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Learn how Vassar College, founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, offered a liberal arts education equal to that of the best men's colleges and set the standard for women's education for more than 100 years. Explore the college's history, curriculum, collections, and traditions, from its origins as a women's college to its coeducational status and its role in the history of women's education and liberal arts education.
- History - Homepage | Vassar College
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- About | Vassar College
History. Matthew Vassar (1792–1868), a prosperous...
- History - Homepage | Vassar College
Vassar College (/ ˈ v æ s ər / VASS-ər) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1969.
- Suburban, 1,000 acres (400 ha)
- The Brewer
- 1861; 162 years ago
- Elizabeth H. Bradley
Das Vassar College ist eine US-amerikanische Elitehochschule in Poughkeepsie im Bundesstaat New York. Es wurde 1861 von Matthew Vassar nach dem Vorbild des 1855 eröffneten Elmira College als College für Frauen gegründet, 1969 jedoch im Rahmen der Koedukationsbestrebungen an privaten Hochschulen Vorreiter bei der gemeinsamen ...
- 1861
- privat
- Purity and Wisdom (Reinheit und Weisheit)
Matthew Vassar, business entrepreneur and founder of Vassar College, was born in Norfolk, England, in 1792. Like several others in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Vassar’s parents, James and Ann Vassar, planned on immigrating to America in hopes of starting anew, free of the social and political constraints imposed by the English Church.
