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Photograph of Jean Phillips, Human Nutrition and Foods professor

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Photograph of Marva Felder (VPI's first African-American Homecoming Queen) and William Billups

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Photograph of Mildred Tate, professor of Home Economics from 1937 through 1960

Photographs of "L" Squadron, the first women's squad of the Corps of Cadets

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.

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…

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 VPI from the 1920s

These photos offer a glimpse of what campus looked like in the first years that women students were admitted.

Hillcrest Hall, the first women's dormitory on the VPI campus, completed in 1940. Hillcrest was often referred to as the "Skirt Barn" by the campus community in its early years.

Photographs relating to early Home Economics history on campus, including images of the labs in 1921 and the building that housed the program in 1931

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