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Shannon Faulkner was the first female cadet to The Citadel. Faulkner enrolled after a successful lawsuit against the military academy. Despite her winning in court after four years of battle, she chose to drop out after only a week because of exhaustion and allegations of abuse from other male cadets.
As of 2004, The Citadel's College of Graduate and Professional Studies is 60.4% female (588 women of a total of 973 graduate students). The Citadel itself does not mention Faulkner's name in its history. Her "Knob" history is at http://citadel.edu/library/Knob/knob_f.htm#faul
For the complete story of Shannon Faulkner, see:
In Glory's Shadow : The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America (Vintage:2001)
by Catherine S. Manegold.
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