First Female Engineering Graduate in the South

Johanna Noonan of Cookeville is credited with being the first female in the South to graduate in engineering (and she was the first women to enroll in engineering at UT). She was in the UT Chemical Engineering Program (then in the Department of Chemistry) in 1922. She served as vice president of the senior class.

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  • Title First Female Engineering Graduate in the South
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  • Keywords First Female Engineering Graduate in the South
  • Website Name Volopedia
  • Publisher University of Tennessee Libraries
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  • Access Date April 26, 2024
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  • Date of Last Update October 7, 2018