The College’s first woman faculty also led women to start a business in 1916 campustown

Alta Gwinn Saunders, Professor and Head of Business English in the College. Photo courtesy of Delta Gamma. Alta Gwinn Saunders was the first woman to teach in the College of Business -- and later became the first woman to head a department of Business English at any university. While she had a busy career teaching professional writing and advertising courses and traveling across the country as a guest speaker, she also found time to help the women of Delta Gamma start a tea shop on Green Street in 1916. Read More