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1 2020-07-17T18:22:03+00:00 Christine Liebson 6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a54 9 2 In 1923 the School of Nursing became WRU's second school to open with a woman dean, Carolyn E. Gray (1923-1924). plain 2020-07-23T23:19:34+00:00 00414 1921?-1938 1921?-1938 Gray, Carolyn E. Nursing ; R75260 Chief Officer unknown unknown CWRU Archives People Christine Liebson 6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a54This page is referenced by:
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CWRU's First Women - Graduates, Faculty, Deans, Honorees, Athletes
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1900
1910
Lucy Gertrude Hoffman was the first woman Western Reserve University Dental School graduate, eighteen years after the School's establishment.
58% of American colleges were coeducational, 15% were women only, 27% were men only.
1912
Four years after the Cleveland School of Pharmacy affiliated with Western Reserve University, Birdie Rehmer became its first woman graduate.
1920
Women represented over 47% of all students enrolled in American higher education institutions.
1921
Hannah Mirsky was the first woman graduate of Western Reserve University's thirty-year-old Law School
1923
The School of Nursing became Western Reserve University's second school to open with a woman dean, Carolyn E. Gray (1923-1924).
1928
Forty-eight years after its establishment, Case School of Applied Science graduated its first woman, Edith Paula Chartkoff. She received an M.S. in Metallurgy.
1930
69% of American colleges were coeducational, 16% were women only, 15% were men only.
1935
Olive Baxter Stevens was the first woman to graduate from the School of Architecture, six years after its affiliation with Western Reserve University.
1938
Irene Levis was the first woman appointed to the Case School of Applied Science faculty.
1945
Laura Diehl was the first woman to receive an undergraduate degree from Case School of Applied Science, a B.S. in Physics.
1948
Jo Godley was the first woman to win the Case Honor Key, awarded for outstanding achievement in extracurricular activities.
1949
Claire Doran was the first woman to receive a varsity "R" sweater from Western Reserve University.
