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"That Our Daughters May Be as Cornerstones" with Chad Leinaweaver

"That Our Daughters May Be as Cornerstones" with Chad Leinaweaver

Irving College was the first college to offer degrees in the arts and sciences to women and that two of its buildings still stand to this day. Named after famed author Washington Irving, this college for women was part of a nationwide trend in the nineteenth century to finally educate women, but a trend that was always fraught with opposition. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

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February 20, 202450m 40s

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Irving College was the first college to offer degrees in the arts and sciences to women and that two of its buildings still stand to this day. Named after famed author Washington Irving, this college for women was part of a nationwide trend in the nineteenth century to finally educate women, but a trend that was always fraught with opposition.

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