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The first. Woman graduate of the Dental School was <br /> Zyba Kathryn Massey in 1954. <br /> The first. Woman appointed to the Law School faculty was <br /> Mary W. Oliver in July 1955. <br /> The first. Woman to graduate with a degree in Physical <br /> Therapy was <br /> Shirley Cloninger (Fisher) in 1959. <br /> Shirley Fisher; " I was accompanied to my classes by the <br /> Department Head, to see what I was being taught. " <br /> The first Woman on the faculty of the School of Pharmacy <br /> was <br /> Margaret Arm Shaw in 1961. <br /> The first and only woman of color ever to be appointed to <br /> administrative level of Clinical Nurse Coordinator (for <br /> Neuropsychiatric Hospital) anywhere in UNC Hospitals was <br /> Carolyn B. Jefferson, R.N. in 1969 to 1990. <br /> The first. Director of the Women's Studies Program was <br /> Mary Turner Lane for a half-time position in 1977 to <br /> 1979. <br /> The first Woman to graduate with a degree in Women's <br /> Studies was <br /> Sandra Jo Martin in 1979. <br /> The first. Woman Dean of the Law School was <br /> Judith Wegner in 1990. <br />