Nancy Ruth Mace was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel as a member of the Corps of Cadets. She enrolled in 1996. Credits transferred from another institution enabled her to graduate in 1999. She has written a book about her Citadel experience. (Source: In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel, by Nancy Mace, with Mary Jane Ross. U53 .M255 A3 2001)
