- Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace was the first female
cadet to graduate from The Citadel; she graduated onMay 8 ,1999 .Mace entered The Citadel in the summer of 1996 with three other female classmates. Of the four females that entered the Citadel that year, only Mace and one other female successfully completed knob year. Mace's father, Brigadier General Emory Mace, became the Commandant of Cadets during her second semester at The Citadel.
She would have been scheduled to graduate with the class of 2000, but was allowed to accelerate her studies by transferring in credits from another college, allowing her to finish a year early.
Nancy Mace is not to be confused with
Shannon Faulkner , the first woman to enter The Citadel.References
* "In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel", by Nancy Mace, with Mary Jane Ross
* "External links
* [http://citadel.edu/library/Knob/knob_m.htm#macen Citadel Library Page on Nancy Mace]
* [http://www.nancymace.net Nancy Mace, author of In The Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel, website]
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