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Why Go to College? An Address
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In this short address, educator Alice Freeman Palmer makes the case for the value of a college education, especially for young women. It will interest readers exploring the history of education, women's higher education, and American social thought.
Alice Freeman Palmer
Alice Freeman Palmer was an American educator. As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer. From 1892 to 1895 she was dean of women at the newly founded University of Chicago.
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