First Women Students Admitted

From collection Beta Beta Chapter Timeline

Michigan Agricultural College admits its first 10 women students, who begin classes on February 23, 1870. They are Isabel Allen, Catherine Bacon, Ella Brock, Mary Daniells, Harriet Dexter, Gertrude Howe, Emma Hume, Mary Jones, Elizabeth Sessions, and Catherine Steele. The first woman to graduate, Eva Coryell, receives her degree in 1879.
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