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World Conference on Women, 1975, Mexico City, first of a series held by the United Nations; Women's Ordination Conference, 1975, Detroit, Michigan, advocating ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church; 1977 National Women's Conference, held in Houston, Texas, with 2,000 delegates and over 15,000 observers; 1977 Women's National ...
Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name 1894–1994; ... G. Games, Learning & Society Conference; ... International Democratic Education Conference;
State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford (1910–1924); State Teachers College at Radford (1924–1943); Women's Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1943–1964); Radford College (1964–1979) 1979 Randolph College: Randolph Macon Woman's College 2006 Rasmussen College: Aakers College: 2007 Rasmussen College: Webster ...
Florida State University, Tallahassee (founded as "Seminary West of the Suwanee", a co-ed institution in 1851, became "Florida State College for Women" in 1905, and returned to co-education with current name in 1947) Lynn University, Boca Raton (co-ed since 1971) Saint Joseph College of Florida, Jensen Beach (closed in 1972)
Such parity between men's and women's education had been demanded by notable educators and women's rights activists such as Emma Willard and Catharine Beecher. [4] Willard founded the Troy Female Seminary in 1821, which is hailed as the first institute in the US for women's higher education. [ 5 ]
1832: The Linden Wood School for Girls (now Lindenwood University) is the first institution of higher education for women west of the Mississippi River. It became coeducational in 1970. 1833: Columbia Female Academy (now Stephens College) was originally established as an academy for both high school and college-aged women. It later became a ...
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In 1971, Holy Names became coeducational at the undergraduate level and was renamed Holy Names College. The Julia Morgan School for Girls held classes for its first two years, from 1999 through 2001, at Holy Names. [5] The school took its present name on May 10, 2004, and became known as the "newest Catholic university in California." [6]