One of the most prominent college stereotypes is that of the sorority girl. Sure, we love to take pictures, wear our letters, exclaim how much we love our Bigs, etc. But does that make us basic? Does that make us less willing to achieve greatness? Maybe you think the only notable alumnae are pageant girls? The next time you want to make fun of someone for being a typical "sorority girl," consult this list of women and reconsider. Some of them may even surprise you.

1. Condoleeza Rice - Alpha Chi Omega - Former Secretary of State

2. Carol Shields - Alpha Delta Pi - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

3. Lois Kroeber Wille - Alpha Gamma Delta - Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism

4. Rosa Parks - Alpha Kappa Alpha - Civil rights activist

5. Eleanor Roosevelt - Alpha Kappa Alpha - Former First Lady and human rights activist

6. Toni Morrison - Alpha Kappa Alpha - Novelist and Nobel Prize recipient

7. Maya Angelou - Alpha Kappa Alpha - Poet and civil rights activist

8. Coretta Scott King - Alpha Kappa Alpha - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist (and for the record, MLK was a frat bro)

9. Georgia Neese Clark - Alpha Phi - First female Treasurer of the United States

10. Betsey Johnson - Alpha Xi Delta - Fashion designer

11. Dr. Ruth Hartgraves - Chi Omega - President of the American Women's Association

12. Muffy Davis - Delta Delta Delta - Gold medalist of the U.S. Olympic Disabled Ski Team

13. Liz Winstead - Delta Gamma - Creator of "The Daily Show"

14. Carol Bellamy - Delta Gamma - Executive Director of UNICEF

15. Sadie T.M. Alexander - Delta Sigma Theta - Founder of the National Bar Association

16. Brigadier General Hazel Johnson Brown, Ph.D. - Delta Sigma Theta - First African American woman general in the U.S. Army

17. Bette Midler - Delta Phi Epsilon - Actress and comedian

18. Offira Navon - Delta Phi Epsilon - Former First Lady of Israel

19. Carolyn Huntoon - Delta Zeta - Astronaut Director of NASA

20. Karen Holbrook - Gamma Phi Beta - Former President of Ohio State University

21. Joan Ganz Cooney- Kappa Alpha Theta - Creator of Sesame Street

22. Eva Bertrand Adams - Kappa Alpha Theta - Director of the first U.S. Mint

23. Patricia Miller - Kappa Delta - Founder of Vera Bradley

24. Nancy Goodman Brinker - Kappa Kappa Gamma - Founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which works towards a cure for breast cancer

25. Jerrie Mock - Phi Mu - First woman to successfully fly around the world solo

26. Tova Wiley - Phi Mu - First female commander in the U.S. Navy

27. Christy Carlson Romano - Sigma Delta Tau - Star of "Even Stevens" and the voice of Kim Possible (that's right ladies and gentlemen, Kim Possible was a sorority girl)

28. Margaret Chase Smith - Sigma Kappa - First female U.S. Senator

29. Margaret Brewer - Zeta Tau Alpha - First female Marine Corps general

These women are not what society perceives as the typical sorority girl (small-minded, socially oriented, privileged white girls). They have gone above and beyond to make an impact in this world. They were not strapped down by their letters but rather thrived in society. Would Eleanor Roosevelt have achieved all that she did if her peers had put her down as a "basic white girl," like we do today? Who knows. Sorority women are strong; they have values and intellect. Stereotypes are what destroy their prospects. We need to see sorority women for who they are and what they wish to achieve, not for the trope they may represent.

So the next time you want to insult sorority girls, take it up with these women.