Minor - one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Wanda Nesbitt - U.S. Ambassador to Namibia (218, 1974) Barbara Nissman - pianist in the grand Romantic tradition Ann Hobson Pilot - principal harpist, Boston Symphony Orchestra Howardena Pindell - artist, first African American curator at MoMA, activist for minorities in the arts, researcher and author Sharon Pinkenson - Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office Liza Redfield - American conductor, pianist, and composer; first woman to be the full-time conductor of a Broadway pit orchestra Katherine Gilmore Richardson - politician; Philadelphia City Councilmember At-Large Hon. Lisa Richette (Lisa Aversa Richette) - Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge, legal pioneer, social activist, and author Judith Rodin (Judith Seitz Rodin) - first woman President of the University of Pennsylvania; President of the Rockefeller Foundation Jill Scott - singer and actress Hon. Dolores Sloviter (Dolores Korman Sloviter) - first woman named Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Deborah Leona Smith Hill - Graduate of Westminster Choir College, accomplished organist and fine artist. Marion Stokes - civil rights activist, founding Board member for the National Organization for Women, and philanthropist. Data and media archivist who recorded every news broadcast for decades. Her 70,000 tapes are being digitized by the Internet Archive. Zoe Strauss - photographer; nominee member of Magnum Photos Sandra Strokoff - first woman Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives C. Delores Tucker - politician and civil rights activist Helen L. Weiss - composer and pianist Lisa Yuskavage - artist (224, 1980) Rebecca S. Pringle - President, National Education Association Notable faculty Ida Augusta Keller - plant physiologist; taught at the school, 1893–1930 References Sources The Public Schools of Philadelphia: Historical, Biographical, Statistical by John Trevor Custis, Burk & McFetridge Co. Publisher, 1897, Pg. 153&c.: Girls' Normal School, Girl's High School, Girls' High and Normal School External links ; Alumnae Association Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls 1848 establishments in Pennsylvania Educational institutions established in 1848 Girls' schools in Pennsylvania High schools in Philadelphia Logan, Philadelphia Magnet schools in Pennsylvania Public girls' schools in the United States Public high schools in Pennsylvania