Below is a list of prominent women who have attended the University of Michigan, whether or not they were granted a degree. Please note that this list is incomplete.
Annie Smith Peck, mountaineer
Susan Orlean, journalist and author
Julia Wolfe, musician
Janet Guthrie, professional race car driver, first female competitor and qualifier for Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500
Nina Davuluri, civil rights advocate, Miss America 2014
Marian Mercer, actress and singer
Ann B. Davis, actress, The Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch
Ruth Hussey, actress
Gayle Rubin, anthropologist
Madonna, singer
Mary Chase Stratton, artist, founder of Pewabic Pottery
Gilda Radner, comedian, Saturday Night Live
Lucy Liu, actress
Martha Scott, actress
Marie Tharp, geologist, oceanic cartographer
Ann Coulter, commentator
Grace Meng, U.S. Representative from New York, 2013-
Amina Wadud, Islamic scholar
Carrie Meek, U.S. Representative from Florida, 1993-2003
Martha Griffiths, U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1955-1974; Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
Martha Hughes Cannon, physician, suffragette, Utah state senator
Selma Blair, actress
Jessica Cauffiel, actress
Claudia Alexander, NASA scientist
Alice Hamilton, industrial toxicologist, first woman appointed to faculty at Harvard
Alexa Canady, first African American female neurosurgeon
Mary Doria Russell, writer
Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1978-1997
Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1983-
Cecilia Muñoz, director of White House Domestic Policy Council
Micki King, olympian, diving coach
Dr. Amanda Sanford, first woman to receive medical degree from University of Michigan, obstetrician