Today in History - Princeton University Receives Its Charter

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College of New Jersey, Princeton. Court Yard in 1764. This depiction shows around school, but none were allowed inside to learn.

On this day in 1746, Princeton University was founded at Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey. In 1756, the College moved to its new quarters Nassau Hall, in Princeton, New Jersey.

But it was not until 1969 - as the world outside its gates clamored for equal access to intellectual power - that Princeton University first admitted women as undergraduates.

In 1887, the university actually maintained & staffed a sister coIlege in the town on Evelyn & Nassau streets, called the Evelyn College for Women, which was closed down after roughly a decade of operation. And, a few women were allowed to study cartography at the university during World War II, because it was a time of national emergency.
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