Sallie Walker Stockard
Published on September 7, 2018Though not the first woman to enroll, Stockard became the first woman to graduate from Carolina...
Though not the first woman to enroll, Stockard became the first woman to graduate from Carolina...
Though not the first woman to enroll, Stockard became the first woman to graduate from Carolina, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1898 and a master’s degree in 1900.
The trustees of UNC voted to open its doors to women for postgraduate studies in January of 1897. Five women including Stockard were accepted, but the university was unprepared for the possibility that a woman would actually complete a degree. When Stockard did finish (the only one of the five to do so), she was excluded from all ceremonies, including the actual presentation of degrees and class pictures. She would stay on at UNC until earning a masters degree in 1900.
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This is story number 145 in the Carolina Stories 225th Anniversary Edition magazine.
