Western College for Women
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Western College for Women, known at other times as Western Female Seminary, The Western and simply Western College, was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford, Ohio, between 1855 and 1974. Initially a seminary, it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964. It was absorbed by Miami University in 1974 after dwindling finances. Now known as the Western Campus of Miami University, it was designated a U.S. Historic district known as the Western Female Seminary Historic District in 1979.
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Type | Women's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Active | 1855–1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Oxford , Ohio , United States 39°30′14″N 84°43′40″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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