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Western College for Women, known at other times as Western Female Seminary, The Western and simply Western College, was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford, Ohio, between 1855 and 1974. Initially a seminary, it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964.
1 de jul. de 2014 · Author Jacqueline Johnson. Western Female Seminary, which opened its doors in 1855, later became Western College for Women. The first college in the country to have an artist-in-residence,...
The Western College Memorial Archives is dedicated to acquiring and preserving any and all materials directly related to the Western College for Women. The Archives includes Boards of Trustees records dating back to 1853, original materials from Western College presidents and an impressive photographic collection.
7 de jun. de 2024 · Fifty years after its final class graduated, Western's final class reunion featured celebrations of its role in Freedom Summer, social justice and women's empowerment.
1904 – The Ohio Legislature ratifies the College’s name change to The Western College for Women. 1905 – The College celebrates its Golden Jubilee and honors “the Western girl as missionary, homemaker and professional woman.”
The Western College for Women Historic District, designated by the City of Oxford in 1995, is one of the city’s three historic dis-tricts and is the only one entirely on a col-lege campus. This self-guided walking tour covers several acres of what was chartered as the Western Female Seminary in 1853.
14 de jun. de 2014 · Over two weeks of orientation, the Freedom Summer activists prepared for battle with segregationists on the leafy campus of Western College for Women, now part of Miami University.
