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Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann

(Encyclopedia) Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann, 1774–1821, American Roman Catholic leader, usually called Mother Seton, b. Elizabeth Ann Bayley, New York City. She was the daughter of a prominent…

Berea College

(Encyclopedia) Berea College, at Berea, Ky.; coeducational; founded 1855 by John G. Fee as a one-room school, chartered 1866, a college since 1869.…

Girard College

(Encyclopedia) Girard College, in Philadelphia, an elementary and secondary boarding school for children with financial need from single-parent or parentless families. It opened 1848 with a bequest,…

Miami, University of

(Encyclopedia) Miami, University of, main campus at Coral Gables, Fla.; partly supported by city, county, and state; coeducational; chartered 1925, opened 1926. Notable programs include a school of…

Cincinnati, University of

(Encyclopedia) Cincinnati, University of, at Cincinnati; coeducational; founded 1819 as Cincinnati College, incorporated 1870 as a municipal university, opened 1873, affiliated with the state…

Downers Grove

(Encyclopedia) Downers Grove, village (2020 pop. 50,247), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth…