Conception Sage Hall
an conceptual sketch
although women had enrolled in cornell 1870, absence of women s dormitory problematic in attracting , retaining female students. sage hall built in 1875, financed ithaca businessman henry w. sage, fill need. when ready carry out idea of educating young women thoroughly young men, sage told friend ezra cornell in 1868, provide endowment enable so. sage , andrew dickson white toured oberlin college study facilities being used there undertake coeducation.
with sage s $250,000 donation, construction started in 1872 under guidance of professor of architecture charles babcock. in 1875, sage college welcomed 25 female students, making university pioneer in coeducation , attracting many applications. graduates included 2 college presidents, julia josephine thomas irvine (wellesley) , martha carey thomas (bryn mawr); prominent women s suffragist, harriet may mills; publisher , author, ruth putnam; , noted cornell professor , scientist, anna botsford comstock.
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