Ohio Female College illustration
Title |
Ohio Female College illustration |
Subject |
Cultural Ohio--Education Women--Education - Ohio Universities and colleges--Pictorial works |
Time Period |
1850s |
Place |
Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio) |
Description |
The Ohio Female College was located in Pleasant Hill, a community near Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1846 to 1872. The area where the college was built was known as College Hill because of its proximity to a number of educational institutions. The school first opened its doors in 1846, and offered a range of educational choices. Students who were not yet ready to enter college could enroll in the preparatory program, while others earned four-year degrees or even two-year graduate degrees. The school offered a broad range of courses in the sciences, mathematics, and humanities. John McLean, a former Ohio senator and U.S. Supreme Court justice, served as the college's first president of the board of trustees. The Ohio Female College had a short history--it was rebuilt after a fire in 1868, but closed permanently in 1872. In 1873, a group of Cincinnati doctors and businessmen purchased the property to open the Cincinnati Sanitarium, the first private psychiatric facility in the United States outside of the East Coast. |
Date of Original |
ca. 1851 |
Collection |
Ohio Female College Collection |
Source |
SC 725 |
Format |
Picture Photomechanical Print |
Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type |
StillImage |
File Name |
AL04163.tif |
Image Height |
2800 |
Image Width |
2800 |
File Size |
13435312 Bytes |
Date created |
2011-08-04 |
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