writer Mary Lincoln Beckwith, descendant of Abraham Lincoln Stephania Bell, physical therapist and commentator Christina Bellin, model and socialite Clara López, former Colombian minister of labour. Blair Brown, actress Campbell Brown, anchor and news reporter Mika Brzezinski, journalist, talk show host, commentator, and author Charlotte E. Carr, labor activist and state official Stockard Channing, actress Penny Chenery, sportswoman Julia Collins, most successful female Jeopardy! contestant Hope Cooke, Queen consort of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim Kathryn Wasserman Davis, philanthropist and scholar of world affairs Helen T. Edwards, physicist Katharine Graham, publisher Mary Helen Wright Greuter, astronomer and historian Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, heiress Rory Kennedy, documentary filmmaker Kui Kinyanjui, journalist Alex Kuczynski, author and journalist Eleanor de Laittre, artist Diana Oughton, social activist Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, art collector and philanthropist Naomi Pierce, evolutionary biologist Martha Reeves (anchorite), Anglican solitary and author Alice Rivlin, economist and budget official Carrie Southworth, actress and model Frances Sternhagen, actress Ruth Carter Stevenson, patron of the arts Lally Weymouth, journalist Meredith Whitney, businesswoman Notable faculty Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes, painter Anne Truitt, sculptor and author References External links McLean, Virginia High schools in Fairfax County, Virginia Private high schools in Virginia Boarding schools in Virginia Preparatory schools in Virginia Girls' schools in Virginia Independent School League Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in Virginia