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The first women undergraduates in textiles were Eleanor Mae Greene and Virginia Lee Reinheimer, who received Bachelor of Science degrees in weaving and designing.
Women's enrollment continued to increase during the 1903-1904 academic year. Evelyn Byrd Lawrence of Raleigh took a course in architecture, Ivey Roberts of Raleigh took a course in drawing, and Frances Claire Stainback took courses in chemistry and English. This was also the first year that women were listed as summer school students, and more than 200 women attended.
In the Technician, one of the first African American women cheerleaders, Wanda Billingslea Farrell, called out the selection process for cheerleader tryouts as racist and biased.
The first women hired as professorial faculty members in botany were Wendy Farmer Boss (physiology) and Judith Fey Thomas (anatomy), who also became Assistant Director of the Phytotron.
A fundraiser was held on campus selling off men to the service of women for one day, and raising $175 for the Morehead School of the Blind.
Evelyn Reiman, Assistant Director of Student Development, sponsored the first NC State Women's Week. The event included a series of afternoon and evening programs for women on campus.
Dr. Peebles-Wilkins was one of the first African American women to graduate from NC State's College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) with a degree in sociology.
10,203 students entered NC State in the fall of 1966. Tuition was $357 for in-state and $782 for out-of-state students. There were over 1,000 women enrolled.
The Agricultural Extension Service sponsored "Victory Garden Week." Women across the state started Victory Gardens the following season, and by 1944 the value of home gardens was estimated at $68,000,000.
The commencement address was given by Dr. John H. Cook, dean of the School of Education of the North Carolina College for Women. The invocation was given by H. A. Cox of Saint Saviour's Church.
The Women's Center opened with Jan Rogers as its coordinator. Rogers began the Women's Leadership Education and Action Program (LEAP), which aimed to enhance the experience of women in fields such as math, science, and engineering.
Student Senate passed the Minority Affairs Bill, which created the Minority Affairs Committee. The committee was tasked with representing the concerns of African Americans, Native Americans, women, people with disabilities, and the gay and lesbian community on campus.
Linda “Hawkeye” Page was one of four Wolfpack women to reach the 2,000-point mark. As a two-time First Team All-ACC selection, she was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame with the 2016 class.
Wes Moore became women basketball's head coach on April 5, 2013. In 2017, he was honored as ACC's "Coach of the Year." It was the first such honor awarded in the 43-year history of the NC State women’s basketball program.
Home Demonstration began when the first Girls' Clubs were formed. They focused primarily on tomato canning and gardening and were also called Tomato Clubs. In 1912-1913, mothers of Girls' Club members formed the first Home Demonstration clubs for adult women.
Wilma Hammett, Jan Christensen, and Joan Gosper wrote, Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Service: To Family, Community, and North Carolina, a history of the family and consumer science program in North Carolina. A print edition exists in the library.
Alexander Hall (originally called "A Dormitory") was designed by Ross Edward Shumaker and named for alumnus Sydenham Bernard Alexander, Jr. Over time, it was a dormitory for men, women, international students, and a co-ed dorm. It was financed by the Public Works Administration.
Dr. Phyllis Vogel was the first woman hired in the music department, and she established the department's first music theory courses called "Rudiments of Music." She taught composition, women in music, applied piano lessons and more. She conducted the chamber singers and performed in recitals.
Dr. Wilma C. Peebles-Wilkins joined the university's faculty as assistant professor for the social work program. Dr. Peebles-Wilkins was one of the first African American women to graduate from NC State, and she later served as associate department head and director of the social work program.
Track and cross country athlete Julie Shea Sutton became the first woman athlete named ACC's "Athlete of the Year." That same year, she was awarded the Broderick Cup by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). In 2012, she was inducted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.
