In 1833, oberlin college became the first us college to
a: admit women on equal terms with men.
b: educate only women and not men.
c: elect a woman as college president.
d: join women’s fight for temperance.

In 1833, Oberlin College became the first US college to admit women on equal terms with men (A).

Oberlin Collegiate Institute founded in September 1833, by two Presbyterian Pastors, John Jay Sipherd and Philo P. Stewart. Oberlin College, with their motto Learning and Labor, located in Oberlin, Ohio and became the first coeducational institute. It means that Oberlin college is the oldest education institutional to admit women. It is also the first college admitted African American.

In 1833, there were fifteen women admitted to Oberlin college, but they only admitted to the preparatory program, not the traditional college education. Started in 1837, women can be admitted to the college program. There were four women admitted in 1837 and they were received their bachelor degree from Oberlin College in 1841. They are Mary Kellog, Mary Hosford, Elizabeth Smith Prall, and Mary Caroline Rudd, these first women are sometimes known as "the Oberlin Four.

In 1850, Oberlin Collegiate Institute became Oberlin College. It offered formal instruction and coursework in the classics, sciences, fine art, and music.

US Education Department

Education for women

The issue for women in the late 1800s

Keywords: Oberlin college, coeducational, Learning and labor

although world war i began in 1914, the united states did not join the war until 1917. the additional firepower, resources, and soldiers of the u.s. to tip the balance of the war in favor of the allies. remaining neutral. when war broke out in 1914, the united states had a policy of neutrality.