Irving Female College - Mechanicsburg, PA
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N 40° 12.924 W 076° 59.986
18T E 329831 N 4453582
Marker noting the first Pennsylvania degree-granting women's college.
Waymark Code: WM3CG0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
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Marker text is as follows:
Site of the College that was chartered in 1857, and named for Washington Irving, a trustee. First women's college in Pennsylvania to grant degrees in arts and sciences. It closed in 1929.
Marker Name: Irving Female College
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 09/29/1954
Marker Type: City
Location: E. Main St. (Pa. 641) near Filbert St., Mechanicsburg
Category: Education, Women
Website: [Web Link]
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