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Memorial College was created in Richmond, Virginia, in 1883 as a college for the education of African-American women. The college's namesake, Joseph C. Hartshorn donated the funds for the school in honour of his wife Rachel Hartshorn. The school was co-founded by Dr. Lyman Beecher Tefft and
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The students at
Hartshorn were closely supervised and it had a reputation for being a strict environment. Chapel attendance was required and any sweets were banned. The students had to follow a strict dress code, were not allowed to use the streetcars, or go on dates on the weekends. The young women
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Health and fitness was also a large part of the curriculum. The faculty was mostly women, including Dr. Lyman
Beecher Tefft's daughter Mary who worked for free given the school's small budget. Only one African-American faculty member served at the school, Rosa Kinckle Jones, a graduate of Howard
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Victoria Dyer. Tefft became the first president while Dyer became the principal. Classes started in the basement of the Leigh Street Ebenezer Baptist Church before moving to the corner of Lombardy and Leigh Street, the former Bowe plantation, in 1884. The site is now occupied by the
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Hartshorn provided homemaking classes and technical training its focus was on academics. Hartshorn was known for its teacher education including a "model classroom" program similar to today's student-teaching approach to help future students gain experience in the classroom.
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In 1892 the school conferred three baccalaureate degrees, a first for an
African-American women's college in the country. Geoffrey W. Rigler replaced Tefft as president in 1912 while Dyer became dean for two years before resigning. Hartshorn merged into
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Significant numbers of Black women also earned postsecondary degrees from historically Black colleges and universities. ... Additionally, Hartshorn
Memorial College (Virginia) was established in 1883 as the first Black women's college in the
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Beecher Tefft The faculty and Alumnae of Hartshorn Memorial College were saddened by a message from Meshanticut Park, Rhode Island, telling of the death of Lyman B. Tefft, D.D., first president of Hartshorn Memorial College,
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September, 1850, Mr. Hartshorn removed to Providence, R. I., and became treasurer of the Providence Steam & Gas Pipe ... Ma Hartshorn, in memory of his wife, Rachel Hartshorn. founded the Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond
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Memorial College, the first black women's college in the country, opened on November 7, 1883. ... In 1932 the college trustees conveyed the school's property to Virginia Union, merged with the school, and became Hartshorn
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Shortly after merging with Virginia Union University, Hartshorn's buildings were demolished. The only physical reminder of the school is a memorial plaque on the campus of the
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as well as events on their own campus such as "Industrial Teams" competitions. They were encouraged to support temperance and abstain from wearing corsets.
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in 1932. The seal of the school was a map of Africa and Madagascar in front of a rising sun with the Latin inscription, "Sigillum colegii" (college seal).
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professor Joseph Endom Jones. She started at Hartshorn in 1888 and was a music instructor for almost 40 years.
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