Broadcast: 6th October 1937

Starring: Various

Added: Nov 17 2005

1937 marks two anniversaries in the education of women. One hundred years ago in 1837 so the inauguration of college coeducation in the United States at Oberlin College Ohio and also the founding of Mount Holyoke Seminary the first endowed permanent institution for the education of women in the United States. In this episode of Cavalcade the Dupont Company present highlights in the career of Mary Lyon whose heroic pioneering efforts paved the way for our American women’s colleges of today.