Women's gymnasium class in costume
top row, left-right: Margaret Lee, Martha Barksdale, Florence Harris, Louise Reid, Elizabeth Scott, Alice Person, Margaret Bridges, Elizabeth Lee, Edna Reid, Janet Colemanbottom row, l-r: Ruth Conkey, Margaret Thornton, Hope Baines, Evelyn Palmer
Editions of The Colonial Echo and Catherine Dennis' scrapbook are available in the Special Collections Research Center.
This post was composed by Kate Hill.
For additional information about the first women students at the College of William and Mary see: When Mary Entered with her Brother William: Women at the College of William and Mary, 1918-1945 by Laura F. Parrish; "The Petticoat Invasion": Women at the College of William and Mary, 1918-1945; The Martha Barksdale Papers; and the Women at the College of William and Mary page on the Special Collections Research Center Wiki.
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