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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. It was absorbed by Miami University in 1974 ...
- 1855–1974
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Jul 1, 2014 · 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, Western attracted national ...
- Maryanne Zeleznik
Sep 17, 2021 · The Miami University Libraries recently completed an effort to digitize yearbooks from Western College for Women. Originally titled The Western Multifaria, 65 editions of the yearbook were published from 1910 to 1974, when Western College merged with Miami University. The digitization was conducted in connection with a comprehensive periodicals digitization effort funded by a grant from the W ...
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Western College was founded in 1853 as the ‘western’ representation of Mt. Holyoke in Massachusetts, with its dual vision of missionary zeal and low-cost yet high-quality education for women. Strongly supported by the leaders of the Presbyterian Church of Oxford, classes at the Western Female Seminary began in 1855 with Helen Peabody, a Mt ...
These images, from the Miami University archives, are the work of Frank R. Snyder, a prolific photographer who captured Oxford, Ohio life in the early 20th century. An unknown Western student ...
Western College Program. The Western College Program was created in 1974 when the Western College for Women merged with Miami University. The program consisted of an interdisciplinary living/learning community with small class sizes and student-designed focuses. Majors included Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Science, and Environmental ...
The first Western Female Seminary principal Helen Peabody, was a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary. She was also a former teacher there. After accepting the position and moving to Oxford in the summer of 185S, she and Rev. Tenney recruited eight young women to be teachers at the new seminary, all of whom were recent graduates of Mount Holyoke.
