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• 1 2020-04-14T20:19:41+00:00 1950-1999 92 CWRU's First Women - Deans, Elected Leaders, Coaches, Sports, Administrators plain 2021-03-03T14:00:42+00:00 1950
  
  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).