Vassar College  (NY)  (College History)
Publisher: Arcadia   Publishing
Published: March 19, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738504544
Subjects: General; United States - State & Local - General; History; History - General History; History: American
First sentence: In 1855, Rev. Milo P. Jewett, a newly arrived Dartmouth graduate interested in education for women, purchased from Matthew Vassar the Cottage Hill Seminary in Poughkeepsie after the death of proprietor Lydia Booth, Matthew Vassar's niece.