Historical Images of Women in Higher Education
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- Wood engraved print of female medical students attending an anatomy lecture at New York Medical College for Women, 1870 (http://1.usa.gov/oJqmLY)
- Group of young African-American women pose on the porch of the Simpson Industrial Home at Claflin University, circa 1899 (http://1.usa.gov/nn8hoY)
- African-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, circa 1900 (http://1.usa.gov/pvuUFQ)
- Chapel filled with female students at the Tuskegee Institute, circa 1902 (http://1.usa.gov/oDWQcm)
- Panoramic photo of students at Wellesley College, circa 1903 (http://1.usa.gov/pdWjzE)
- Women graduates view parading faculty on Commencement Day at the University of Michigan, circa 1900-1910 (http://1.usa.gov/pt5zFw)
- Faculty marching to chapel at Mount Holyoke College, circa 1900-1910 (http://1.usa.gov/pe9j3F)
- Wellesley College, circa 1910 (http://flic.kr/p/8Kg1A1)
- Barnard College graduates, 1911 (http://flic.kr/p/4ibCeJ)
- Barnard College students in procession at the joint Columbia University/Barnard College commencement exercises, 1913 (http://flic.kr/p/6axhqZ)
- Women in School of Anatomy at Y.W.C.A. for Motor Corps of National League for Women’s Service, New York City, 1918. (http://1.usa.gov/ri5Sa1)
- Flora Rose and Martha Van Rensselaer on the steps of the first Home Economics building at Cornell University, 1921 (http://flic.kr/p/6SGKrB)
- Ladies Home Journal, 1931. Photograph of woman graduate by Nickolas Muray, courtesy of the George Eastman House Photography Collection. (http://flic.kr/p/5L2M9d)
- Elizabeth T. Kinney at the University of Pittsburgh. A prominent zoologist, Kinney studied at the University of Pittsburgh, graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1924, received an M.S. from Washington University in 1926, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940. She taught at Washington Square College, Barnard College, and Mount Holyoke College. (http://flic.kr/p/9ntFpR)
- Women in agricultural program at Oregon State University, 1944
- First graduating class of what is now the Mississippi University for Women, 1889
- Members of the International Club at Barnard College, circa 1930. Pictured in the middle front is Vera Joseph, who graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1932. She went on to graduate from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons at the top of her class. (Photo submitted by Carla L. Peterson, a professor of English at the University of Maryland and author of Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City. Professor Peterson is the daughter of Vera Joseph.)
- University of Kansas Women’s Tennis Team, 1892-93 (Photo courtesy of Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas)
- Junior Prom Queen candidates at the University of Cincinnati, 1939 (Credit: Robert Kinstler/University of Cincinnati Magazine)
- Student in an empty classroom at the University of Idaho, 1956
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