| 1851 | Santa Clara College founded by Jesuits John Nobili and Michael Accolti. |
| 1912 | Santa Clara College becomes University of Santa Clara. |
| 1920 | "Flappers" have a presence on campus. |
| 1940's | Women take classes at University of Santa Clara during World War II on a government program. |
| 1946 | A wave of GI's and their wives live in Veterans' Village on campus after World War II. |
| 1948 | Women are enrolled in the evening business school. |
| 1955 | Margaret Chamberlin is the first woman on faculty. |
| 1956 | Women are admitted to School of Law. |
| 1957 | Women are admitted to the graduate programs in arts & sciences. |
| 1957 | Nurses from O'Connor Nursing School enroll at University of Santa Clara. |
| 1958 | Women are admitted to the business graduate program. |
| 1961 | "Tradition Shattered!" — Women are admitted to the undergraduate program. |
| 1961 | Martha Patricia O'Malley is the first coed undergraduate applicant. |
| 1962 | Marian Olsen Doscher is the first woman to graduate from University of Santa Clara. She received an MBA. |
| 1961 | Park Lanai Apartments are the first residence for women students. |
| 1962 | Viola Kamena is appointed first Dean of Women. |
| 1962 | Mary Somers Edmunds is the first woman to graduate from the undergraduate program. |
| 1963 | The first graduates of the School of Law include Mary Emery, Director of Law Library, 1963- and Associate Dean of the Law School, 1985-. |
| 1963 | Graham Residence Hall for Women is completed. |
| 1964 | The first women enter the undergraduate engineering program. |
| 1964 | Women's basketball team wins trophy. |
| 1980 | First woman becomes editor of the school yearbook, Redwood. |
| 1981 | Roberta Furger becomes the first woman editor of the student newspaper, The Santa Clara |
| 1981 | Women's Studies program is established. |
| 1987 | First woman becomes president of the Associated Students. |
| 2000 | Denise Carmody becomes the first woman Provost. |
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