1940s

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow received her Master’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1942 and her PhD in 1945 (both ...

Millicent Sloboda Lane graduated from the University of Illinois in 1944 with a degree in Advertising and Publishing. She was ...

Marietta Stevenson came to the University of Illinois in 1943, joining what is now the School of Social Work. Prior ...

Marianne Ferber joined the Economics Department at the University around 1948 and became known for "feminist economics." She was a ...

Lila Jeanne Eichelberger, affectionately known as “Shorty,” graduated from U of I around 1949 and has been a longtime supporter ...

Laura J. Huslster joined the Physical Education Department in 1949 as Head of Physical Education for Women, a role she ...

Dorothy Martin Simon received her PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University in 1945. In 1968, she became the first ...

Barbara “Bobbie” Crawford Johnson graduated in 1946 with a degree in General Engineering, the first woman to earn such a ...