Teaser Image Harriet Hoover Killin, Class of 1869, Was First Woman To Graduate From ½ðɳÓéÀÖ Summary In 1869, when the nation was just beginning to heal from the Civil War, Harriet Hoover Killin became the first woman to graduate from ½ðɳÓéÀÖ, joining two men to make up the university’s fifth graduating class.