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Catherine, Countess of Devon. Bridget. v. t. e. Mary of York (11 August 1467 – 23 May 1482) was the second daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville . The first years of Mary's life were spent in close connection with her older sister Elizabeth of York (later Queen consort of England), who was eighteen ...
The story begins with the enrollment of the first women students in 1895 and ends with the opening of the Women’s Studies Program in 1972, a date in Pitt’s history that marks a new period of growth and advancement for academic women. The web presentation is based on a 1987 photographic exhibit of the same name, sponsored by the Provost’s ...
James Allison Lowrie (PhD 1943; “A History of the Pittsburgh Stage, 1861-1891”). Muriel Hope McClanahan ( PhD 1940; diss: “Aspects of Southwestern Regionalism in the Prose Work of Mary Austin”). Mary Alice Reilly (PhD 1944; “Sir Max Beerbohm: Satirist”). Reilly served as an Instructor at Rhode Island State College.
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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES. At this Commencement Convocation, degrees are conferred upon persons who completed requirements in April 2024. Because candidates would not have completed degree requirements before the printing of this program, it was not possible to provide more than a tentative listing of candidates.
In this spirit, and to mark March as Women’s History Month, the publisher and editors of Pitt Magazine, the University’s quarterly flagship publication, are recognizing a group of 12 phenomenal Pitt women at a by-invitation-only reception from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 5 at the Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland.
The School of Education. A Haven for Women Students. In 1910, shortly after the move to Oakland, Pitt opened the School of Education. For a university looking for more students and increased revenue, this was a wise choice. Women flocked to the new program. The number of women students at Pitt jumped from about 40 to over 300 in the first year.
In petitioning Pennsylvania’s state assembly to charter an academy of learning in Pittsburgh, founding principal Hugh Henry Brackenridge writes, “We all know that the strength of a state greatly consists in the superior mental powers of the inhabitants.”. The 225th anniversary of Pitt's founding will be celebrated throughout 2012.
