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American history is full of hidden histories, especially when it comes to the histories of women, specifically those of women of color. This book aims to unpack the “many lives” of Shirley Graham Du Bois, who was a woman of mixed race born in…

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An interactive guide to Oberlin College's architecture and monuments from its founding to the present. This site provides historical and current information on
on the college's structures and includes photos, drawings, descriptive information, and…

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Kenji Okuda was one of the nearly forty Japanese American students who studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory during World War II, many of them, like Okuda, coming to Oberlin directly from internment camps. Okuda gained national attention when…

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This student projectfocuses on the Oberlin College chapter of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) during the World War II era. During the war, the Oberlin YWCA reprioritized its activities, shifting away from an emphasis on domestic skills…

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Eleanor "Bumpy" Stevenson was first lady of Oberlin College from 19461956. She and her husband, Bill Stevenson, had served I with the Red Cross in Europe and North Africa during World War II. While at Oberlin, Eleanor used her free time to become a…

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Ruth Alexander Nichols was a 1915 graduate of Oberlin who became a leading photographer of children in the first half of the twentieth century. This student project chronicles Nichols’ transformation from a young and enthusiastic amateur into an…

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This student projectexplores Mary Church Terrell’s fraught relationship to Oberlin and larger commitment to justice for black women. Terrell, an 1884 graduate of Oberlin, was the founding president of the National Association of Colored Women and…

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Adelia Field Johnston graduated from Oberlin College in 1856, became the principal of the Women's Department at the college in 1870, and the college's first female professor in 1890. She raised funds for almost every nineteenth century building on…

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The World War II era of Oberlin, Ohio (1939-1945) is chronicled here

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One of the most recent monuments erected in Oberlin, this placque remembers nine men with links to Oberlin who served in the Tuskeegee Airmen during World War II. The Tuskeegee Airmen were the first black pilots allowed to fight in the US military;…

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The World War II memorial garden commemorates the 75 Oberlin college alumni who were killed in World War II. Unusual for a war memorial, the Oberlin memorial lists the names of all alumni who died in the war--including Masura Nakamura, who fought for…

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