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Mountain Twenty-Four Hours At Mount Holyoke

One of the best college traditions...today is Mountain Day at Mount Holyoke. The college spider web site indicates the tradition began inward "...1838, the twelvemonth later Mount Holyoke was founded. On Mountain Day, classes together with other obligations are cancelled. In a nod to Mary Lyon, students are invited to ease their intellectual pursuits alongside outdoor activities. The actual appointment is kept cloak-and-dagger until it is announced past times the early-morning pealing of the bell inward Mary Lyon Hall. Mountain Day typically involves climbing to the Summit House atop Mount Holyoke."
The higher upwards icon is from Mountain Day inward 1903...source: Mount Holyoke Archives & Special Collections, @ASCatMHC.



Mountain Twenty-Four Hours At Mount Holyoke

One of the best college traditions...today is Mountain Day at Mount Holyoke. The college spider web site indicates the tradition began inward "...1838, the twelvemonth later Mount Holyoke was founded. On Mountain Day, classes together with other obligations are cancelled. In a nod to Mary Lyon, students are invited to ease their intellectual pursuits alongside outdoor activities. The actual appointment is kept cloak-and-dagger until it is announced past times the early-morning pealing of the bell inward Mary Lyon Hall. Mountain Day typically involves climbing to the Summit House atop Mount Holyoke."
The higher upwards icon is from Mountain Day inward 1903...source: Mount Holyoke Archives & Special Collections, @ASCatMHC.



The History Of National Commons Seminary Featured Inward The Washington Post

The Washington Post published, "Answer Man visits the National Park Seminary inwards Forest Glen, Md.," past times John Kelly before this week.  Kelly provides an interesting historical sketch of the holding that became dwelling describe solid to National Park Seminary for immature women after1894 inwards Forest Glen, MD.  The seminary occupied the old Forest Inn Hotel that previously operated from 1887-1894.  The seminary mention changed to National Park College inwards 1937 as well as it as well as thence shut inwards 1942 when the USA Army invoked the War Powers Act as well as condemned the property.

An before postal service on the , "National Park Seminary (MD)," includes links to several fascinating spider web sites devoted to the history of the site.

Student Life For Women Studying To Larn Doctors

The Atlas Obscura spider web site offers a fascinating ship service past times Anika Burgess from Jan 4, 2018, "Student Life at the First Medical College for Women: The pioneering women who faced jeers together with discrimination to expire doctors."  Burgess incorporates numerous historical photos together with other items to both push clitoris educatee life together with also highlight but about of the pregnant contributions of the women equally they pursued their professional person lives. 

 The medical establishment was founded inward 1850 equally the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.  It was renamed equally the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania inward 1867 together with the Medical College of Pennsylvania inward 1970 when it became coed.  It together with thus merged amongst merged amongst Hahnemann University to expire McP Hahnemann University School of Medicine equally business office of Allegheny University of Health Sciences.  This academy afterward declared bankruptcy inward July 1998 together with Drexel University took over management of MCP Hahnemann University of Health Sciences together with ultimately integrated programs to expire the Drexel University College of Medicine together with Drexel University College of Nursing together with Health Professions.
You tin also watch the Legacy Center Archives of the Drexel University College of Medicine Archives together with Special Collections for many other digital resources, a timeline on the history of women physicians, or other principal resources materials.

University Of N Carolina Greensboro Celebrates 125Th Anniversary

The University of North Carolina Greensboro is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its founding inwards 1892.  Initially established equally the State Normal in addition to Industrial School, it became the State Normal in addition to Industrial College inwards 1897.  The refer changed to North Carolina College for Women inwards 1919 in addition to to the Women's College of the University of North Carolina inwards 1932.   The end refer alter to the University of North Carolina-Greensboro occurred inwards 1963.

UNCG offers an extensive laid upward of web pages devoted to the anniversary in addition to institutional history.  There are split upward pages devoted to anniversary events in addition to diverse aspects of campus life.  H5N1 .pdf of the 125th anniversary number of the UNCG Magazine is too available that includes many images in addition to details related to institutional history.

Katharine Gibbs Schools...An Present At The Spellman Museum

The Boston Globe published ii articles this calendar month that featured Katharine Gibbs Schools.  An initial article yesteryear Nov 3, 2015 yesteryear Nancy Shohet West focused on Rose Doherty, writer of a history of the schools, previous postal service on the that featured Doherty's majority together with an interview amongst the author.
The minute article yesteryear Steve Maas on Nov 12, 2015 coincided amongst the opening of an demo on Katharine Gibbs Schools at the Spellman Museum of Stamps together with Postal History.  The Spellman Museum is located on the campus of Regis College inwards Weston, MA.


History Of Kirkland College...A Coordinate College For Women

Limited Engagement Kirkland College 1965-1978: An Intimate History of the Rise & Fall of a Coordinate College for Women was of late mentioned on the Facebook group.  I didn't know much close Kirkland College in addition to thoroughly enjoyed Samuel Fisher Babbitt's trouble concern human relationship of the conclusion past times Hamilton College to institute the coordinate college.  Babbitt served every minute the founding in addition to exclusively president of Kirkland College.  Limited Engagement was published inwards 2006.  I thoroughly enjoyed Babbitt's approach in addition to felt similar I had opened a fourth dimension capsule.  I encourage those interested to every minute good banking venture represent out a well-written review past times John Sundman that was posted inwards 2008.
Kirkland alumni created a website in addition to Hamilton College every minute good maintains data on the establishment alongside their Kirkland alumni pages.
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