page_title: Abbot Academy
section_title: Notable alumnae
hierarchical_section_title: Abbot Academy / Distinguished alumnae and faculty / Notable alumnae
caption_attribution_description: English: Massachusetts attorney Marsha V. Kazarosian.
context_page_description: Abbot Academy was an independent boarding preparatory school for women boarding and day students in grades 9–12 from 1828 to 1973. Located in Andover, Massachusetts, Abbot Academy was notable as one of the first incorporated secondary schools for educating young women in New England. It merged with Phillips Academy in 1973 and campus buildings along School Street continue to be used for the combined school. Some Abbot traditions continue at the combined private boarding school such as Parents' Weekend. Since the 40th anniversary in 2013 of the merger of the two schools, there has been renewed interest in Abbot's history and traditions.
context_section_description: Julia Alvarez (1967) - Poet, novelist, essayist
  Julia Constance Fletcher - (1867)
  Harriette Newell Woods Baker (1833) - Story book author
  Alice Stone Blackwell (1867) - Editor Woman's Journal, activist, and translator
  Anna Brackett - Philosopher, educator
  Charlotte Emerson Brown - Clubwoman
  Maria Susana Cummins (1845) - Author of international bestseller; domestic fiction writer
  Wendy Ewald (1969) - Photographer and educator, MacArthur Fellowship winner
  Mary H. Graves - Unitarian minister, literary editor, writer
  Marsha Kazarosian (PA 1974) - Attorney
  Lucy R. Lippard (1954) - Art theorist
  Priscilla Martel (PA 1974) - Chef and cookbook author
  Sara Nelson (PA 1974) - Former editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly
  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1949) - Anthropologist
  Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1858) - Early feminist author
  Kate Douglas Wiggin (1873) - Author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  Francesca Woodman - Photographer
  For additional alumnae, consult Notable Alumni: Long List:
caption: Abbot alumna and lawyer Marsha Kazarosian represented one of the teenaged defendants in the 1990 Pamela Smart murder case.
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