Lawrence University
Lawrence University, chartered January 15, 1847, has admitted women to its student body from the day classes started November 12, 1849, in the original Academy or Institute. The first collegiate class of seven students -- four men and three women -- was graduated in July 1857, thereby making Lawrence University the first coeducational institution of higher learning in the State of Wisconsin.
Marker is on East College Avenue near North Union Street, on the right when traveling east.
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