First Woman at Penn State' s Mineral Industries Program, 1934: "Taking a Man's Course"
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[Women’s Education] [Penn State] First women enrolled in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. October 17, 1934. Original silver gelatin print press photograph. 8 x 6 in. Original press caption typed on image verso. “Taking a Man’s Course. Alexandra Tillson, the first girl to enroll in the school of Mineral Industries at Penn State with Dean Edward Steidle who is showing her around the school’s Museum of Minerals. Miss Tillson is taking the metallurgy curriculum which deals with the study of iron and non-ferrous metals. She is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Tillson, noted mining engineer of Montclair, N.J. Miss Tillson can’t be discouraged from pursuing a study which may eventually take her to the steel mills or to the mines. 10/17/34.” The Steidle Building, one of the most iconic pieces of architecture at Penn State was named in honor of Dean Steidle (pictured with Tillson). Some wrinkling to center right edge. Good to very good condition. A groundbreaking woman pictured at the start of her academic career.Item #16862
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