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The Tin Horn, 1929
The second volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be in The Bugle yearbook. For several years after…
The Tin Horn, 1930
The third volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be in The Bugle yearbook. For several years after…
Bulletin, "Opportunities for the Education of Women," 1922
These pages are from the Bulletin of VPI, Vol. XV, No. 6, Sept. 1922, and it advertises different opportunites that V. P. I. had for women in 1922/1923. The item focuses on opportunites within the applied sciences, but also discusses other fields…
Certificate, Eugenia V. Sullivan, Montgomery Female College, n.d. {Ms2009-013)
Montgomery Female College certificate "awarded to Eugenia V. Sullivan for Purity and Correctness in the Use of the English Language"
Clipping, "Co-Eds Win By Overwhelming Score of 7 to 6", 1925
This newspaper clipping describes the women's basketball team's victory over the "Bashful Basketeers" of Concord State. One of the captions uses the term "Turkey Hens", which is what the women's team called themselves. Because the University did not…
Diploma, Carrie Taylor Sibold, Virginia Polytechnic Institute State Agricultural and Mechanical College, June 9, 1925 (Ms1990-043)
Carrie Taylor Sibold's diploma for Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute State Agricultural and Mechanical College, awarded June 9, 1925.
Generations of Women Leaders at Virginia Tech
A booklet published in 1996 commemorating the 75th anniversary of female enrollment at Virginia Tech. The booklet includes a history and profiles of many early female graduates.
Photograph, Ella Agnew, Mrs. Mary Moore Davis, Maude Wallace, May 1947
Ella Agnew and Maude Wallace were home demonstration agents for Virginia Cooperative Extension and Mrs. Mary Moore Davis served as professor of the home economics department at Virginia Tech.
Photograph, First Virginia Tech Coeds at Graduation, 1925
From left to right: Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, Ruth Terrett, Lucy Lee Lancaster, Lousie Jacobs, Carrie Taylor Sibold
Photograph, Johnnie Miles, c. 1980s
Photo of Johnnie Miles, one of first two black female professors at Virginia Tech
Photograph, Linda Adams, 1968
Photo of Linda Adams, the first African American woman to graduate from Virginia Tech, from the 1968 Bugle
Photograph, Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, undated
This photo depicts Mary Ella Carr Brumfield, who was the first woman to receive a degree from V. P. I.
Photograph, Mildred Tate talking to female students, 1955
Dr. Mildred Tate, first Dean of Women, talking to female students on first day at VPI, 1955
Photograph, Yvonne Rohran Tung, 1950
Portrait of Yvonne Rohran Tung from the 1950 Bugle
Program, Montgomery Female College, February 27, 1886 (Ms2009-013
Program lists the performance exercises of the "Eureka Class", including recitations and recitals, as well as a list of students.
Selected page, Notebook, Florence Kenyon Hayden, n.d. (Ms2009-054)
Selected pages of Hayden's class lecture notebook, with sketches, from a class at Ohio State University
The 1925 Tin Horn
The first volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years after they…
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years after they…
The 1931 Tin Horn
The fourth and final volume of the Tin Horn, the yearbook for and by the female students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years…
Early women students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) were not allowed to be inThe Bugleyearbook. For several years…
