| To honor National Women's History Month, UCR's Rivera Library is highlighting some of the educational achievements of women throughout history.
Highlights of the exhibit include women such as Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree, the Founding Women of the American Association of University Women, Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court, and Loda Mae Davis, the first dean of women at UCR.
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Loda Mae Davis 1898 - 1989 Photo courtesy of Rivera Library Special Collections |
Stop by the Rivera Library to learn about these, as well as other, remarkable women.
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Elizabeth Blackwell 1821 - 1910 |
Marion Talbot 1858 - 1948 |
Mary McLeod Bethune 1875 - 1955 |
Sandra Day O'Connor 1930 - |
Drew Gilpin Faust 1947 - |
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Women's Firsts / Caroline Zilboorg, editor
Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1997 Rivera Ref CT3203 W66 1997
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Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in theUnited States / edited by LInda Eisenmann
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998 Rivera Ref LC1752 H57 1998 |
Notable web sites:
American Association of University Women
The National Women's History Project
Facts for Features Women's History Month: March 2008