Hunter College - Williams, Joan M.
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First established in 1870 as a teaching college for women, Hunter College of the City of New York has provided exceptional education to all peoples for over a century. Providing experiential learning opportunities from the very start, the college has successfully fostered many generations of students with its challenging and cutting-edge curriculum. Founder Dr. Thomas Hunter, an Irish immigrant, insisted that the school admit people of all races, religions, and ethnicities, despite segregation laws in the early years. In the 1920s, Hunter College began opening branch campuses in the Bronx,…mehr

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First established in 1870 as a teaching college for women, Hunter College of the City of New York has provided exceptional education to all peoples for over a century. Providing experiential learning opportunities from the very start, the college has successfully fostered many generations of students with its challenging and cutting-edge curriculum. Founder Dr. Thomas Hunter, an Irish immigrant, insisted that the school admit people of all races, religions, and ethnicities, despite segregation laws in the early years. In the 1920s, Hunter College began opening branch campuses in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens. During World War II, the Bronx campus was used by the U.S. Navy as a training center for over 95,000 female volunteers for military service as WAVES and SPARS, and in 1946, it was the first site for the United Nations sessions. Over the years, alumni of Hunter have gone on to careers in politics, education, social work, medicine, media, and many other fields. Graduates have included Fulbright and Mellon Fellows and Nobel prizewinners. Here we can see for the first time hundreds of striking and nostalgic photographs that tell the story of Hunter College's development over its 150 year history.
Autorenporträt
A graduate of Hunter College herself, Joan M. Williams does an outstanding job of bringing to life the diverse stories and images that together comprise the history of Hunter College. A historian and author, she has previously published several successful Arcadia titles, including Somerset Hills and Morristown New Jersey. Join her as she celebrates the school's storied past.