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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.
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.
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.
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.
24 de nov. de 2021 · In 1886 this memorial wish took form as the “H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in the Tulane University of Louisiana for the higher education of white girls and women.”
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 ...
In Tulane University …benefactor, Josephine Louise Newcomb, established H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College for Women as a coordinate college. In 1894 Tulane moved from its original downtown location to its campus uptown.
