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7 facts from Marquette history on #InternationalWomensDay #WeAreMarquettepic.twitter.com/frhD4W6WOv
In the 1920s, Marquette was the home of two women’s hockey teams. The group pictured here is the @MUNurses hockey team. Women were not allowed to participate in intercollegiate sports, so they organized their own athletic clubs, including hiking, swimming and basketball.pic.twitter.com/Re0BHbPnzw
Mary Beth Nienhaus became MU's first woman varsity athlete on the men’s golf team after twice winning Wisconsin's women’s amateur championship. Her career as teacher, coach, golf pro, course owner, minister & volunteer was recognized as @MUAthletics Alumna of the Year.pic.twitter.com/3UcR5tmngV
After earning her Marquette music diploma in 1926, Hildegarde Loretta Sell achieved fame as cabaret singer The Incomparable Hildegarde. She was nicknamed First Lady of Supper Clubs by Eleanor Roosevelt. A 1935 recording of "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHnWqK350w …pic.twitter.com/CqQXxp75BI
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Marquette's #RingOutAhoya fight song was written by Olive Glueckstein, who graduated from Marquette’s College of Music and taught piano in @MilwaukeeMPS for 41 years.https://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/969234635912818689 …
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In 1949, Marquette enrolled about 1,500 women, surpassing all other U.S. Catholic institutions — including all-women colleges.pic.twitter.com/V0lcUmq8Hf
In 1938, the university president ruled that no women faculty were allowed in the Philosophy Department. Eight years later, Gerald Smith, S.J., long-time chair in Philosophy, challenged the policy by hiring two alumnae instructors: Beatrice Zedler (pictured) & Lottie Kendzierski.pic.twitter.com/Nv2vFbjBl8
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Finally, Marquette became the first Catholic university to admit both women & men. Daisy Grace Wolcott is the first woman to receive a Marquette degree. She is believed to be the first woman to receive a degree from a Jesuit university. #JesuitEducatedhttps://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/969232869439737861 …
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