# List of Kappa Kappa Gamma members

Following is a list of Kappa Kappa Gamma members (commonly referred to as Kappas). It includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

## Academia and education

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Sarah Gibson Blanding | Beta Chi | President of Vassar College (1946–1964) |
| Kathy Cox | Epsilon Epsilon | Georgia superintendent of public schools |
| Virginia Gildersleeve | Beta Epsilon | Dean of Barnard College (1911–1947), delegate at the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization |
| Sarah Lee Lippincott | Beta Alpha | Astronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College |
| Louise Pound | Sigma | Folklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska |

## Business

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Ruth Leach Amonette | Pi | First woman Vice President at IBM |
| Dixie Carter | Delta Rho | President of TNA Entertainment |
| Mary Maxwell Gates | Beta Pi | Banker, civic activist, non-profit executive, and mother of Bill Gates |
| Whitney Wolfe Herd | Gamma Phi | Founder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of the dating app Tinder |
| Elizabeth McKay | Beta Beta | Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand Elizabeth McKay |
| Virginia Rometty | Upsilon | Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation |
| Kate Spade | Omega | Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand Kate Spade New York |
| Helen Robson Walton | Beta Theta | Philanthropist and wife of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart |

## Entertainment

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Jean Bartel | Gamma Xi | Miss America 1943 |
| Julie Marie Berman | Delta Tau | Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital |
| Lo Bosworth | Gamma Xi | Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County |
| Sophia Bush | Delta Tau | Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill |
| Gretchen Carlson | Beta Eta $^{(Deuteron)}$ | Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor |
| Jamie Chung | Epsilon Pi | Actress and reality show contestant known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row |
| Gretchen Cryer | Iota | Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road |
| Alexandra Curtis | Beta Tau | Miss Rhode Island 2015 |
| Ann Elder | Iota | Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special |
| Barbara Feldon | Delta Xi | Actress, Get Smart |
| Jane Froman | Theta | Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart |
| Annabeth Gish | Delta Beta | Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files |
| Greer Grammer | Delta Tau | Actress, Awkward. |
| Alexa Havins | Epsilon Delta | Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children |
| Kelley Menighan Hensley | Gamma Phi | Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns |
| Margaret Hillis | Delta | Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus |
| Kate Jackson | Delta Rho | Actress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels |
| Ashley Judd | Beta Chi | Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy |
| Kirstin Maldonado | Beta Theta | Singer, vocal group Pentatonix |
| Meghan Markle | Upsilon | Actress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex |
| Nancy Morgan | Gamma Omega | Actress, Grand Theft Auto |
| Sarah Jane Morris | Gamma Phi | Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters |
| Nancy Olson | Eta | Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard |
| Jane Pauley | | Television journalist and anchor on Today and Dateline NBC |
| Jo Ann Pflug | Delta Kappa | Actress, MASH |
| Rachel Platten | Zeta Theta | Singer-songwriter |
| Madelyn Pugh | Delta | Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy |
| Casey Reinhardt | Eta Beta | Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County |
| Maggie Rose | Epsilon Mu | Country music singer |
| Gena Rowlands | Eta | Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress |
| Maria Sansone | Beta Tau | Correspondent and co-host of LX New York |
| Savvy Shields | Gamma Nu | Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017 |
| Kim Stanley | Gamma Beta | Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Helen Wagner | Alpha $^{(Deuteron)}$ | Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns |

## Law

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Carol Bagley Amon | Gamma Kappa | Judge, sits on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York |
| Susan H. Black | Epsilon Zeta | Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| M. Margaret McKeown | Gamma Omicron | Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Nancy Paterson | Delta Lambda | International war crimes prosecutor |

## Literature

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Ann Bannon | Beta Lambda | Lesbian pulp fiction author |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Beta Nu | Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist |
| Neta Lohnes Frazier | Gamma Gamma | Children's author |
| Valerie Joan Haig-Brown | Kappa Kappa Gamma | Author, editor, and conservationist |
| Julia Ward Howe | Phi (Honorary) | Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist |
| Phyllis McGinley | Delta Eta | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet |
| Alice Duer Miller | Beta Epsilon | Author and poet who wrote for the New York Tribune |
| Donna Tartt | | Novelist |
| Betty Jane Wylie | Gamma Sigma | Canadian writer and playwright |

