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7. Caldwell Hall

Caldwell Hall

Caldwell Hall

The Department of Medicine, housed in Caldwell Hall, was slower to accept women students. 

Cora Zeta Corpening

Cora Zeta Corpening, center, with class

The first woman medical student, Cora Zeta Corpening, enrolled here in 1915, over the objections of male students. 

Margaret Berry

Margaret Berry in the 1915 Yackety Yack

Margaret Berry

Margaret Berry with class

The same year, Margaret Berry became the first woman to graduate from the law school.