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1950-1999
Margaret H. Johnson
1950
Margaret H. Johnson was the first woman Dean (1950-1958) of Western Reserve University's School of Applied Social Sciences (SASS), thirty-five years after its establishment. She also received the first Master of Science in Social Administration awarded by SASS, in 1919.
Women represented 30% of all students enrolled in American higher education institutions.
Case Honorary Degree Recipients
1955
Millicent C. McIntosh was the only woman to receive an honorary degree from Case Institute of Technology.
M. Carolyn Neff
1959
Mary Carolyn Neff was the first woman corporate officer of Western Reserve University.
Mei Mei Wang
1960
Mei-Mei Wang was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Case Institute of Technology.
Mary Frances Pinches receiving Case Achievement Award
1964
Mary Frances Pinches was the first woman to receive the Case Achievement Award, recognizing exceptional service by a member of the Case Institute of Technology faculty or staff.
CWRU Varsity Women's Volleyball Team
1971
Volleyball became the first documented Case Western Reserve University women's varsity sport.
Nancy Gray was Case Western Reserve University's first woman varsity head coach.Nancy Gray
1972
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 was enacted, prohibiting sex discrimination in federally assisted educational programs.
First time a separate team from Mather College was allowed to run in the Hudson Relay, established in 1910, to commemorate Western Reserve College's move from Hudson to Cleveland.
Kathleen M. Logan at Commencement
1973
Kathleen M. Logan became the first woman elected Case senior class president.
Marie R. Haug
1976
Marie Haug was the first woman chair of the Case Western Reserve University Faculty Senate, established in 1970.
1977
The first women Rhodes Scholars were elected.
Lucille S. Mayne
1980
Women represented nearly 52% of all students enrolled in American higher education institutions.
Lucille S. Mayne was Case Western Reserve University's first woman Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (1980-1984).
Patricia B. Kilpatrick
1987
Patricia B. Kilpatrick was the first woman vice president of Case Western Reserve University.
Karen N. Horn
1992
Karen N. Horn was the first woman chair of the Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees (1992-1995).