## Politics and government

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Cindy Axne | Beta Zeta | United States House Representatives from Iowa (2019–present) |
| Kay Barnes | Omega | Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007) |
| Mary Brooks | Beta Kappa | Director of the United States Mint (1969–1977) |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Delta Beta | United States Senate representing West Virginia |
| Diane Denish | Gamma Beta | Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (2003–2011) |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | Epsilon Chi | United States Senate from New York (2009–present) |
| Emily Gorman | Beta Kappa | Director of the Women's Army Corps (1962–1966) |
| Lucy Webb Hayes | Rho (Honorary) | 20th First Lady of the United States and wife of Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Lou Henry Hoover | Beta Eta $^{(Deuteron)}$ | 33rd First Lady of the United States and wife of Herbert Hoover |
| Barbara McDougall | Beta Psi | House of Commons of Canada (1984–1993) |
| Frances McGovern | Lambda | Ohio House of Representatives (1954–1959) |
| Maryon Pearson | Beta Psi | Wife of Lester B. Pearson the 14th Prime Minister of Canada |
| Beverly Perdue | Beta Chi | First female governor of North Carolina |
| Juliet Poyntz | Beta Epsilon | Co-founder of the Communist Party USA |
| Mary Harriman Rumsey | Beta Epsilon | Chair of the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration |
| Kate Shelley | Omicron $^{(Deuteron)}$ | Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881 |
| Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch | Phi | Social worker, member of the Committee of Fourteen |
| Jane M. Swift | Zeta Theta | First female governor of Massachusetts |
| Jean Casselman Wadds | Beta Psi | Canadian Diplomat, Canadian politician, represented Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968) |
| Amelia Himes Walker | Beta Iota | American suffragist and women's rights activist. |
| Elaine C. Wagner | Mu | United States Navy Rear Admiral (retired) and former Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps |
| Mary Carlin Yates | Gamma Mu | U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (1999–2002) and Ghana (2002–2005) |

## Science and engineering

| Name | Chapter | Notability |
| Emily Barringer | Psi | First woman resident at New York City's Gouverneur Hospital |
| Edith Clarke | Eta | First woman elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers |
| Gertrude Van Wagenen | Beta Zeta | biologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine, pioneering primate research on reproduction and contraception |
| Mareta West | Beta Theta | First female astrogeologist, chose the site for the first human Moon landing |

## Sports

| Name | Chapter | Notability | References |
| Roberta Alison | Gamma Pi | Professional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters | |
| Kristin Armstrong | Beta Kappa | Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012. | [63][64] [65] |
| Peggy Kirk Bell | Delta Epsilon | Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship | |
| Patty Berg | Chi | Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame | |
| Jane Blalock | Delta Epsilon | Professional golfer, member of the LPGA | |
| Alana Cook | | Professional soccer player | |
| Doris Hart | Delta Kappa | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame | |
| Eleanor (Elle) Logan | Beta Eta Deuteron | Rower, the first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) | |
| Kelley O'Hara | Beta Eta Deuteron | Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London Games 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion. | |
| Helen Wills Roarke | Pi $^{(Deuteron)}$ | Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times | |
| Betty Robinson Schwartz | Upsilon | Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay | |
| MelissaSeidemann | Beta Eta Deuteron | Water polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal | |
| Hollis Stacy | Delta Epsilon | Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984 | |
| Maggie Steffens | Beta Eta Deuteron | Water polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal | |
| Evelyn Stevens | Epsilon Chi | Racing cyclist | |
| Genevra Stone | Zeta Phi | Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, and earned Silver medal in Rio 2016 | |
| Isabella Tobias | Gamma Phi | Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in the top ten at two European Championships | |
| Donna de Varona | Gamma Xi | Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games | |
| Sharon Weber | Beta Nu | Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
| Beth Whittall | Gamma Delta | Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy | |
| Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | Pi $^{(Deuteron)}$ | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919 | |