DANA WOMEN'S TIMELINE

Compiled by Ann (Harms '54) George
Sources: Dana College Archive, Saga of the Tower by William E. Christensen, A Place Called Dana by Peter L. Petersen

1884
Laurine Marie Andersen
First president's wife & first college cook

1891
First summer session (a.k.a. "girls' school") for women students

1899-1900
Mathilda Berg
Alice Robbins Foght
First women faculty members

1912
Minnie Jensen '12
First student (male or female) to receive basic teaching certificate

1922
Esther Bonnesen '22
First student (male or female) to receive a bachelor of arts degree

1953-54
Ann Harms '54
First woman student government president

1964
Margaret Fischer
First woman regent

1985
Terry Cassell
First woman campus pastor

1987
Kathleen O'Connor
First woman vice president for academic affairs

1993
Kathy Foley
First woman athletic director

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