographer |
| Abigail Thernstrom |
Author |
1936 |
|
Opponent of Affirmative Action |
| Sarah Thompson |
Actor |
25-Oct-1979 |
|
Rose on 7th Heaven |
| Gloria Tristani |
Government |
20-Dec-1953 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001 |
| Sanam Vakil |
Educator |
? |
|
Mideast Scholar, SAIS |
| Suzanne Vega |
Musician |
11-Jul-1959 |
|
Her name is Luka, lives on 2nd floor |
| Abigail S. Wexner |
Relative |
c. 1962 |
|
Wife of Leslie H. Wexner |
| Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
