<Li> 1803: Bradford Academy - First Academy in Massachusetts to admit women . The first graduating class had 37 women and 14 men . </Li> <Li> 1818: Elizabeth Female Academy: first female educational institution in Mississippi; it closed in 1843 </Li> <Li> 1821: Clinton Female Seminary in Clinton, Georgia; later merged to become Georgia Female College (now Wesleyan College in Macon) chartered in 1836; the first college charted from its inception as a full college for women . </Li> <Li> 1827: The Linden Wood School for Girls (now Lindenwood University): is the first institution of higher education for women west of the Mississippi River . </Li>

When was the first women's college opened