Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team at Tennessee A & I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, Train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They Were Also Members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
Yvone Y. Clark, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Has the Distinction of Being the First African American Woman to Earn a Masters Degree in Engineering. Y.Y. Clark Is Known as the "First Lady" of the Tennessee State University...
