Penn History Women at Penn: Timeline of Pioneers and Achievements Compiled and edited by Mark Frazier Lloyd, July 2001 Contents Introduction 1740-1875 1876-1879 1880-1900 1901-1919 1920-1932 1933-1950 1951-1968 1969-1974 1975-1992 1993-2004 Medical Hall on Ninth Street campus, 1872Get more image details 1740-1875: Women in the Era of Charity Schools First women to matriculate at the University of Pennsylvania, working in the chemistry laboratory, 1878Get more image details 1876-1879: First Women in Penn Classrooms as Special Students Woman Music Graduate, 1894Get more image details 1880-1900: First Degree Candidates; Programs and Schools Summer School, Montessori, 1915Get more image details 1901-1919: Administrative and Academic Positions; Traditions and Organizations Delta Sigma Theta sorority, 1921Get more image details 1920-1932: Standing Faculties; Undergraduate Life Women’s Crew, 1935Get more image details 1933-1950: The College of Liberal Arts for Women Hey Day, Women’s Ivy Day, 1960Get more image details 1951-1968: Activities Merge; Tenures and Advancements Louise Proehl Shoemaker, 1972Get more image details 1969-1974: Women Trustees; Discrimination Claire Muriel Mintzer Fagin, 1993Get more image details 1975-1992: Women Fully Integrated Judith Seitz Rodin, 1994Get more image details 1993-2004: Women Rise to the Presidency Return to top 1740-1875: Women in the Era of Charity Schools »