Shelly McClure, left, portraying Harriet Eliza Lyon, looks at items taked from the time capsule raised Tuesday. Lyon was the first woman to get a degree at WVU, in 1891.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One hundred twenty-five years of women’s education and contribution at WVU were celebrated Tuesday, April 5, with the opening of the Centenary Time Capsule.
The capsule was first buried next to Woodburn Hall in 1991, a century after Harriet Eliza Lyon earned her AB degree, becoming the university’s first female graduate and winning the honor of valedictorian in the process.
The time capsule contained documents such as a copy of the university’s magazine from 1991, flyers advertising a century of female education as part of the West Virginia Day celebrations from that year and newspaper stories, along with pins and other memorabilia highlighting 4-H and the WVU Extension service, among other things…
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