Lists and tables Women's colleges in the Southern United States

1 lists , tables

1.1 7 sisters of south
1.2 historically black colleges
1.3 current women s colleges in south
1.4 former , defunct women s schools

lists , tables


seven sisters of south

though ill-defined, 7 sisters of south southeast s answer 7 sisters colleges in northeastern united states. originally, said include (in alphabetical order):

agnes scott college – decatur, georgia
hollins university – roanoke, virginia
mary washington college – fredericksburg, virginia; became co-educational in 1972; university of mary washington
queens university of charlotte – charlotte, north carolina; became co-educational in 1987
randolph-macon woman s college – lynchburg, virginia; became co-educational in 2007 , renamed randolph college
sophie newcomb college – new orleans, louisiana; coordinate college tulane university, merged in 2006 after extensive destruction previous year hurricane katrina
sweet briar college – sweet briar, virginia

because 4 of 7 of colleges either became co-educational or merged larger institutions, current list of 7 sisters of south has been redefined follows (in alphabetical order):

agnes scott college – decatur, georgia
brenau university – gainesville, georgia
hollins university – roanoke, virginia
mary baldwin university – staunton, virginia
salem college – winston-salem, north carolina
sweet briar college – sweet briar, virginia
wesleyan college – macon, georgia

historically black colleges

historically black colleges , universities women developed in southern united states in 19th century after emancipation.

current women s colleges in south

1772: little girls school, (now salem college): established primary school, later developed academy (high school), , college. oldest female educational establishment still women s college, , oldest female institution in southern united states.
1833: columbia female academy (now stephens college): founded academy (high school), later became college. second-oldest female educational establishment still women s college. missouri in upper south . settled planters along mississippi river.
1838: judson female institute (judson college): founded in marion, alabama, became judson college in 1903.
1839: georgia female college (now wesleyan college): oldest (and first) school founded (chartered in 1836) college women.
1842: valley union seminary (now hollins university): established in roanoke, virginia coeducational school, became school women in 1852, , renamed hollins institute in 1855. curriculum developed, renamed hollins college in 1911, , hollins university in 1998.
1842: augusta female seminary (now mary baldwin university): founded in staunton, virginia, renamed mary baldwin seminary in 1895, mary baldwin college in 1923 after curriculum development, , mary baldwin university in 2016.
1854: columbia college (columbia, south carolina)
1873: bennett college : founded in greensboro, north carolina coeducational school, became women s college in 1926.
1878: georgia baptist female seminary (now brenau university): founded in gainesville, georgia, became brenau college in 1900, , brenau university in 1992 after further development.
1881: atlanta baptist female seminary (now spelman college): in 1924 second historically black female institution receive collegiate charter, making second oldest historically black women s college.
1889: converse college: founded in spartanburg, south carolina
1889: decatur female seminary (now agnes scott college): founded in decatur, georgia, became agnes scott institute in 1890, , agnes scott college in 1906.
1891: baptist female university (now meredith college): founded in raleigh, north carolina, became baptist university women in 1891, , meredith college in 1909.
1901: sweet briar college: founded in sweet briar, virginia; announced on march 3, 2015 closing @ end of 2014–15 school year. alumnae, current students, , friends of college took courts battle administrators decision. before college officially closed, virginia attorney general declared on june 20, 2015 college remain open. sweet briar accepting applications.

former , defunct women s schools

1814: louisburg female academy (now louisburg college): founded in north carolina; louisburg female college, founded in 1857. later merged franklin male academy.
1818: elizabeth female academy: first female educational institution in mississippi; closed in 1843.
1819: nazareth academy (later nazareth college, spalding university): founded academy (high school) in bardstown, kentucky, moved nearby community of nazareth in 1822, , first received authority grant degrees in 1829. sisters of charity of nazareth, has operated institution creation, opened branch campus in louisville in 1920. school became spalding college in 1969, moved instruction louisville in 1971, admitted first men in 1973, , became university in 1984.
1821: clinton female seminary: georgia. forerunner wesleyan college.
1827: knoxville female academy: rechartered east tennessee female institute in 1846, granted mistress of polite literature degrees; closed in 1911.
1831: lagrange female academy (now lagrange college): founded in lagrange, georgia, became lagrange female college in 1851, , coeducational in 1953.
1835: livingston female academy , state normal college (now university of west alabama): became coeducational in 1915.
1839: farmville female seminary association (now longwood university): founded in farmville, virginia, became four-year college in 1860; became coeducational in 1976.
1841: asheville female seminary: later renamed asheville female college.
1842: fulton female academy (now synodical college): founded in fulton, missouri, closed in 1928.
1846: greensboro female college: charted in 1838 in greensboro, north carolina; coeducational school greensboro college.
1847: kentucky female orphan school (now midway university): became coeducational in 2016 when admitted men daytime undergraduate program, last component of school remained women-only. school had offered coeducational evening/weekend , online programs several years before going coed.
1851: tennessee , alabama female institute (later mary sharp college), in : first women s college grant academic college degrees women equivalent of given men; college closed due financial hardship in 1896.
1855: davenport female college (later davenport college): founded in lenoir, north carolina. chartered north carolina general assembly in 1859. merged greensboro college in 1938.
1855: mansfield female college: founded in mansfield, louisiana, claimed first women s college west of mississippi river. merged centenary college of louisiana in 1930.
1857: charlotte female institute: founded in charlotte, north carolina; became coeducational queens university of charlotte after world war ii.
1857: peace institute (now william peace university): founded in raleigh, north carolina; changed name first peace college, , current name when became coeducational in 2012.
1867: scotia seminary (now barber-scotia college): first historically black female institution of higher education established after american civil war. became women s college in 1916. became coeducational school in 1954. lost accreditation in 2004.

