Vashti is a Persian queen mentioned in the Book of Esther. Vashti may also refer to: People Vashti Bartlett (1873–1969), American nurse who served with the American Red Cross during World War I, and in Siberia and Manchuria after the war Vashti Bunyan (born 1945), English singer-songwriter Vashti Clarke, NY based Jamaican model, actress, and entrepreneur Vashti Cunningham (born 1998), American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump Vashtie Kola (often stylized as Va$htie), American music video director, filmmaker, artist, designer, creative consultant and disc jockey Vashti McCollum (1912–2006), the plaintiff in the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education, which struck down religious education in public schools. Vashti Murphy McKenzie (born 1947), a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Places Vashti, Texas, an unincorporated community at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 174 and Farm to Market Road 1288, 18 miles southeast of Henrietta and four miles south of Bellevue in southeastern Clay County, Texas, United States Others Vashti (novel), by author Augusta Jane Evans published in 1869 William & Vashti College, a college in Aledo, Illinois from 1908 to 1918 Wasti