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  • Tags: Women's Education

This student curatedexplores the career of Sarah Furnas Wells, an 1865 Oberlin graduate who went on to become a doctor at a time when there were few female physicians. Oberlin awarded her an honorary L. B. degree in 1894.

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This student projectexplores Frances Densmore's correspondence while she was a student at Oberlin Conservatory in the 1880s. Densmore went on to become a leading ethnomusicologist specializing in the music of Native Americans.

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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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Lucy Stanton Day, a free-born African American woman, graduated from the Oberlin College Ladies’ Department in 1850, giving the commencement address “A Plea to the Oppressed.” This student project focuses on her struggle to convince the American…

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A student-curated project about Emilie Palmer's detailed diaries, which allow a glimpse into life in Oberlin during the Civil War and her own Christian faith. Palmer attended Oberlin from 1859-1861.

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A student curated collectionthat explores the correspondence between four Pennsylvania sisters, all of whom attended Oberlin College in the 1850s. The four wrote about daily life at the college.

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A student projectabout the 1850 scandal involving Emily Pillsbury Burke, the principal of the Ladies' Department at Oberlin College. Burke, a widow, was accused of kissing a male student and was dismissed. This project includes several documents…

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A student projectabout the essays of Mary Sheldon, an 1852 graduate of Oberlin College who was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. While at Oberlin, Sheldon was a member of the Ladies' Literary Society and the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society

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A student project about Irene Ball, who did the Ladies' Course at Oberlin College from 1836 to 1837 and who was active in the abolitionist movement in Illinois. The collection consists for four of Ball's letter to mother, written between 1836 and…

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This digital project explores the contributions of art history professor and curator Ellen Johnson to Oberlin's Department of Art History and its art museum, as well as to the American and European contemporary art world. Johnson received both a BA…

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In 1837, Oberlin became the first college to admit women on an equal basis with men. This memorial was erected in 1937 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of co-education. Inscribed with the text, "This gateway commemorates the enrance of women into…

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