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 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.
Ida Powell graduated from Virginia Tech in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in home economics. In this hour-long interview, Powell discusses her experience as a female student attending Virginia Tech's campus in the 1950s as well as her humanitarian…