1869: young s female college, in thomasville, georgia founded in 1869. had 15 teachers , 115 students in 1906.
1870: sullins college: founded in bristol, va in 1870, operated high school junior college. high school discontinued after ww ii. junior college, offered associate degrees in both liberal arts , fine arts, closed in 1976.
1873: blue mountain college: founded in northeast mississippi, remained focused on women s education until 1956, when program train men church-related vocations started. in october 2005, board of trustees voted make school co-educational.
1875: mount hermon female seminary: founded in clinton, mississippi, closed in 1924.
1881: incarnate word school (now university of incarnate word): located in san antonio, texas , chartered women s college, absorbed all-female secondary school in history, adding college classes in 1909. became coeducational in 1970.
1881: tillotson college: founded coeducational school, women s college 1926–1935. became coeducational , has developed huston-tillotson university additional programs.
1883: hartshorn memorial college founded in richmond, virginia. in 1932, merged virginia union university.
1884: industrial institute & college, (now mississippi university women): first public women s college; became coeducational in 1982 result of supreme court s mississippi university women v. hogan case, maintained original name.
1886: mary allen seminary : founded in crockett, houston county, texas. became coeducational in 1933.
1886: h. sophie newcomb memorial college: became coeducational in 2007 (merged tulane university)
1889: georgia normal , industrial college: coordinate college georgia tech, granted first degrees in 1917. after 2 name changes, women s college of georgia became coeducational in 1967. 3 more name changes followed, current name of georgia college & state university adopted in 1996.
1891: randolph-macon women s college: become coeducational , changed name randolph college in 2007.
1891: north carolina women s college: became coeducational university of north carolina @ greensboro in 1963.
1896: alabama girls industrial school: became coeducational (alabama college) in 1956 , changed name university of montevallo in 1969.
1896: barber memorial college: founded in anniston, alabama, merged scotia women s college (formerly scotia seminary) in concord, north carolina in 1930 become barber-scotia junior college
1905: florida state college women: founded coeducational west florida seminary in 1851, went through 4 name changes in first half-century, becoming florida state college in 1901. school became women s college in 1905. in 1947, returned coeducation , adopted current name of florida state university.
1908: state normal , industrial school women @ fredericksburg: after changing name mary washington college (mwc) in 1938, became coordinate women s college of university of virginia in 1944. mwc separated uva in 1972, 2 years after both schools became coeducational. mwc adopted current name of university of mary washington in 2004.
1908: state normal , industrial school women @ harrisonburg: became de facto coeducational in 1946, time known madison college (the school s fourth name), , became officially coeducational in 1966. adopted current name of james madison university in 1976.
1921: villa madonna college: founded in covington, kentucky women s college, conducted many coeducational classes through affiliation all-male st. thomas more college. in 1945, villa madonna became coeducational when st. thomas more merged it. school s current name of thomas more college adopted in 1968, same year moved current campus in crestview hills.
1925: mount saint joseph college women: founded junior college in rural daviess county, kentucky community of maple mount, opened coeducational extension branch in nearby owensboro. extension branch became second campus, although maple mount campus remained all-female. in 1950, mount saint joseph merged 2 campuses single coeducational institution @ owensboro site. following year, school became brescia college, , adopted current name of brescia university in 1998.
1938: ursuline college: located in louisville, kentucky, merged all-male bellarmine college, in louisville, in 1968. merged school adopted current name of bellarmine university in 2000.




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