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Times have certainly changed since the 1800’s. There once was a time when the thought of a woman going to college was shocking. In this day and age that sounds unbelievable but just one-hundred forty three years ago in the year 1868 the culture as well as life style was much different. In the year 1868 the first woman at Ohio University Margaret Boyd enrolled in the university as M. Boyd. The faculty eventually knew of the fact of her being a girl but didn’t have any objection. Although the faculty didn’t have any objection they did have a fear that the public would not like the college having a female student. Once the faculty realized it was a general approval of her presence. A surprising fact is when she received her diploma she noticed the president had added masculine endings to her name. Do to Margaret’s determination the endings were changed and she was known for changing women expectations across the world.
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