We know our daughter went to Vassar as a white girl and stayed there as such. — Robert Williamson Hemmings (image via Wikimedia Commons) In 1893, Anita Hemmings applied to Vassar College. She marked "white" on her application — and hid her race at school, singing in the Vassar Glee Club and studying Latin.
A Woman to Know: Anita Hemmings
A Woman to Know: Anita Hemmings
A Woman to Know: Anita Hemmings
We know our daughter went to Vassar as a white girl and stayed there as such. — Robert Williamson Hemmings (image via Wikimedia Commons) In 1893, Anita Hemmings applied to Vassar College. She marked "white" on her application — and hid her race at school, singing in the Vassar Glee Club and studying Latin.