Over the last few decades, scholars have called on the field of educational history to more fully account for the perspectives of women and People of Color, and to connect history to contemporary educational research and policy. While a number of scholars answered these calls with important contributions, few have offered a methodological roadmap…

The history of women at Cornell is presented. First, the origins of coeducation at Cornell are explored. The commitment of the university to women as well as men is analyzed in the context of the social climate of the nineteenth century, particularly in central New York State, as well as the goals of those individuals who established the…