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One of the first three women admitted to Middlebury College, and the first woman to graduate in 1886, May Belle Chellis’ presence and accomplishments forced the trustees to make accommodations for women to attend the College.
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Eleanor Sybil Ross graduated from Middlebury in 1895 and returned to Middlebury in 1915 to serve as an Assistant Professor of English and as the Dean of Women for the next 30 years, making her Middlebury’s first alumna administrator.
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Mary Annette Anderson was the first woman of color to graduate from Middlebury College and the first woman of color to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
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Laurie L. Patton was elected the 17th president of Middlebury on November 18, 2014. She began her duties as president on July 1, 2015, and will be Middlebury’s first woman president.
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