CHARTERED. OPENED. ADMITTED WOMEN. Ohio Athens 1804 1809 1871 „ Columbus 1870 1873 1873 Indiana 1820 1824 1867 Illinois 1867 1868 1871 Missouri 1839 1843 1870 Michigan 1837 1841 1870 Iowa 1847 1860 1860 Wisconsin 1848 1849 1860, 1863, 1868, 1871, 1875 California 1868 1869 1870 Minnesota 1868 1869 1869 Oregon 1876 1876 1876 Kansas 1861 1866 1866 Nevada 1864 1874 1874 Nebraska 1869 1871 1871 Colorado 1861 1877 1877 North Dakota 1883 1884 1884 South Dakota 1862 1885 1885 Montana 1884 1883 1883 Washington 1861 1862 Utah, Deseret 1850 1850 1850 A glance at the table will show that the periods of time during which these universities received men only, vary from two to sixty-two years, that but one of those opened prior to 1861 has been from the outset co-educational; that all opened prior to 1861 became co-educational between 1861 and 1871: and that all organized since 1871 started as co-educational institutions. National government made additional provision for higher education by an act usually referred to as “The Agricultural College Act of 1862.” By this act each State received 30,000 acres of land for each Senator and Representative to whom it was entitled in the United States Congress, “the proceeds to be applied to the maintenance of at least one college in each State,” “without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts.” Under this act there have been established in the territory discussed in this chapter, since 1862, fourteen colleges of the character indicated. In Ohio, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Nevada, and Nebraska such institutions exist as Departments of the State University, and, like all its other departments, admit women.