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Margaret Snell
Margaret Comstock Snell, M.D., was appointed the first professor of Household Economy and Hygiene at Corvallis College in 1889. Snell came to begin the college's program in household economy and hygiene -- the first in the western U.S. She trained as…
Clara Waldo
Clara Humason Waldo (1858-1933) was the first woman in the U.S. to be named to the OAC Board of Regents for a state institution of higher education. She served on the State board of Regents in both Oregon (1905-1919) and California. She was the wife…
Ida A. Kidder
Ida A. Kidder was the first librarian at Oregon State College from 1908-1920.
Juliet Greer
Greer succeeded Margaret Snell as head of the Department of Domestic Science and Art in 1908, and was named the first dean as a result of President Kerr’s academic reorganization of the college. She served until spring 1911. Greer was a graduate of…
Aki Hill coaching her players
Hill coached seventeen seasons at Oregon State (1978-79 to 1994-95), compiling a record of 274 wins and 206 losses. In 1980 her team went 20-8 and won the NIT championship; six of her teams had twenty or more wins. Four of Hill’s teams played in…
College women with 1903 Springfield rifles
Stock photo of three college coed females with Army rifles annotated as "Little Colonel selection, April 1943." The military ball in the spring of 1943 hosted a competition for women, known as "Little Colonel." The rifles are US Military 1903…
Felicia Ragland playing against Loyola Marymount in the Preseason WNIT
Ragland received All-American honorable mention honors in 2001 and 2002, and was the Pac-10 Player of the year in 2001. She led the Pac-10 in scoring in 2002 at 19.9 points per game. She was the first OSU player selected in the WNBA draft, taken as…
