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[3] [4] She had previously taught at her mother's school in suburban Winchester, and began sending her own students to colleges in 1893; [5] enrollment reached 99 girls by 1900 and 225 by 1910. [4] According to the school website, Winsor "wanted to prepare women to be self-supporting, and hoped they would be competent, responsible, and generous ...
Endicott College is a private college in Beverly, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1939 as a two-year women's college. It began offering four-year degrees in 1988 and became coeducational in 1994. Endicott enrolled approximately 4,300 students as of the fall 2020 semester.
The Silvio O. Conte Forum, commonly known as Conte Forum, Kelley Rink (for ice hockey games), or simply Conte, is an 8,606-seat multi-purpose arena which opened in 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts on the campus of Boston College in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood.
Emmanuel College is a private Roman Catholic college in Boston, Massachusetts. The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in New England in 1919. [3] In 2001, the college officially became a coeducational institution. It is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium.
The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena (10,500 for 360 concerts), located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Mullins Center is the home of UMass Minutemen men's basketball, women's basketball, and men's ice hockey. In addition ...
Six New England college students allegedly used a dating app to lure an active-duty service member to their campus, where they ambushed him as part of a deranged “To Catch a Predator” social ...
In the last part of the 19th century, a dramatic surge in immigration and rapid industrial growth took place in Boston. The exploitation of women and children, crowded housing and poor sanitation, and miserable labor conditions led Dr. Harriet Clisby, one of America's first women physicians, to establish the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in 1877 to respond to these social problems.
The Boston Women's Heritage Trail is a series of walking tours in Boston, Massachusetts, leading past sites important to Boston women's history. The tours wind through several neighborhoods, including the Back Bay and Beacon Hill , commemorating women such as Abigail Adams , Amelia Earhart , and Phillis Wheatley .