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Cazenovia College, Cazenovia (women's college 1961–1982; closed in 2023) Chamberlain Institute and Female College, Randolph; University of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale (co-ed since 1974; College of Mount Saint Vincent until 2023) College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle (co-ed in 2016; merged into Mercy College in 2019)
1851: Christian College (later Columbia College) was the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. [14] 1851: Cherokee Female Seminary is the first institute of higher learning exclusively for women west of the Mississippi River. Along with the Cherokee Male Seminary, this was the first college ...
Joliette Institution for Women (French: Établissement Joliette pour femmes) is a prison for women in Joliette, Quebec, northeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] It is operated by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) and has a capacity of 132 prisoners.
Community college: Mississippi State University: ... 22,649 1878 Research university: Mississippi University for Women: ... Faith-related institution: Southwest ...
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The original mission of the college was to provide higher education and vocational training for women. In 1920, the name changed to Mississippi State College for Women, and in 1974 it became ...
1884: Industrial Institute & College (now Mississippi University for Women): It was the first public women's college; became coeducational in 1982 as a result of the Supreme Court's Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan case, but maintained its original name.
The institution, initially named the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls, was created by an act of the Mississippi Legislature on March 12, 1884, for the dual purposes of providing a liberal arts education for white women and preparing them for employment. [7]