Evelyn College for Women, often shortened to Evelyn College, was the coordinate women's college of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey between 1887 and 1897. It was the first women's college in the State of New Jersey. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Womens colleges in the United States were primarly founded during the early 19th century. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Womens colleges in the United States were primarly founded during the early 19th century. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Background

Evelyn was founded by clergyman Joshua Hall McIlvaine, a Princeton alumnus and former professor at the institution. He named the college after Sir John Evelyn and was able to recruit most of Princeton's most noted faculty members, including Woodrow Wilson and Henry Fine, to teach at the college. Helen Magill White, the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D., also taught at Evelyn. see also Holy Orders The following terms have traditional meanings for the Anglican Church, and possibly beyond: A churchman is in principle a member of a church congregation, in practice someone in holy orders. ... John Evelyn (October 31, 1620 – February 27, 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. ... Helen Magill White (1853-1944) was the first woman in the United States to earn a Ph. ... Aquatint of a Doctor in Divinity at the University of Oxford, in the scarlet and black academic robes corresponding to his position. ...

Student body

The Evelyn student body was never comprised of more than 50 students in one year and was made up primarily of the daughters of faculty members and sisters of male undergraduates. The women called themselves The Orange and the White, a reference to the colors of the university. Look up Faculty on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Faculty has several different meanings and can refer to: University faculty are the instructors and/or researchers of high standing at universities, as opposed to the students or support staff. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ...

With a 50-to-1 ratio of men to women at Princeton, Evelyn students were subject to considerable harassment from their male counterparts. Police were employed to keep the men off the Evelyn campus, though the male students would still stand outside the gates chanting for the women to let them inside. Princeton and Evelyn students were rumored to have trysts in abandoned houses, a reputation which caused some families to ban their daughters from attending. A ratio is a dimensionless, or unitless, quantity denoting an amount or magnitude of one quantity relative to another. ... Caricature of courtship rituals in 1805 England Youth conversing with suitorsYoung men courting a youth in a garden. ...

Reputation and closure

In 1896, Harper's Bazaar published an article about the college, noting that "[i]n the most conservative town, in the most conservative state, right under the shadow of Nassau Hall, a women's college has evolved" and that the day would come when "our country shall...speak with equal pride of the sons and daughters of Princeton." Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Harpers & Queen. ... Nassau Hall is the main administrative building of Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey. ...

However, the college fell on hard times financially after the Panic of 1893 and struggled to keep enrollment up. It closed permanently in 1897 after McIlvaine's death. Women were not permitted to enroll at Princeton again until 1969, when the university would become coeducational. The Panic of 1893 was a serious decline in the economy of the United States that began in 1893 and was precipitated in part by a run on the gold supply. ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women at the same school facilities. ...

See also

• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

This is a list of current and historical womens colleges. ... This is a timeline of womens colleges in the United States. ...

References

• Fernandez, Sonia. "Decades before coeducation, sister school let women into Princeton." The Daily Princetonian. December 13, 1999.
• Fernandez, Tom. "1969: Going coed with guts and grace." The Trentonian.
• Leitch, Alexander. "Evelyn College." A Princeton Companion. 1978. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
• Leitch, Alexander. "Women." A Princeton Companion. 1978. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

External links

• New Jersey Women's History: Evelyn College Students – includes photograph
• Evelyn College for Women - Princeton Weekly Bulletin