This article lists notable alumnae of Queen's College, London, an independent girls' school, the first to award academic qualifications to women in Great Britain, and the first to receive a royal charter for that purpose.
Nineteenth century
- Dorothea Beale (1848–1855), founder of Cheltenham Ladies' College & St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Sophia Beale, English artist and author
- Gertrude Bell (1884-1886), archaeologist and diplomat
- Matilda Ellen Bishop (c. 1858–60), first Principal of Royal Holloway College
- Emily Bovell, doctor, one of the 'Edinburgh Seven', and later wife of William Allen Sturge[1]
- Frances Mary Buss (1848), founder of North London Collegiate School
- Dame Frances Dove (1860–62), founder of Wycombe Abbey and headmistress of St Leonard's School at St Andrews
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman to qualify as a doctor of medicine in Britain
- Beatrice Harraden, writer and suffragette [1]
- Octavia Hill, social reformer, co-founder of the National Trust, coined the term "Green Belt"
- Nora Kerin (1883-1970), actress
- Sophia Jex-Blake (1858–61), co-founder of the London School of Medicine for Women
- Adelaide Anne Procter, poet and philanthropist [1]
- Mary Catherine Rowsell, novelist, children's author and dramatist.[2]
- Mary Gleed Tuttiett, novelist and poet known by pen-name Maxwell Gray[1]
- Mary Wardell, founder of the Convalescent Home for Scarlet Fever in Stanmore.[3]
- Frances Julia Wedgwood, feminist novelist, biographer, historian and literary critic [1]
- Frances Helen Prideaux, the first woman to be competitively appointed as a surgeon to a London hospital[4][5]
- Sarah Williams (1837–1868), poet[6]
Twentieth century
- Lesley Abdela MBE (1962), writer, author and broadcaster
- Evelyn Abelson, artist
- Emma Anderson (1982-3), recording artist
- Peggy Appiah MBE, children's author and philanthropist
- Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
- Miki Berenyi (1980-5), recording artist
- Tania Bryer (1973–80), broadcaster
- Harriet Cass (1962–70), broadcaster
- Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, sister of John F. Kennedy
- Susannah Constantine (1978), journalist, television presenter and fashion guru
- Dame Cicely Courtneidge (1905-6), actress
- Eleanor Davies-Colley, first female elected to the Royal College of Surgeons
- Emma Freud (1973–80), broadcaster
- Penelope Gilliatt (1942-7), journalist and writer
- Catherine Goodman (1972-9), painter, Artistic Director of The Prince's Drawing School
- Daisy Goodwin (1972–77), BBC television producer
- Rosalie Glynn Grylls, biographer, lecturer and Liberal Party politician
- Nancy Hiller (1973–77) Furniture Designer and Cabinetmaker.
- Sally Ann Howes (1937–38), actress
- Kathryn Hunter (1968–75), actress, winner of the Olivier award, 1990
- Dame Rosalinde Hurley DBE (1948–50), Professor of Microbiology, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1975–95)
- Tamara Ingram (1972–79), CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi
- Jameela Jamil, television presenter
- Edith Lawrence, artist
- Caroline Lee-Johnson (1980–82), actress
- Professor Dame Hermione Lee (1963-5), biographer and Goldsmith Professor of English Literature, Oxford, President, Wolfson College, Oxford
- Sue Lees (1941–2002), academic, activist, feminist and writer[7][8]
- Imogen Lloyd Webber (1988–1995), author
- Anthea McIntyre (1968–1973), Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands[9]
- Katherine Mansfield (1903-6), author
- Professor Albinia de la Mare OBE (1947–56), Professor of Palaeography, King's College, London
- Deborah Moggach (1959–62), writer and novelist
- Margaret Morris (1972-4), Dancer
- Christina Onassis (1967–68), shipping magnate and daughter of Aristotle Onassis
- Arabella Rosalind Hungerford Pollen (1977), fashion designer and writer
- Griselda Pollock (1964-6), art historian
- Jacqueline du Pré (1959), cellist
- Claudia Rosencrantz (1975–79), journalist, Controller of Entertainment, ITV, Commissioner of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, X Factor and I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!, among others; Director of Programming Living TV; Director of Television, Virgin Media
- Anne Said (1925–30), artist
- Melissa Scott Miller (1971–77) urban landscape and portrait artist.
- Gillian Sheen (1945–47), Olympic fencing gold medallist
- Sofka Skipwith (Princess Sofka Dolgorouky), Russian émigré, Communist, political prisoner, recipient of British Hero of the Holocaust honour
- Emma Soames (1965–67), journalist and granddaughter of Winston Churchill
- Baroness Dame Mary Soames (1940), Chairman, Royal National Theatre Board; daughter of Winston Churchill
- Barbara Thompson (musician) MBE (1955–62), musician
- Felicity Tree, baronetess and high society figure
- Kathleen Tynan (1951–55), Canadian-British journalist, author, and screenwriter
- Diana Barnato Walker (1928–34), author and aviator
- Vanessa Walters (1988–1995), author
- Sophie Ward (1976–83), actress
- Rebecca Wilcox (1992–1999), television presenter
- Suzannah Walker Wise (1983–89), actress
- Dame Anna Wintour (1960–63), editor-in-chief, (American) Vogue
Twenty-First century
- Peaches Geldof, television personality
- Jameela Jamil, television personality
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Grylls, Rosalie Glynn, Queen's College, 1848-1948: Founded by Frederick Denison Maurice, G. Routledge, 1948
- ↑ A. & C. Black Ltd. (1967). "Rowsell, Mary Catherine". Who Was Who: A Companion to Who's Who Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died During the Period 1916-1928. Vol. II: 1916-1928 (4th ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 914. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ↑ Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana (1904). Behind the Footlights. p. 286.
- ↑ "University Intelligence". Morning Post. 18 June 1878.
- ↑ Horowitz Murray, Janet; Stark, Myra (1878). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions.
- ↑ "Williams, Sarah (1841–1868) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ "Lees, Sue (1941–2003)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ "Sue Lees; Obituary". The Times. 30 September 2002. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
- ↑ ‘McINTYRE, Anthea Elizabeth Joy’, in Who's Who 2013 (London: A. & C. Black, 2013)
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