Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Social Science
- Ruth Benedict was a 1909 graduate of Vassar College and a noted anthropologist
- Rachel Carson was a graduate of Chatham University and the author of Silent Spring, the book which is credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
- Grace Hopper was 1928 graduate of Vassar College and a computer scientist who developed the first compiler for a computer programming language
- Susan Kare is a 1975 graduate of Mount Holyoke College and is the original designer of many of the interface elements for the original Apple Macintosh
- Stephanie Kwolek is a 1946 graduate of Margaret Morrison Carnegie College and is the inventor of the Kevlar
- Margaret Mead was a 1923 graduate of Barnard College and a noted anthropologist
- Jean E. Sammet is a 1948 graduate of Mount Holyoke College and is the inventor of the FORMAC programming language
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