I Waited 96 Years!

Katherine Blood Hoffman, 102 

Tallahassee, FL

 

“This election means that women can achieve anything”

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• Born August 1914 in Winter Haven, FL

• Taught Chemistry at Florida State College for Women and Florida State Univ. for 44 years

• Dean of Women at FSU, where she constantly fought for women’s rights

 

“This election means that women can achieve anything. In 1937 I was accepted into the medical school at Duke University. I decided not to attend because female students were required to sign a pledge stating that they would not marry while in school. The male students did not have to sign and did not have the same restriction. I did not think that this was fair.”

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