Leadership

• Edith Cresson (born 1934)

  First female premier of France.

  • Premier of France, 1991-92 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Edith Green (born 1910, died 1987)

  American politician.

  • Representative, D-Oregon, 1955-74 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)
• Edith Hollan Jones

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Edith Nourse Rogers (born 1881, died 1960)

  American politician.

  • Representative, R-Massachusetts, 1925-60 (see list of Women in the House of Representatives)

Miscellaneous

• Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (born 1861, died 1948)
  • Second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (see list of United States First Ladies)
• Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (born 1872, died 1961)
  • Second wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (see list of United States First Ladies)

Science and Philosophy

• Edith Louisa Cavell (born 1865, died 1915)

  English nurse.

  • Executed by a Nazi firing squad for helping 200 Allied soldiers escape from Belgium (see list of Medical Practitioners)
• Edith Hamilton (born 1867, died 1963)

  American historian and authority on mythology.

  • Wrote The Greek Way (see list of Historians)

Sports

• Edith Marie McGuire

  American athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)

Stage and Screen

• Edith Bunker

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Jean Stapleton (see list of Characters on ''All in the Family'')
• Edith Head

  Costume designer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Edith Storey
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Edith Sitwell (born 1887, died 1964)

  English poet.

  • Wrote ''''Elegy on Dead Fashion'''' (see list of Poets of the 20th Century)
• Edith Wharton (born 1862, died 1937)

  American novelist.

  • 1921 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for The Age of Innocence (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)