Parents’ Petition for the Admission of Women

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1891

Parents’ Petition for the Admission of Women

In a petition submitted to the Brown Corporation, Rhode Island parents requested that their daughters be admitted to Brown “on the same conditions as young men.” The second signature on this petition belongs to Reverend Joseph J. Woolley of Pawtucket. His daughter Mary Emma would be one of the first two women to graduate from Brown.

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