Citadel, The-The Military College of South Carolina. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia Encyclopedia World Factbook American Heritage Coll. From 1882 to 1910 it was named the South Carolina Military Academy.
Cadets are subject to military regulations.
In 1996, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar program at the Virginia Military Institute was inadequate, The Citadel voted to admit women to the cadet corps, and in 1999 the first woman graduated from the school. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.