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college
Harvard was the first college founded in the united states -
literacy rate
women's rate went up 45% men's rate went up 70% -
college for black women
oberlin college was the first collage to accept black women -
awarding women
Wesleyan female college of Macon became the first educational institution to award higher degrees to women -
bachelor degree
3 american women were the fist to earn a regular bachelor degree by meeting the same qualifications as the men in Oberlin -
new college
Vassar college founded in new york first of the influential seven sisters women institution to open as a college -
open for women
wellesley college open with the first scientific laboratory to open for women -
women college
the united states bureau of education reported 119 women colleges -
percentages
women are 39% of collegiate undergraduates and 20% of college faculty -
medical student
Harvard medical school accepts its first female student