Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

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The following is a timeline of women's colleges in the United States. These are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student population comprises exclusively, or almost exclusively, women. They are often liberal arts colleges. There are approximately 60 active women's colleges in the U.S.

Colleges are listed by the date in which they opened their doors to students.

First and oldest

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Many of the schools began as either schools for girls, academies (which during the late 18th and early 19th centuries was the equivalent of secondary schools), or as a teaching seminary (which during the early 19th century were forms of secular higher education), rather than as a chartered college. During the 19th century in the United States, "Seminaries educated women for the only socially acceptable occupation: teaching. Only unmarried women could be teachers. Many early women's colleges began as female seminaries and were responsible for producing an important corps of educators."[1]

The following is a list of "oldest" and "first" schools:

Timeline

Colonial–era schools

Moravian College, originally the Bethlehem Female Seminary founded in 1742

1780s–1820s

1830s

Mount Holyoke College (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1837

1840s

The Oread Institute was founded as a college in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1849

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

Bryn Mawr College's Pembroke Hall

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s–1980s

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. The Rise of Women's Colleges, Coeducation
  2. "Our History | Salem College". www.salem.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. "A timeline of North Carolina colleges (1766–1861) - North Carolina Digital History". www.learnnc.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  4. "Moravian College history". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. "Mrs. Susanna Rowson's School & Myra Montgomery in Boston, 1805-1808". www.silkdamask.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  6. "The Litchfield Historical Society". www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  7. "Bradford College Alumni Association History". www.bradfordalumni.org. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  8. "The Ipswich Female Seminary". Stories From Ipswich and the North Shore. 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  9. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18474187-good-catholics
  10. Mary Medley, History of Anson County, N.C., 1760-1976 (1976)
  11. "Columbia College History". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  12. Virginia State Council of Higher Education. The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, January 1974, p. 140.
  13. "Ursuline College | The Leading Women's College in Ohio | Ursuline at a Glance". www.ursuline.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  14. "A Guide to the Hartshorn Memorial College Reunion Collection 1976–1980". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  15. Photos
  16. "Mary Allen Seminary". Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  17. Savage, Cynthia. "University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed September 2, 2015.
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