{"677437":{"#nid":"677437","#data":{"type":"news","title":"History-Making Tech Women: Pathway of Progress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn March 2024, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2024\/03\/celebrating-georgia-tech-women?utm_source=newsletter\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=Celebrating%20Georgia%20Tech%20Women%3A%20Pathway%20of%20Progress\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20March%2027%2C%202024\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech announced the 70 inaugural honorees \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eof the \u003Cem\u003Ewomen from Tech\u003C\/em\u003E area: alumnae who have forged pathways in their fields since leaving Tech. On October 9, Georgia Tech announced the inaugural honorees of the women at Tech area: the women who have made an impact on campus.\u0026nbsp;Their contributions, each unique and significant, build the foundation of the larger story of women at Tech, from Tech\u2019s founding in 1888, when women were not allowed to attend; to the campaign to admit women in the 1940s; to the first two female graduates in 1956; to the fight to admit women to all Tech majors in the 1960s; to breaking more barriers in the 1970s and 80s; and to the present day. It includes stories of women\u2019s many \u201cfirsts\u201d on campus and significant achievements in academics, sports, student government, and more. It includes recognition of women academics and administrators who have worked tirelessly to advance women at Tech and inspirational stories about the struggles that female students have overcome. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2024\/09\/history-making-tech-women-named-pathway-progress?utm_source=newsletter\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_content=Full%20Story%0A\u0026amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Digest%20-%20Oct.%209%2C%202024\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/features\/2024\/09\/history-making-tech-women-named-pathway-progress\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELike a wave, Pathway of Progress: Celebrating Georgia Tech Women, is taking form near the John Lewis Student Center. The three co-director of the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology--Carol Colatrella, Mary Frank Fox, and Mary Lynn Realff--are among the women who are honored for making an impact on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Seventy women, including WST co-directors, are honored for making an impact on campus "}],"uid":"27680","created_gmt":"2024-10-10 10:40:16","changed_gmt":"2024-10-10 10:43:26","author":"Carol Colatrella","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[{"id":"973","name":"women"},{"id":"194020","name":"path of progress"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}