Vassar Yesterday

Vassar Yesterday

Vassar Yesterday photo
Vassar Yesterday photo

Vassar’s first class of ’00 comprised 126 women who graduated with very different expectations than will the some 600 women and men in the current ’00. A 1910 alumnae directory recorded only three members of the class as being both married and employed: one as a member of the New York Bar, one as a missionary in Turkey with her husband, and one as a researcher for an encyclopedia. The unmarried included 25 teachers, a librarian, and an observatory “computer.” The vast majority were married and not employed for pay outside the home.