As the Year of Women, CofC’s year-long celebration marking the centennial anniversary of the first admission of female students to the College in 1918, comes to a close this month, we highlight eight trailblazing alumnae who have made a difference from the Lowcountry to the stars above and everywhere in between.

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College of Charleston public health professor Leslie Hart ’03 (M.E.S) researches how personal care products expose both students and dolphins to a chemical associated with reproductive problems.