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Photographs of Patricia Miller, c.1959
In 1959, Patricia Ann Miller was the first woman to receive a commission at VPI. Each semester, she enrolled in Corps classes, but was denied. She eventually applied for a commission from the Army Women's Medical Specialist Corps and was commissioned…
Photographs of Peggy Mezaros, the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost at Virginia Tech
In 1995, Dr. Peggy S. Mezaros was appointed as the first woman Senior Vice President and Provost of Virginia Tech. She held this position until 2000. Meszaros first joined Virginia Tech in 1993 as professor of family and child development and dean of…
Photographs of Sandra Sullivan, Virginia Tech's first woman vice president
In 1982, Sandra Sullivan was named Vice President for Student Affairs, becoming the first woman to hold a university-wide executive position on the campus.
Photographs of VPI from the 1920s
These photos offer a glimpse of what campus looked like in the first years that women students were admitted.
Preprint of "Change Amidst Tradition: The First Two Years of the Burruss Administration at VPI"
This is the preprint of an article published in the Smithfield Review by Faith Skiles on the first two years of the Julian Burruss administration (1921-1923).
Price House, home to the Women's Center at Virginia Tech since 1995
In 1992-1993, the Coordinating Council on Women's Concerns proposed the establishment of a Women's Center at Virginia Tech. In the spring of 1994, the Women's Center opened our doors in Lane Hall, with the mission to promote a campus community that…
Proposal to Establish a Pride Resource Center at Virginia Tech
This is the 2015 document submitted to the President's Office to create a Pride Resource Center on campus. The LGBTQA+ Resource Center was opened in 2016.
Ruth Terrett page from the 1925 The Tin Horn
Women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years after they were first admitted, they produced their own yearbook, calledThe Tin Horn. Four issues of theThe Tin Hornwere published. The…