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Women at Tufts before Jackson College, 1892-1910
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A Separate School for Women, Founding Jackson College, 1905-1910
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A Separate School for Women, Founding Jackson College, 1905-1910
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President Frederick W. Hamilton, 1906-1912
Frederick W. Hamilton became President of Tufts in 1905. Within two years, he was strongly advocating for the women of Tufts to be segregated into a separate college. In 1910, the Tufts Board of Trustees voted to form Jackson College.