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Claire Doran receiving the “R” letter sweater
12020-06-29T20:06:44+00:00Christine Liebson6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a5496In 1949 Claire Doran became the first woman to receive a varsity "R" sweater from Western Reserve University.plain2020-09-10T20:15:54+00:000258819491949Western Reserve University ; R77000 Students ; K23000 Athletics ; E63230 Awards ; Adelbert ; R75260 Chief OfficerunknownRebman Photo ServiceCWRU ArchivesEvents and Activities ; PeopleClaire Doran receiving the âRâ letter sweater, 1949Copyright status unknown.Jones, William Powell ; Doran, Claire ; Spann, LeoChristine Liebson6faeb936e67a615bb9a88f40102e089038d20a54
1921 Hannah Mirsky was the first woman graduate of Western Reserve University's thirty-year-old Law School
Carolyn E. Gray 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.
Chemical Engineering Faculty 1938 Irene Levis was the first woman appointed to the Case School of Applied Science faculty.