Barnard College, Prehistory

The Making of Barnard, 1754 - 1889
**	1754	George II grants the Charter for King's College
**	1784	King's College is named "Columbia College in the City of New York"
	1787	A new charter for Columbia College establishes its private character and organizes a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees
	1833	Oberlin College opens and, shortly thereafter, enrolls women. It is the first co-educational college in the United States.
	1836	Mary Lyon opens Mount Holyoke Female Seminary to prepare young women for the foreign missions.
	1839	Georgia Female College opens.
	1850s	Several midwestern and western state universities open with provisions for co-education (e.g., Michigan, California, Wisconsin)
	1861	Vassar College opens for women in Poughkeepsie, NY
	1862	The Reverend Morgan Dix, Rector of Trinity Church, is elected a Trustee of Columbia.
	1864	Frederick A. P. Barnard is named 10th president of Columbia College.
	1865	Cornell opens in Ithaca, NY as a co-educational college
**	1867	December 4 -- Columbia Board of Trustees tables the Sorosis Memorial
	1870	Hunter College opens in NYC as public women’s college, parallels CCNY
	1875	Smith College opens for women in Northampton, MA
	1875	Wellesley College opens for women in Wellesley, MA
	1879	Harvard "Annex" opens in Cambridge, affiliated with Harvard (later Radcliffe)
**	1879	President Barnard begins arguing for co-education at Columbia
	1879	The Board rejects a resolution allowing women to attend some Columbia scientific lectures.
	1881	President Barnard calls on Columbia trustees to follow the model of the Harvard "Annex."
	1882	President Barnard prints "The Higher Education of Women" -- Passages from the Annual Reports of the President of Columbia College -- Presented to the Trustees in June, 1879, June, 1880, and June 1881," urging the College to accept young women.
**	1882	The Trustees found The Select Committee of the Education of Women
**	1882	April--The Association for the Promotion of the Higher Education of Women holds a public meeting.
	1882	July 12 -- President Barnard addresses the Twentieth Convocation of the Regents of the State of New York, proposing that education is intended for men and women alike.
**	1883	Melvil Dewey becomes Librarian of Columbia College
**	1883	February 5 -- The Select Committee of the Education of Women considers a petition for the Higher Education of Women.
**	1883	June 4 -- Columbia College Board of Trustees adopts the "Collegiate Course."
	1886	June 7 -- Trustees agrees that the B.A. in the Course for Women be granted to all who successfully complete the School of Arts.
	1886	Miss Winifred Edgarton (Wellesley College, 1883) is the first woman to receive a doctorate from Columbia College.
	1887	February -- Committee of the Columbia Trustees ratify a resolution to end special degrees to women, only providing those already offered to men.
	1887	Miss Mary Hankey is the first woman to receive a bachelor's degree from Columbia College. She dies a few months later.
	1888	Bryn Mawr College, founded for women, includes plan for graduate programs
	1888	Mt. Holyoke Seminary becomes Mount Holyoke College
**	1888	New movement abandons a plea for coeducation.
**	1888	Annie Nathan Meyer publishes an article in The Nation.
**	1888	March 5 -- The Memorial receives notice in the Minutes of the Meeting of the Trustees.
**	1888	May 7 -- The next meeting of the Trustees.