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Cara Gascoigne, Hall of Fame Headshot

Cara Gascoigne

  • Class
  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    Faculty

Cara Gascoigne taught at Sweet Briar from 1912 to 1923. During her tenure the students played Virginia's first women's intercollegiate field hockey game in 1919 as well as the first intercollegiate basketball game in 1920. The field hockey game was the first women's intercollegiate contest of any kind in the state of Virginia. In 1914, Gascoigne also started club lacrosse at the College.


 
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