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Barnard College Opens and Grows at 343 Madison Avenue
Barnard College opened on Monday October 7 1889 at 343 Madison Avenue admitting twenty women as its first students. The new college operated with Columbia University oversight but managed its own endowment trustees and curriculum later sharing degrees and library with Columbia. Over the years Barnard expanded courses and governance under successive deans and presidents shaping a distinct women’s college within the Columbia system.
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