Famous Sorority Women You May Not Have Known About

From NASA Astronauts and US Treasurers, to award-winning actresses and writers; sororities have produced a variety of talented women throughout history. These women have taken their values, beliefs, and experiences from sorority membership and used them to contribute to their fields in a big way. Below is a list of notable sorority alumnae from the 19 sororities that Olympia and Olive directly caters to. 

 Alpha Chi Omega (Alpha Chi)

• Carol Duvall - Host of the Carol Duvall Show
• Alyson Hannigan - Actress 
• Agnes Nixon - Four-time Daytime Emmy Winning TV Writer & Producer
• Condoleezza Rice - Former Secretary of State

Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi)

• Kathy Bates - Oscar-winning actress
• Carol Shields - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Sandra Palmer - Professional golfer
• Michelle Pfeiffer - Actress

 Alpha Gamma Delta (Alpha Gam)

• Beth Chapman - Alabama Secretary of State
• Rita Coolidge - Singer-songwriter
• Betty White - Emmy Award-winning actress
• Karen McCullah Lutz - Screenwriter & author

Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi)

• Teresa Lubbers - Former Indiana State Senator
• Catherine Mackin - Two-time Broadcast Journalism Emmy Award Winner
• Janis Mackey Frayer - 2008 Olympian swimmer

Alpha Phi

• Andrea Wong - Former President/CEO of Lifetime Television
• Inga Swenson - Tony Award-nominated actress
• Nan C. Robertson - Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
• Georgia Neese Clark - First woman Treasurer of the United States
• Kourtney Kardashian - Model and media personality

Alpha Xi Delta (AXiD)

• Gail Kobe - Actress
• Verna Kay Gibson - First female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company
• Betsey Johnson - Fashion designer
• Jan Davis - Astronaut for NASA

 Chi Omega (Chi O)

• Angela Kinsey - Award-winning actress
• Lucy Liu - Award-winning actress
• Molly Beth Malcom - First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party
• Harper Lee - Novelist

Delta Delta Delta (Tri Delta)

• Elizabeth Banks - Award-winning actress
• Katie Couric - Journalist
• Doris Kearns Goodwin - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Meryl Davis - 2014 Olympic Gold Medalist Ice Dancer

 Delta Gamma

• Cheryl Crawford - Broadway producer
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Emmy Award-winning actress
• Kelly Ayotte - United States Senator from New Hampshire
• Susan Shannon Engeleiter - First woman to head the Small Business Administration

Delta Zeta

• Joy Behar - Daytime Emmy Award-wining Talk Show Host
• Edith Head - Emmy Award-winning designer and Oscar winner in costume design
• Florence Henderson - Actress & singer
• Ivy Baker Priest - Former United States Treasurer

Gamma Phi Beta

• Kristin Chenoweth - Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress
• Kelli O’Hara - Tony Award-winner
• Elizabeth Pitcairn - Concert violinist on which the film The Red Violin was based
• Laurel Clark - NASA astronaut on the Columbia space shuttle

Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta)

• Margaret Floy Washburn - First woman to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology
• Sheryl Crow - Grammy Award-winning singer
• Tory Burch - Fashion designer
• Eva Bertrand Adams - Former director of the United States Mint

 Kappa Delta

• Kathleen Babineaux Blanco - First female elected Governor of Louisiana
• Pearl S. Buck - Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner
• Wendi Nix - ESPN Commentator
• Donna J. Stone - Founder of Prevent Child Abuse America

Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa)

• Kate Spade - Co-Founder, Designer and namesake of Kate Spade New York
• Sophia Bush - Actress
• Erin Moriarty - Emmy Award-winning correspondent, Emmy Award-winner
• Emily Gorman - Former director of the Women’s Army Corps
• Meghan Markle - Actress and Duchess of Sussex

 Phi Mu

• Dana Ivey - Actress, five-time Tony Award nominee
• Jerrie Mock - First woman to fly solo around the world
• Evett Simmons - Former president of the National Bar Association
• Gayle S. Barron - Winner of the Boston Marathon 1978

Pi Beta Phi (Pi Phi)

• Jenna Dewan-Tatum - Actress, Peabody Award-winner
• Jennifer Garner - Golden Globe-winning actress & producer
• Barbara Bush - 41^st First Lady of the United States of America
• Patricia MacLachlan - Author, Newbery Medal recipient

 Sigma Kappa

• Margaret Chase Smith - First female U.S. Senator
• Anna McCune Harper - Professional tennis player
• Margaret Rhea Seddon - Mission specialist for NASA
• Maitland Ward - Award-winning actress
• Connie Britton - Actress

Sigma Sigma Sigma (Tri Sigma)

• Jennifer Gray - CNN Meteorologist
• Carrie Underwood - Seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Singer-Songwriter
• Kristin Corrado - Former New Jersey State Senator
• Mary Rhodes Russel - Justice of Supreme Court of Missouri

Zeta Tau Alpha (Zeta)

• Betty Buckley - Tony Award-winning actress
• Faith Daniels - News personality
• Deborah Platt Majoras - Former Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission
• Maddie Gardner - Two-time gold medalist at the All-Star Cheer-leading World Championship