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Shannon Faulkner is an American teacher, best known for being the first female student to attend The Citadel in 1994, following a lawsuit. [1] She currently teaches English in Greenville, South Carolina. [2]
Faulkner was born in Powdersville, South Carolina, United States, and graduated from Wren High School in January 1993. [3] [4] Faulkner was angry that The Citadel would not allow women. [5] Faulkner became the first woman to attempt to enter the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel, which previously had a male-only admissions policy. [3] [4] Her application to the school was accompanied with having her gender blanked out of her high school transcripts. [6] Faulkner enrolled after a successful lawsuit, Faulkner v. Jones et al., against the military academy. [7] [8] The suit alleged that the Citadel, which received state money, was "denying her equal protection under the Constitution". [9] Her lawyer, Val Vojdik, said, "We are seeking educational opportunity... We are seeking equal access to a public program we pay for." [10]
The Citadel allowed Faulkner to attend classes in January 1994 as a civilian student, which meant she had to be off campus by the time retreat was played. She was not allowed to reside in the barracks nor wear the cadet's uniform. [11]
Faulkner matriculated into The Citadel with an otherwise all-male corps of cadets on August 15, 1995 under the escort of United States Marshals. The school established that only five male cadets would be authorized to speak to her; anyone else risked disciplinary action. The following day, which was the first day of "Hell Week", the area was hit by 100-degree weather. A black flag was hoisted, which warned of the heat and signaled that cadets were to drink water frequently. At lunch, the cadets were forced to eat large quantities of a noodle casserole, and Faulkner began feeling ill. After vomiting, Faulkner reported that she felt nauseous to Ray Gerber, her cadreman who was one of the five cadets authorized to speak to her. [12] Gerber escorted Faulkner and four male cadets, who were also suffering from heat-stress to the infirmary. [13] [14] She rejoined the corps two hours later. Concerned about the soupy weather in the 100s, the commandant's office decreed that there were to be no outdoor activities until the heat moved on. Despite all exercises taking place inside a climate-controlled gymnasium, Faulkner still continued to be nauseated. She then returned to the infirmary, where she spent the remainder of that week before washing out, citing emotional and psychological abuse and physical exhaustion. [6] Faulkner was one of thirty cadets to drop out. [15] When her withdrawal from the Citadel was announced, upperclassmen celebrated their return to an all-male school, with one cadreman leading the recruits in an altered marching song of "Marching down the avenue. Now we know that Faulkner's through. I am happy and so are you!". [16] [17] She told Oprah Winfrey on her show that she had gained weight during the court trials[ clarification needed ] due to the stress she was facing. [18]
Two decades later, in a 2012 interview with the Post and Courier newspaper, Faulkner said that what precipitated her leaving so abruptly was a threat to kill her parents by a person present when she entered. [19] Her parents' home was vandalized. [6] In 1999, she told the Associated Press, "I went into it knowing I may not get anything out of it. I was doing it for the next woman." [20]
Writer Pat Conroy paid for Faulkner's education after she left the Citadel, and she became a middle school teacher in South Carolina. [21] Faulkner attended Furman University [22] and later Anderson College, [20] where she graduated in 1999 with a degree in secondary education. [23] After graduating she was hired by Carolina High School. [20]
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