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Department of Education

FOR THE

United States Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900

MONOGRAPHS ON EDUCATION

IN THE

UNITED STATES

EDITED BY

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER

Professor of Philosophy and Education in Columbia University, New York

EDUCATION OF WOMEN

M. CAREY THOMAS

President of Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

This Monograph is contributed to the United States Educational Exhibit by the State of New York

Attitude of different sections of the United States toward coeducation and separate education of men and women

O = No colleges in state closed to women.

Upper figure = number coeducational colleges and colleges for men only in state, exclusive of Roman Catholic colleges.

Lower figure = colleges in state closed to women.

X = independent or affiliated colleges for women.

In this table are included all the colleges (except Roman Catholic colleges) given in the U. S. ed. rep. for 1897–98.

Section I = 20 western states and 4 territories.

Section II = 14 southern and 2 southern middle states and District of Columbia.

Section III = 6 New England states and 3 northern middle states.