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This is the text of a Founder's Day talk by Laura Jane Harper, April 11, 1980.

This is the text of remarks by Laura Jane Harper from 1985 on women at VPI.

Program for the luncheon meeting of the Women's Chapter of the VPI Alumni Association, April 4, 1964. This is a transcript of an interview with Lucy Lee Lancaster, one of the first women admitted to VPI in 1921 and a long-time university librarian.…

This is a 1996 book published for the 75th anniversary of the admission of women to 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).

In 2015, Special Collections was asked to bring a display of materials to the Virginia Tech Women's Weekend. As part of the display, two archivists on staff created a slideshow of women's "firsts" on campus, including images and facts.

This thesis analyzes coeducation as a process between 1914 and 1964 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), as it was called during the period of study. The date for women's full-time admission came in 1921, but this thesis argues that, in the…

William M. Priddy's letter to President Burruss includes his views on a number of issues relating to campus. On page 2, there is a paragraph addressing concerns about allowing women to attend VPI.

This image was created during initial research…