List of Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters
The list of Kappa Kappa Gamma sisters (commonly referred to as Kappas) includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Notable alumnae
Business
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Ruth Leach Amonette | First woman Vice President at IBM | [1] | |
Dixie Carter | President of TNA Entertainment | [2] | |
Elizabeth McKay | Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand, Elizabeth McKay | [3] | |
Virginia Rometty | Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation | [3] | |
Kate Spade | Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York | [3] | |
Amber Venz Box | Gamma Phi |
President & Co-Founder of rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it. and part of 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 | |
Whitney Wolfe Herd | Founder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of the dating app Tinder |
Entertainment
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Jean Bartel | Miss America 1943 | [4] | |
Julie Marie Berman | Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital | [5] | |
Lo Bosworth | Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | [6] | |
Sophia Bush | Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill | [7][8] | |
Gretchen Carlson | Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor | [8] | |
Nancy Christy | Beta Theta |
First female winner of $1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | [9] |
Jamie Chung | Actress and reality show contestant, known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row | [10] | |
Gretchen Cryer | Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road | [8] | |
Alexandra Curtis | Miss Rhode Island 2015 | [11] | |
Ann Elder | Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special | [8] | |
Barbara Feldon | Actress, Get Smart | [8] | |
Jane Froman | Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart | [8] | |
Elisabeth (Lis) Giolito | International Model, known for her work with Forever 21 | [8] | |
Annabeth Gish | Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files | [8] | |
Greer Grammer | Actress, Awkward. | [12] | |
Mariska Hargitay | Actress, plays Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | ||
Alexa Havins | Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children | [13] | |
Kirstin Maldonado | Singer, vocal group Pentatonix | [8] | |
Kelley Menighan Hensley | Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns | [8] | |
Margaret Hillis | Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus | [8] | |
Kate Jackson | Actress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels | [8] | |
Ashley Judd | Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy | [3] | |
Madelyn Pugh | Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy | [8] | |
Maggie Rose | Country music singer | [8] | |
Meghan Markle | Actress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex | [8] | |
Nancy Morgan | Actress, Grand Theft Auto | [8] | |
Sarah Jane Morris | Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters | [8] | |
Nancy Olson | Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard | [8] | |
Jo Ann Pflug | Actress, MASH | [8] | |
Casey Reinhardt | Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | [14] | |
Gena Rowlands | Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress | [8] | |
Maria Sansone | Correspondent and co-host of LX New York | [8] | |
Savvy Shields | Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017[15] | [16] | |
Kim Stanley | Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | [8] | |
Sydnee Stottlemyre | Miss Missouri USA 2016 | [8] | |
Lailee Taghdisi | Cast Member, Big Brother Season 17 | [8] | |
Helen Wagner | Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns | [8] | |
Florence Woods | Miss Indiana 1933 | [8] |
Literature
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Ann Bannon | Lesbian pulp fiction author | [17] | |
Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist | [18] | |
Neta Lohnes Frazier | Children's author | [18] | |
Valerie Joan Haig-Brown | Kappa Kappa Gamma |
Author, Editor, Conservationist | [19] |
Julia Ward Howe | Phi (Honorary) |
Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist | [18] |
Phyllis McGinley | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet | [3] | |
Alice Duer Miller | Author and poet, wrote for the New York Tribune, suffragette | [18] | |
Betty Jane Wylie | Canadian writer and playwright, member of the Order of Canada | [18] |
Media
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Jann Carl | Former correspondent for Entertainment Tonight | [20] | |
Martha MacCallum | FOX News anchor | [20] | |
Nancy Dickerson | NBC News correspondent (1963–1970) | [20] | |
Erin Moriarty | Emmy Award-winning correspondent for 48 Hours | [20] | |
Nancy O'Dell | Former television co-host on Access Hollywood, entertainment journalist, and 1987 Miss South Carolina | [20] | |
Maureen Orth | Journalist, Vanity Fair correspondent (1993–present) | [20] | |
Jane Pauley | Television journalist, former anchor on Today and Dateline NBC | [3] | |
Nora Waln | Journalist and author whose book on Nazi Germany, Reaching for the Stars, was a bestseller | [20] |
Politics and public service
Cindy Axne
Beta Zeta U.House Representative from Iowa (2019-present)
Science and education
Sports
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Roberta Alison | Professional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters | [18] | |
Kristin Armstrong | Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012. | [30][31] | |
Peggy Kirk Bell | Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship | [18] | |
Patty Berg | Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame | [32] | |
Jane Blalock | Professional golfer, member of the LPGA | [33] | |
Doris Hart | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame | [33] | |
Kelley O'Hara | Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London games in 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion. | [33] | |
Helen Wills Roarke | Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times | [33] | |
Betty Robinson Schwartz | Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay | [33] | |
Hollis Stacy | Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984 | [33] | |
Donna de Varona | Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games | [33] | |
Sharon Weber | Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics | [33] | |
Beth Whittall | Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy | [33] | |
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919 | [33] | |
Genevra (Gevvie) Stone | Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, earned Silver medal in Rio 2016 | ||
Eleanor (Elle) Logan | Rower, first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) | ||
Isabella Tobias | Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in top ten at two European Championships | [34] |
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