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Ohio Female College Collection
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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04163
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Education; Women--Education - Ohio; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)