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What was the first college in the US to admit women and African Americans?
The first college to accept women was Oberlin College in 1848. Oberlin has a liberal tradition that is still strong today. It was also one of the first colleges to allow men/women to live on the same floors in the dormitories.
What was The first black institution of higher learning?
Cheney university
What were the accomplishments of Bessie Coleman?
first black women to fly a plane during ww II
Why was mea jemisons so important?
She was the docter of N.A.S.A.She was also the first black women to be sent to space
Who was the first African American woman to graduate from college?
The first African American woman to graduate from college was not Mary Jane Patterson in 1862, as previously acknowledged.The answer may never be definitively answered, as there were probably many Black women "passing" for white who may have attended and graduated from college in the early to mid-19th Century--if not earlier.Of the Black women (who did not pass for white) who attended college in the 19th Century was Portland, ME-born Adeline Eliza Hampton (née Freeman) who matriculated into Oberlin College in 1856. Her younger sister, Mary Christiana Wheeler (née Freeman) also attended Oberlin, graduating in 1873.
