Browsing "No Distinction": Coeducation in Milligan's Early Years, 1881-1917 by Subject "Spring 2021 Exhibit"
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1915 Ad
(Milligan Light, 1915)This ad from a 1915 edition of the Milligan paper The Light proudly lists being coeducational as one of the college’s merits. -
Alumni by Gender
(2021)This graph compares how many men graduated each year to how many women graduated that same year from 1882 to 1917 (the first full 35 years of Milligan’s status as a college). Typically, more men graduated than women. ... -
American Literary Society
(1897)Milligan College, like most other colleges and universities of the time, had literary societies, clubs focused on readings and recitations. Despite Josephus Hopwood’s history of having helped combine literary societies at ... -
"Aunt Betty Cox's Class"
(1891-1894)Despite opportunities for genders to mix in some classes and clubs, there was certainly still gender segregation heavily enforced at Milligan. For example, in the early days of Milligan College, the business institute at ... -
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Cooking Class
(undated)Most likely this Cooking Class was part of the same Home Economics course offerings. -
Elma Ellis
(Cargille's Art Gallery, JC, TN, 1908)Milligan faculty was also mixed, although typically there were more male teachers than female. Elma E.R. Ellis, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, taught at Milligan for several years, beginning in 1899. -
Glee Club
(1895-1896)Glee Club, 1895-1896. Identified: Joe Combs, Sallie Wade Davis, L. Broyles, W.K. Biship, Jim Owings, G. Combs, F. Broyles, E.C. McCartney -
Group of People
(1889-1891)Group in front of classroom building, ca. 1889-1891. Identified: Mrs. Eleanor LaRue Hopwood in center, standing linked arms with two young ladies -
Home Economics Class
(after 1913)In 1913, before the Hopwoods came back, Milligan began offering Home Economics for the first time as a new type of course. While the catalog does not say that the course is only for women, it refers to the history of women ... -
Josephus and Sarah LaRue Hopwood, circa 1886
(circa 1886)Josephus and Sarah LaRue Hopwood, circa 1886 -
Math Class
(1909-1910)Mathematics class. Back row: Frank Knight, Ollie Mae Shelburne, Wise Worrell, Catherine Thomas, Edith or Mary Campbell. Seated: Charmain Thomas, Minerva Shelburne, Nell V. Front: Raleigh H. Tabor -
The Milligan Mentor, Vol. I, No. 5
(Josephus Hopwood, 1883-12)This edition of The Milligan Mentor, a paper from the late 1800s edited and published by Josephus Hopwood, has a long article on coeducation. -
Ossolian Literary Society
(1909-1910)Milligan College, like most other colleges and universities of the time, had literary societies, clubs focused on readings and recitations. Despite Josephus Hopwood’s history of having helped combine literary societies at ... -
William Johnson Matthews' Class
(1894)Despite opportunities for genders to mix in some classes and clubs, there was certainly still gender segregation heavily enforced at Milligan. For example, in the early days of Milligan College, the business institute at ... -
Willie Godby Tabor's Shorthand Class
(1897)Identified: Mrs. J.W. Tabor, Sally Master, W.D. Sutton -
Women in Caps and Gowns
(undated)Women at Milligan were subjected to stricter rules than men were. The 1901-1902 Annual gives rules for a uniform for women to wear. None is mentioned for the men outside of the general statement about “economy in dress.” ...
