jan 1, 1851 - Lucy Day Stanton Sessions
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Lucy Day Stanton Sessions became the first African American woman in the US to earn the equivalent of a degree in Literary Studies. While Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College) did not formally award graduates with a bachelor’s degree, it recognized the coursework as the equivalent of a degreed programAdded to timeline:
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jan 1, 1851
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~ 174 years ago