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 == Shannon Faulkner redux == 

 Shannon Faulkner's place in the history secition is warranted, but I am not sure that it is prominent enough. Her legal battle was nationally-covered, her depature was fairly sensational, and her brief tenure at the Citadel raised national awareness (and congressional attention) as to the military academies lagged behind their civilian counterparts in gender equality. Media coverage of a female ""battling to defeat the patriarchy"" brings out the buzzards, but does this give reasonable prominence? Certainly female applicants reading this article might like to know what adjustments the institution has made; for instance (as I recall), when Faulker arrived there were no bathroom facilities available, and it was her presence that brought the ""no locked doors"" policy into question. I am not adamant about this issue, just wondering how other editors feel.   "