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ROTC in the 1970s and early 1980s

ROTC began to admit women in the early 1970s. By the 1980s, the building on campus that it called home had seen better days, and so the battalion moved to new headquarters and the old ROTC building – which had stood since approximately 1904, was demolished to make way for the new Papadopoulos Building.

Early women participants in ROTC, 1973, from the ROTC scrapbooks
An Old Gold and Black column about women in ROTC
The ROTC Building, originally part of Wofford’s Fitting School, demolished in 1984.
The ROTC Building, originally part of Wofford’s Fitting School, demolished in 1984.

By Phillip Stone

I've been the archivist of Wofford College and the South Carolina United Methodist since 1999. I'll be sharing college, Methodist, and local history, documents, photographs, and other interesting stories on this blog, which I've been keeping since December 2007.