Famous Former Rainbow Girls
Rainbow helps prepare today's young women to be tomorrow's leaders. Many of the members of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls have gone on to become successful leaders in all fields of employment, such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, judges, actresses, nurses, and engineers, to name just a few.
Once a Rainbow Girl, Always a Rainbow Girl
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Former Supreme Court Justice |
| Ermalee Hickel | Wife of Governor Walter Hicke (Alaska) |
| Renee Guerin | Broadway Performer; Head of the Voice and Speech Department of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC (Alaska) |
| Patricia Barry | TV and movie Actress (Days of our Lives) (California) |
| Lee Merriwether | Former Miss America, Actress (California) |
| Dorthy Lamb | First Lady of Colorado (California) |
| Jill Kinmont | Olympic skier who was paralyzed in a skiing accident. After her accident she became an inspirational speaker, wrote a book that is used by many schools, started her own foundation, the Jill Kinmont Indian Education Foundation. (California) |
| Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger | Astronaut (Colorado) |
| Heather Stanton Moretzsohn | Liaison Officer for US (Hawaii) |
| Jo Ann Kinzler Krug | Sheriff, San Bernadino CA (Hawaii) |
| Cheryl Lau | Attorney General; Secretary of State, Nevada (Hawaii) |
| Karen Lau Sullivan | US Commissioner to the South Pacific Islands (Hawaii) |
| Sue Anne Gilroy | Secretary of State, IN (Indiana) |
| Donna Mullenger (Reed) | TV Actress (Iowa) |
| Virginia Lines | Miss Iowa 1951 (Iowa) |
| Jeanne Formanek | Miss Iowa 1967 (Iowa) |
| Rebecca Ann King | Miss America, 1973 (Iowa) |
| Olympia J. Snowe | US Senator (Maine) |
| Tammie Ferguson | Special Olympian Inspirational Athlete of the Year; Lit the Torch at the 1998 Special Olympics and featured on Special Olympic Wheaties Box (Michigan) |
| Judith Craig | Bishop for Western Ohio area, United Methodist Church (Missouri) |
| Carol Hudkins | State Senator (Nebraska) |
| Evelyn de la Rosa | Internationally renowned soprano (Nevada) |
| Patricia Christo Coffey | Superior Court Judge (New Hampshire) |
| Sara E. Otis | State Senator, founder of Concord Assembly No. 1, 1925 (New Hampshire) |
| Virginia White | Personal Assistant to US Senator Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico) |
| Angelina Estrada Burney | Broadcaster at KTVA, Anchorage, AK (New Mexico) |
| Shirley Crawford Sonnamaker | Co-anchor at KBIM TV (New Mexico) |
| Rebecca Schmidt | Attached to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Ohio) |
| Jane Jayroe | Journalist and anchor of local newscasts in Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth areas. Former Miss Oklahoma and Miss America 1967 (Oklahoma) |
| Bobbie Shunk Gaunt | First Woman President, CEO- Ford Motor Co. of Canada (Pennsylvania) |
| Debra Port | Actress (Melrose Place, Exorcist III..), model, spokesperson (Ford, Mercury, Chrysler, AAA, General Motors, K-Mart, Yellow Pages, Sears, Century Baby Car Seats) (Pennsylvania) |
| Ret. Maj. Gen. Lorraine Potter | Highest ranking female Chaplain in the military. Nominated for the rank of General. (Rhode Island) |
| Ruth Buzzi | Actress (Laugh-in, Sesame Street) (Rhode Island) |
| Frances Haddon Morgan | Washington State Senator (Washington/Idaho) |
| Janell Berte | Successful businesswoman at age 20 and bridal gown designer http://www.berte.com/flash2004/berte2004.html (Pennsylvania) |
| Lily Tomlin | Comedian (Roberta- Desperate Housewives, Edith Ann- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Violet in 9 to 5). Born Mary Jean Tomlin in Detroit, Michigan. |
| Dawn Wells | Played Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island. Crowned Miss Nevada in 1959 (Nevada). |
| Shawntel Smith | Former Miss America 1996 (Oklahoma). |
