Smith Mary Watson Weaver (class of 1925): composer and poet Julia Child (class of 1934): chef, author, and television personality Madeleine L'Engle (class of 1941): author best known for A Wrinkle in Time Betty Friedan (class of 1942): feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique Nancy Reagan (class of 1943): First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989 Penny Chenery (class of 1943): sportswoman, racehorse breeder, and owner, horse racing advocate Jean Harris (class of 1945): headmistress of the Madeira School who murdered her ex-lover Herman Tarnower in a jealous rage Rhoda Dorsey (class of 1946): historian and first woman president of Goucher College Barbara Bush (class of 1947): former First Lady of the United States, did not graduate from Smith Mary Otis Stevens (class of 1949): American architect Natalie Babbitt (class of 1954): notable illustrator and author of Tuck Everlasting Sylvia Plath (class of 1955): poet, novelist, and short story author Gloria Steinem (class of 1956): founder of Ms. magazine and noted feminist, activist, and journalist Lynden B. Miller (class of 1960): public garden designer, park advocate, and author Jane Yolen (class of 1960): children's book author Ng'endo (Florence) Mwangi (class of 1961): Kenya's first woman physician Anne Mollegen Smith (née Anne Rush Mollegen), (class of 1961), first woman editor-in-chief of Redbook Jane Harman (class of 1966): U.S. Representative for California's 36th Congressional District Molly Ivins (class of 1966): journalist, political commentator, and humorist Shelly Lazarus (class of 1968): former CEO and Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Niki Tsongas (class of 1968): U.S. Representative for Massachusetts' 3rd Congressional District Catharine MacKinnon (class of 1968): notable proponent of radical feminism, scholar, lawyer, teacher and activist Laura D'Andrea Tyson (class of 1969): economist; Director of the National Economic Council Yolanda King (class of 1976): activist Christine McCarthy (class of 1977): Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney Company Ann M. Martin (class of 1978): author of The Babysitter's Club Phebe Novakovic (class of 1979): Chairman and CEO of General Dynamics Ruth Ozeki (class of 1980): author of A Tale for the Time Being Margaret Edson (class of 1983): winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama Tammy Baldwin (class of 1984): United States Senator; first openly LGBT person to be elected to congress Tori Murden (class of 1985): the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and to ski to the geographic South Pole Thelma Golden (class of