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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.
A pioneer for women’s education and liberal arts education in the United States, Matthew Vassar founded Vassar College in 1861. Opening its doors to its first class of 353 students paying $350 for tuition and “residence” on September 26, 1865, the college offered young women a liberal arts education equal to that of the best men’s ...
History. Matthew Vassar (1792–1868), a prosperous Poughkeepsie brewer, became a pioneer for women’s education and the study of the liberal arts in the United States when he founded Vassar College in 1861.
So what's happened in the past 150 years? We've welcomed some distinguished visitors, given diplomas to some remarkable people, and marked some notable achievements - and there was that whole co-ed thing. Take a look at the timeline to get a sense of Vassar's history, and its role in the history of America as well.
Over the next nearly 150 years, Vassar’s history has been preserved, recorded, studied and discussed by countless authors—many of them, like Lossing, themselves part of Vassar’s story and four of them presidents of the college: in 1873, John Howard Raymond (president, 1865–79); in 1914 and 1915, James Monroe Taylor (1886–1914); in 1950, Henry No...
Histories - 150 Years, Vassar's Sesquicentennial - Vassar College. Department and Program Histories. Professor Lucy Maynard Salmon’s (1853-1927) command to her history students to “go to the source” still resounds at Vassar today as we celebrate the college’s Sesquicentennial.
Why study history at Vassar? Knowledge of history opens a window onto the past, helping us comprehend the complexities of life in remote and recent periods. At the same time history provides a vital perspective on current events and issues, illuminating the impact of the past on the world today.
