Shannon Faulkner
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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]
Biography
Faulkner was born in
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
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]
In popular culture
- Lisa Simpson's experience in The Simpsons' 8th-season finale, "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" (1997) was partly inspired by Faulkner.[24]
References
- Notes
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ Hawes, Jennifer Berry (19 October 2012). "WHERE IS Shannon NOW?". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ a b Byrd, Caitlin (March 5, 2018). "Nancy Mace pushes back after Shannon Faulkner claims to be Citadel grad: 'She doesn't wear The Ring'". Post and Courier. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ a b "Shannon Faulkner". People. 42 (26): 58. 26 December 1994.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ISBN 978-0-87436-878-9.
- JSTOR 4023453.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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- ^ "Sounding Retreat". Newsweek. 27 August 1995.
- ^ "Shannon Faulkner". U.S. News & World Report. 119 (9): 28. 28 August 1995 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ "News In Brief". Christian Science Monitor. 16 August 1995.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ "Case Study 1: Shannon Faulkner and the Citadel". Harvard.edu. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ Chang, Juju; Sintay, Liz; Clarke, Suzan (2009-12-08). "First Female Cadet at the Citadel Looks Back". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ Hawes, Jennifer (October 19, 2012). "Where is Shannon Now". the Post and Courier. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Shannon Faulkner Teaching English". The Associated Press. 17 October 1999. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2020 – via The Washington Post.
- ^ Chang, Juju; Liz Sintay; Suzan Clarke (8 December 2009). "Life After the Citadel: Shannon Faulkner Reflects on Her Historic Battle with the Elite Military College". ABC News.com - Good Morning America. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "GIRL WHO FOUGHT CITADEL GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE". The Orlando Sentinel. 1999-08-21. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Female Pioneer at Citadel Graduates". Los Angeles Times. 1999-08-21. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ISBN 978-1-137-02779-5.
- Bibliography
- In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel (Simon Pulse:Reprint edition 2002) by The Citadel.
- In Glory's Shadow : The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America (Vintage:2001) by Catherine S. Manegold.