Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped”, April 3, 2024.

Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Rasha Azab, “Trapped”, April 3, 2024. On April 3, 2024, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and Gender & Women's Studies Department...
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Beverly L. Greene

Beverly L. Greene graduated in 1936 with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering and in 1937 with an M.S. in City Planning and Housing from UIUC. She was one of the first African Americans at the Chicago...
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Hilda H. Lawson

Hilda H. Lawson earned her Ph.D. in English in 1939 at age 24, becoming the first female African American to receive a Ph.D. from UIUC. From 1937 to 1940, she was a Rosenwald Fellow, supporting...
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Grace Wilson

Grace Wilson graduated in 1931 with a degree in Architecture and joined the faculty in 1946. At that time, there were only 14 women in the College of Engineering. Despite a dip in the 1950s, female...
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