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The Mount Vernon Seminary and College was a private women's college in Washington, D.C. It was purchased by George Washington University in 1999, and became the Mount Vernon Campus of The George Washington University.
For over 120 years, Mount Vernon Seminary and, later, Mount Vernon College were private institutions for the education of women in D.C. In 1997, Mount Vernon College became part of GW; its grounds are now known as the Mount Vernon Campus. The following is a chronology of key events in the history of Mount Vernon.
Mar 9, 2015 · Founded in 1877, the Mount Vernon Seminary and College—now the George Washington University Mount Vernon Campus — hit its stride in the 1930s, producing hundreds of women scholars and making plans to expand its campus and programs.
This campus has been significant in both girls' education in DC and Naval history nationwide. The 38.6-acre Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls campus includes 16 buildings, generally brick with Georgian Revival or simple Colonial Revival detailing.
From its earliest days Mount Vernon was an academically rigorous college preparatory school. Somers developed the cur‐riculum as a six-year program of study to earn the Seminary diploma. The last two years of work were defined as "selected college studies" that came to be called the Seminary's "collegiate course" (p. 18).
Mount Vernon Seminary for Girls, founded in 1875, was the first non-sectarian female boarding school established in Washington, D.C. Its founder, Elizabeth Somers opened the school in her own home at 204 F Street, NW, teaching eight day students and two boarders using a progressive curriculum.
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Organized into one series: The Record. This collection contains issues of the Mount Vernon Seminary student publication, The Record. The publication dates from 1890 to 1899. Issues include poems, news (foreign, U.S.A., and Washington, D.C.), short stories, history articles, student life, personals, advertisements, events, honor rolls, births ...
