Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Tally Ho, 1948
Although the return of the Seminoles to Tallahassee in 1947 might have been an unexpected innovation, coeducation itself is definitely not a new trend. The West Florida Seminary which incorporated some of the land and buildings formerly called Leon County Female Academy, was until 1859 Open only to men. That year, however, the women staged an invasion and fought for their right to wield a cook book and darning needle. But their victory was Shortlived for the men soon had to fight for the right of the mag nolia and mint julep in the Civil War and WF S was converted into a military school.
The soldiers marched on and so did time. In 1882 coeducation again 'came to the fore, or to be more geographically exact, to Tallahassee. Enrollment reached an all-time high of seventy-four.
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