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The oldest public college for women in America, founded in 1884 (and coeducational since 1982) . It has several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mississippi University for Women is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the "Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls" and later the "Mississippi State College for Women". Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 and as of 2022 made up 23 percent of the student body. As a public liberal arts college, MUW is one of 30 universities in the United States and Canada that comprise the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
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Home to the first Memorial Day (then called Decoration Day) in 1866.