Angela Isaac and Khalda Zahir graduated from the Unity High School in 1946 and that year Angela became the first Sudanese girl to enter university (University of Khartoum). Khaida entered university in 1947 and graduated as the first Sudanese woman doctor in 1952.[6][7] Fatima Talib was the first Sudanese woman to get a degree from the University of London and pioneered the Sudanese Womans movement.[7][8] Another Unity High School graduate, Takwi Sirskisian, was the first female Sudanese journalist[7] and published a monthly magazine for women called "Bint Alwady" (The Valley Daughter).[9] Meena Alexander, an internationally acclaimed poet, scholar, and writer, graduated from the Unity High School in 1964.[10]