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COVER STORY: first womenBy Kate VolkmanFrom the moment Lucy Wanzer fought herway in to Toland Hall in 1874, becomingthe first woman admitted to what wouldbecome the UCSF School of Medicine, thewomen of UCSF have been making nationalnames for themselves and the University.As the only woman, Wanzer was 0.18percent of her class. Over the last 135 yearsthe numbers of women in the medicalschool have increased progressively, sothat the UCSF Class of 2013 is 58 percentwomen. So too have women in medicalleadership become increasingly visible.Just this August, UCSF handed thechancellorship to a woman for the firsttime: Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH.8 | fall 2009