In September 1918, the New Jersey College for Women opened its doors to 54 students. The new school, part of Rutgers University, was the culmination of a five-year fundraising campaign led by Mabel Smith Douglass and the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs. The college’s first students – with Dean Douglass at the helm – trained for careers as librarians, secretaries, nurses and social workers – a full two years before they won the right to vote. Renamed Douglass College in 1955 and later Douglass Residential College in 2007, the college has a proud alumni network of more than 40,000 graduates. 🚗 Mabel Smith Douglass with Antilles Field and Voorhees Chapel, late 1920s. 🏹 Douglass students work on their archery skills, circa 1940s. 🧥 Douglass students sport furs, circa 1930s. 💃 The first school's class dances around the May Pole for Mothers Day, undated circa 1919. 🎓 Mabel Smith Douglass and Rutgers President Henry Steele Demarest at Douglass Commencement in 1924. 📰 Tw...