On March 27, 1871, Amanda Sanford received a Doctor of Medicine degree and Sarah Killgore a Bachelor of Law degree, becoming the first women to graduate from the University of Michigan. One year earlier, when the college first allowed women, both women transferred from other schools to complete their education.
One year earlier, when the college first allowed women, both women transferred from other schools to complete their education.
Madelon Stockwell became the first woman to enroll at the University of Michigan in February 1870. The following fall, in 1871, 34 women joined her—a tiny cohort among a thousand men. Gradually, their numbers expanded, reshaping campus life and the futures of hundreds of thousands of women.
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