# @pennstate on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsbpdjROF79
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7437640-pennstate-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/48e48bad5c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-05-19T16:48:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Penn State University (@pennstate) — https://gondola.cc/pennstate

## Caption

Atherton Hall, seen here soon after its opening as a women's dorm in 1938, honors Frances Washburn Atherton rather than her legendary husband, Penn State's fourth president, George W. Atherton.

“Fannie", shown center in the second image with (L to R) Phoebe Miller, Harriet Atherton, Billy Buckhout, and Helen Atherton, came with her husband to Penn State in 1882. A teacher, Fannie converted part of the president's house into a schoolroom for children of the college faculty. In the mid-1890s, she helped found what is today the State College Woman's Club, which advocated successfully for the establishment of a baccalaureate program in home economics in 1906.

#DearOldState

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Atherton Hall alums, what’s your favorite memory from your time there?

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Penn State University | @pennstate | https://gondola.cc/pennstate | University |
| Courtney | @courtney_witmer | https://gondola.cc/courtney_witmer | Assistant Director of Social |

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