tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5688288292176631851..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A College for Women is Founded in 1848Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-54869885680357027092016-11-22T21:31:08.366-05:002016-11-22T21:31:08.366-05:00This is so fascinating! Worcester Polytech has a c...This is so fascinating! Worcester Polytech has a castle on a hill next to the American Antiquarian Society. It looks funny among the standard collegiate buildings and city streets. <br /><br />Anonymous said "It's interesting that Mr. Thayer's alma mater, Brown University, did not create its women's college (Pembroke College), until 1896. <br /><br />It wasn't for lack of trying. <br />From Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana:"“The first action by the Government of the University on the question of admitting women to the privileges of the University was taken by the Advisory and Executive Committee on April 10, 1874, on the receipt of an application by a young woman to be admitted to College. The Committee reported it inadvisable at that time to recommend the opening of the College to women students."QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-78325637350552459212016-11-18T07:48:55.609-05:002016-11-18T07:48:55.609-05:00Not an all-female educational institution of cours...Not an all-female educational institution of course, but MIT admitted its first woman student on 1871.<br /><br />Our rival down the street, Harvard, started its college for women, Radcliffe, in 1879, and started issuing joint Radcliffe-Harvard diplomas in 1963.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-49941574620917154032016-11-16T14:47:27.827-05:002016-11-16T14:47:27.827-05:00Bryn Mawr College (still all women, unlike Vassar)...Bryn Mawr College (still all women, unlike Vassar) was founded in 1885. Julie P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-71785511671302647172016-11-15T16:55:25.003-05:002016-11-15T16:55:25.003-05:00When we're listing the women's educational...When we're listing the women's educational institutions founded in the 1800s, let me put in my own alma mater: Cottey College!<br /><br />Single-sex institutions are always a little more vulnerable to the ups and downs of society, since they have a smaller target audience to begin with. To counter that, I think they tend to create stronger networks and cultures. Goodness knows, *I* am still in contact with my fellow Cottey alumnae. (And, I can still sing most of those songs....)<br /><br />"Skin-a-ma-rink-a-dinky-dink,<br />Skin-a-ma-rink-a-doo,<br />I love you."Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428665781019562995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-81764122595911096242016-11-15T10:02:03.793-05:002016-11-15T10:02:03.793-05:00A number of notable American women's colleges ...A number of notable American women's colleges were founded in the mid-nineteenth century that still remain open today:<br /><br />Mount Holyoke: 1837<br />Wheaton College: 1860<br />Vassar College: 1861<br />Smith College: 1871<br /><br />It's interesting that Mr. Thayer's alma mater, Brown University, did not create its women's college (Pembroke College), until 1896. <br /><br />One wonders why some schools prospered and survived while others failed. Must have been the administration and trustees, and how they dealt with the finances, as is still the case today. (It's never the fault of the faculty or students!) From the size of the "castle" of Oread Institute, it would appear that there was plenty of money. Or maybe not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-34064831932512179082016-11-15T08:38:28.162-05:002016-11-15T08:38:28.162-05:00Another lovely old building bites the dust.Another lovely old building bites the dust.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-19659882607660675622016-11-15T08:02:03.582-05:002016-11-15T08:02:03.582-05:00Given the time and place when the photo was taken,...Given the time and place when the photo was taken, I would imagine that the photographer would have been known as "Miss Augustine H. Folsom."<br /><br />Other than that, this is pretty cool. Thank you so much for posting it. Julie P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-79927536104597820842016-11-15T01:55:30.577-05:002016-11-15T01:55:30.577-05:00How amazing to have found this all out, inspired b...How amazing to have found this all out, inspired by a postcard! I look forward to future instalments.Anne Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545119891312154006noreply@blogger.com