Notable Alumni
- Olivia A. Davidson, co-founder of Tuskegee Institute and wife of Booker T. Washington
- Rebecca Pennell, the first woman college professor in the United States, and niece of Horace Mann.
- Charlotte Champe Stearns, mother of T.S. Eliot.
- Christa McAuliffe (Class of 1970), who was on her way to becoming the first teacher in space before being killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. There is a center at the college dedicated to her.
- Brian J. Moran, Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia
- Ruth Graves Wakefield, inventor of the chocolate chip cookie
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