Charter Granting
- When
- January 1851
- Where
- Columbia, Missouri
The Missouri Legislature granted the charter to Christian Female College in January 1851, making it the first women's college west of the Mississippi to be chartered by a state legislature.
The charter was granted by the Missouri Legislature in January 1851, establishing Christian Female College as the first women's college west of the Mississippi River to be chartered by a state legislature. The city of Columbia strongly supported female education, partly because the University of Missouri did not yet admit women. The institution later became Columbia College.
Sources
- Columbia College (Missouri) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-24
- Columbia, Missouri Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
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