History

Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb
Josephine Newcomb founded the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University in 1886 to honor the memory of her beloved daughter, a victim of diphtheria.
Josephine Newcomb founded the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University in 1886 to honor the memory of her beloved daughter, a victim of diphtheria.
The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University was founded in 1886 in New Orleans as the first degree-granting coordinate college for women in the United States.
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