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Carmen Venegas of Costa Rica was one of the first international Latina/Hispanic women students to graduate from Virginia Tech, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1938. She was a founding member of the Short Wave Club, which invested in a school…

This report includes details on the early 1990 telephone survey of graduate students regarding child care. It was published by the Institutional Research and Planning Analysis, Vol. 89-90, No. 44. This is item is part of RG 5/10/1a, Associate Provost…

This report includes details on a mid-1984 telephone survey of graduate students regarding child care. It was published by the Institutional Research and Planning Analysis, Vol. 84-85, No. 12. This is item is part of RG 5/10/1a, Associate Provost…

This item includes four newspaper clippings or articles written about Mary Virginia Jones Berry. Two are from the vertical files in Special Collections and two are from the Virginia Tech website. Viewing individual items will provide additional…

This is an image of the contract for the hiring of Anna Campbell, one of the first women not affiliated with the Extension Division, to work as an instructor. Campbell was an education instructor in 1921.

This image was created during initial…

These pages from the August 10, 1923, Board of Visitors meeting note the planned use of a vacated faculty residence as a dorm for women students.

This page from the August 12, 1925, Board of Visitors meeting notes the use and remodeling plans of the "large residence in the grove" for use as a dorm for women students.

Minutes from the January 18, 1921, Board of Visitors meeting included a short report on the educational needs of women and a summary of the Board's consideration for the admission of women students. The end of this section calls for definitive action…

This page from the close of the January 18, 1921, Board of Visitors meeting records the vote to admit women to the university.

This item includes the same page in both pdf and jpg format.

This page from the June 22, 1922, Board of Visitors meeting notes the enrollment of 12 women in the previous academic year.