<p>Bates was coed ahead of Colby by 35 years, not a century. Colby became coed in 1871. The first New England college to do so.</p>
<p>Oberlin is the oldest college to admit women- 1833</p>
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<p>There’s been sex on Midd’s campus well before 1883. The women just weren’t students.</p>
<p>I’m digging at Bowdoin and Dartmouth actually, with the century crack. Not Midd. All frequenters of Midd boards know I am very attached to Midd as well…
One of my close friends was a “Co-Hog” as they were called at Dartmouth in the LATE 70s, and Bowdoin took their first women in the 70s as well,.1970S, that is…</p>
<p>Going back to the original topic, this is a fascinating discussion. My list would be -</p>
<p>Harvard: Williams
Princeton: Amherst
Yale: Bowdoin
Columbia: Swarthmore
Dartmouth: Middlebury
Brown: Wesleyan
Penn: Tufts
Cornell: Conn College</p>