Women's Work

ID: 863 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
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Women's Work

In addition to taking standard courses such as math and English, early female Paul Quinn students learned skills such as sewing and “household, kitchen, and dining room work” in order to prepare them for domestic service or family life.

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By Brandice Nelson
Paul Quinn College is the oldest historically black college in Texas. Though it is no longer located in Waco, it remains an important part of the city’s history as the “Athens on the Brazos.” In 1872 the African Methodist Episcopalian Church…