conference.
== Notable alumni ==
Lisa Stone Barnes (born 1966), businesswoman, politician, and member of the North Carolina General Assembly
Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham (1867–1917), philanthropist and heiress
Alice Willson Broughton (1889–1980), First Lady of North Carolina
Carrie Lougee Broughton (1879–1957), North Carolina State Librarian
Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), painter
Fortune Feimster (born 1980), actress and comedian
Gail Godwin (born 1937), writer
Isabelle Bowen Henderson (1899–1969), portraitist and floriculturist
Mary Hilliard Hinton (1869–1961), historian, painter, and anti-suffragist
Gertrude Dills McKee (1885–1948), politician and member of the North Carolina State Senate
Jane Simpson McKimmon (1867–1957), writer and educator
Lily Morehead Mebane (1869–1943), politician and relief worker
Jacqueline Novogratz (born 1961), businesswoman and writer
Annie Land O'Berry (1885–1944), philanthropist and activist
Agnes Sanford (1897–1982), writer
Lura S. Tally (1921–2012), politician and member …