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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…

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

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 2004 slideshow prepared by the Women's Center contains images of women faculty, staff, and administrators compiled for an event on campus. Selected accomplishments of the Women's Center are also highlighted. This is item is part of RG 5/10/1a,…

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.…

Speech by Laura Jane Harper, "The Education of Women at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute: A Look at the Past and Present, with Predictions about the Future." It isn't clear where it was given, but it was first presented in 1962. It summarizes the…

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

The goal of this site is to organize gathered historical information about Blacksburg, VA and the surrounding Montgomery County. The site features helpful primary online sources, provides a platform for document transcriptions, captures local history…

Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) 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…

Eight pages of handwritten notes from Lucy Lee Lancaster about the admission of full-time women students, early achievements, and "firsts."