Madelon Stockwell Turner (August 9, 1845 - June 7, 1924)[1] was an American diarist and the first woman to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
She was the first woman to enroll at the school following a decision by the Board of Regents to open the university to female students.
[3] The following semester, 34 additional female students, including Laura Rogers White[5] and Olive San Louie Anderson,[6] enrolled at the University of Michigan.
[4][7] Stockwell's speech was reportedly attended by future University of Michigan student Alice Freeman Palmer.
Their wedding ceremony was officiated by University of Michigan professor Benjamin F. Cocker, who reportedly joked that their relationship proved "the ill effects of coeducation".