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An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott. Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name Vassar Female College in 1861. [8] Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; [9] he led a staff of ten professors and twenty-one instructors. [10]
The consortium was founded in 1915 when Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken called Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke together “to deliver women opportunities for higher education that would improve the quality of life for the human family and that would put them on an equal footing with men in a democracy that was about to offer them the vote.” [3] The success of this Four ...
Veterans Day is a federal holiday celebrated on Nov. 11 of each year to honor active and retired U.S. service members. It’s not to be confused with Memorial Day, which is observed on the last ...
The country will observe Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 10, and state and federal buildings will be closed for business to honor the holiday, which falls on Saturday, Nov. 11.
Evacuation Day is a holiday observed on March 17 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts (which includes the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and the town of Winthrop) [1] , and also by the public schools in Somerville, Massachusetts. [2] The holiday commemorates the evacuation of British forces from the city of Boston following the siege of ...
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Average. SAT scores. 496 verbal. 513 math. 1009 total (2017-2018) [6] Website. Boston Public Schools. Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts.
Is the stock market open on Veterans Day? Not on Nov. 11, of course. But the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and bond markets are all open on Friday Nov. 10. Their next scheduled holiday is ...