Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

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This Timeline of Women's colleges in the United States tracks the development of institutions founded for the education of women. According to Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, and Elizabeth DeBra, "women's colleges were founded during the mid- and late-19th century in response to a need for advanced education for women at a time when they were not admitted to most institutions of higher education." [1] While there were a few coeducational colleges (such as Oberlin College founded in 1833, Antioch College in 1853, and Bates College in 1855), most colleges and universities of high standing at that time were exclusively for men.

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[edit] 18th century

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 1810s

  • Louisburg College - Louisburg Female Academy, North Carolina, founded in 1814; Louisburg Female College, found in 1857. Later merged with Franklin Male Academy.

[edit] 1830s

  • LaGrange College - LaGrange, Georgia, founded in 1831 as a female academy, it became LaGrange Female College in 1851, and coeducational in 1953
  • Stephens College - Columbia, Missouri, founded in 1833 as the Columbia Female Academy, it became a college in 1856 (The Columbia Female Baptist Academy), and was renamed Stephens Female College at a later date
  • Wheaton College, Massachusetts - founded in 1834 as a female seminary, Wheaton became a college in 1912 and coeducational in 1987
  • University of West Alabama - Originally founded in 1835 as Livingston Female Academy and State Normal College,
  • Wesleyan College - Macon, Georgia, originally Georgia Female College, it was first chartered in 1836, but did not open its doors to students until 1839.
  • Mount Holyoke College - South Hadley, Massachusetts, originally founded as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837, it became Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1888 and Mount Holyoke College in 1893
  • Judson College (Alabama) - originally founded in 1838 as the Judson Female Institute, it became Judson College in 1903
  • Longwood University - Farmville, Virginia, founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary Association.

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[edit] 1860s

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[edit] 1880s

[edit] 1890s

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1900s

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[edit] 1920s

[edit] 1930s

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Harwarth, Irene. "Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges", ed.gov. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.

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