Gildersleeve Praises Columbia on Bicentennial
Virginia Gildersleeve lauds Columbia University for upholding higher education standards and support of equal opportunities for women. She highlights Barnard College’s role, advocates honoring Barnard founder Barnard, Seth Low, and Nicholas Murray Butler, and recalls her decades as Barnard dean guiding women’s admission to the medical school and law.
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Columbia
Barnard
Virginia Gildersleeve
Gildersleeve
Frederick A. P. Barnard
Seth Low
Nicholas Murray Butler
Barnard College
Madison Avenue
Miss Gildersleeve
Marion Churchill White
Gulli Lindh
Ministry of Information
England
Roosevelt
San Francisco
United Nations
Columbia University
Men and Women Education Debates Highlight Past Resistance
The piece surveys historical views on women's education from Noah Webster to Ouida and Pierce. It notes male opposition, gendered expectations, and evolving attitudes as women gained formal schooling, with Mills College president Lynn White Jr. reflecting on the ongoing need for women to redefine success.
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Noah Webster
Spelling Book Fame
Ouida
Lynn White, Jr
Mills College
Women Pioneers Expand Education For Women Across America
The article highlights early female educators shaping equal education. Emma Willard proposed a female seminary in 1819, leading to Troy’s school in 1821. Catherine Beecher, Mary Lyon, and Elizabeth Blackwell pushed women into professional and academic roles, with Sewell advancing broader women's rights and schooling in Indianapolis.
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Emma Willard
New York State
Catherine Beecher
Hartford
Connecticut
Mary Lyon
Mt. Holyoke
Poem Notes Fight For College Entry
Ed. Note suggests sentiments of a century ago as women faced barred access to higher education. A verse condemns professors for denying women degrees, framing it as gender-based exclusion and debate over equal educational rights.
Barnard College’s Evolution From Brownstone to Equal Education
Marion Churchill White notes Barnard’s transformation from a Madison Avenue brownstone in 1889 to a full-fledged women’s college by 1954. The school expanded from six subjects to a broad curriculum and from fourteen undergraduates to about a thousand, reflecting decades-long struggles for women’s intellectual equality and access to higher learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Marion Churchill White
Barnard College
Morningside Heights
History of Women's Education Shows Growth of Opportunity
The article traces the rise of female schooling from limited aims in early history to broader access. It notes 1820s push for public girls education, 1826 highs in New York and Boston, later full university membership after the Civil War, and Vassar College’s 1865 pivotal role in elevating women’s standards.
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Goodsell
New York City
Boston
John Griscolm
New York
Vassar College
Utah
Iowa
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Dean Virginia Gildersleeve
Pierce
George Female College
Wellesley
Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva Medical School
New York Infirmary
Emily Blackwell
London School of Medicine
May Wright Sewell
Indianapolis
Middle West
Columbia College
Ficult
Milbank Hall
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