Lasell University- A Walk Through History at One of America's First Female Seminary Schools
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Lasell University started as Lasell Seminary and was founded in 1851 by Edward Lasell, who taught at Williams College before his time at Lasell. Lasell is one of the oldest female colleges in the United States. Edward Lasell chose the location of Auburndale for the seminary because it was very open and underdeveloped at the time. The original seminary building was located where Arnow Campus Center is now; Lasell Seminary started as a school to mold women into missionaries. Lasell focused on providing a rigorous education for young women and wanted to prove that women were just as capable of as men pursuing higher education.