Shannon Faulkner

Shannon Faulkner

Shannon Faulkner, born in Powdersville, South Carolina, United States, was the first female cadet to enter The Citadel. Faulkner enrolled after a successful lawsuit against the military academy. She joined an otherwise all-male class on August 15, 1995. After four hours of the military indoctrination training, she spent the remainder of the first week in the infirmary before voluntarily resigning, citing emotional and psychological abuse and physical exhaustion. After her departure, the male cadets openly celebrated on the campus. [ [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/vaw00/Case%20Study%201%20Optional.html Harvard Law] ]

Faulkner now works as a high school teacher at Woodmont High School in Piedmont, South Carolina.

By May 2005, The Citadel's Corps of Cadets included 118 female cadets, six percent of the total student population.

References

*"In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel (Simon Pulse:Reprint edition 2002)" by Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel.
*"In Glory's Shadow : The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America (Vintage:2001)" by Catherine S. Manegold.

External links

* [http://citadel.edu/library/Knob/knob_f.htm#faul Shannon Faulkner's entry in the Citadel's "Knob" Knowledge]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155748,00.html "Women Gain Ground at Citadel", Fox News]


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