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H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, or Newcomb College, was the coordinate women's college of Tulane University located in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It was founded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1886 in memory of her daughter.
History of Newcomb College. 1886. Josephine Louise Newcomb gave $100,000 (worth roughly $2.7 million today) to the Tulane Board of Administrators in memory of her daughter, Harriott Sophie Newcomb, who died of diphtheria at the age of fifteen. Mrs. Newcomb’s vision was to create a place that “would go on year by year doing good.
Apr 12, 2004 · H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was founded in 1886 at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, with funds donated by Sophie's mother, Josephine. She had had long wanted a...
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Nov 24, 2021 · H arriott Sophie Newcomb died of diphtheria in 1870 at age fifteen. Her mother, the wealthy widow Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb (1816–1901), spent the next sixteen years in search of a memorial that would render a “useful and enduring benefit to humanity.”
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In 1886, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was established as Tulane’s co-ordinate college for women. More than 180 years later, Tulane University has become one of the most respected educational and research institutions in the country.
A native of Princeton, New Jersey, Paul Tulane had made his fortune in New Orleans and his gift expressed his appreciation to this Southern city on the Mississippi River. In 1886, the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for Women was established as part of Tulane.
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In 1886, Josephine Louise Newcomb donated $100,000 to establish a women’s college in memory of her deceased daughter, Harriet Sophie Newcomb. The college was designated a coordinate college of Tulane University with its own president and administrative structure—the nation’s first degree-granting coordinate college for females established ...
