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1886: H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University was the first coordinate women's college within an American university. It closed in 2006; a lawsuit by descendants of the founder lasted until 2011 when the plaintiffs gave up the case.
Hamilton College, Lexington was founded in 1869 as Hocker Female College. a private women's college affiliated with the Disciples of Christ. Its name changed in 1878. In 1889, Kentucky University (later Transylvania University), bought a stake in the school, taking total control in 1903. Closed in 1932. John Lyle's Female Seminary (founded in ...
South Hadley, Massachusetts: Private women's liberal arts college: 1837 1888 $1.07 Vassar College: Poughkeepsie, New York: Private coeducational liberal arts college since 1969 1865 1861 $1.38 Wellesley College: Wellesley, Massachusetts: Private women's liberal arts college: 1875 1870 $3.23 Smith College: Northampton, Massachusetts: Private ...
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College . The college was named for the early Harvard benefactor Anne Mowlson (née Radcliffe) and was one of the Seven Sisters colleges .
Mount Holyoke College is a private women's liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. [10] It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of historically women’s colleges in the Northeastern United States. [ 11 ]
The Oread Institute was a women's college founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1849 by Eli Thayer. Before its closing in 1934, it was one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. According to the Worcester Women's History Project: "The Oread offered three levels of instruction: primary, academic and ...
Emma Cate Duggar, left, and her mother Staci Duggar go for an afternoon walk while catching up with one another. Emma Cate was accepted to Mount Holyoke, which is the first women’s college in ...
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary , it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges , an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States .