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1876 |
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Mary Blair Moody, UB's first female graduate, receives her M.D. on February 23rd.
photo: Mary Blair Moody |
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1884 |
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The first woman to attend UB from outside of the state, Anna Brooke Cuher of Des Moines, Iowa, graduates. |
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1888 |
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The School of Pharmacy, which became the second school of the University in 1886, awards a degree to Rosa Schorp, its first female student.
Sara P. Sheldon becomes the University's first female staff member. She served as the librarian for the School of Pharmacy from 1888-1894.
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1895 |
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School of Pedagogy is established on April 30th. Buffalo's first female faculty members, Ida C. Bender and Natalie Mankell, join the University to teach in the school.
G.G. Burns, a member of the School of Dental Medicine's third graduating class, becomes its first female graduate. |
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1897 |
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The School of Pedagogy awards its first degrees to female students. |
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1898 |
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School of Pedagogy is discontinued on January 28th. |
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1899 |
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Helen Z. M. Rogers (University Archives manuscript collection MS 44 -- finding aid available online) and Cecil B. Weiner are the first female graduates of the Law School.
photo: Helen Z. M. Rogers and Cecil B. Weiner, c. 1899 |
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1900 |
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Pharmacy's Fannie Louise Fish becomes the first female Vice President of the student body.
photo: Fannie Louise Fish in her 1900 Iris yearbook photo |
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