Ohio Wesleyan Female College was a women's college, operating for two-and-a-half decades, until it merged into Ohio Wesleyan University in 1877. After starting as a Delaware, Ohio, academy for women in 1850, equivalent to a high school, it expanded its program in 1853 to begin service as a college. In 1877, the Ohio Wesleyan Female College merged with Ohio Wesleyan University. It had been a Coordinate College in relationship with that nearby men's school since 1853.

  • Flora Wambaugh Patterson, 1847–1928, mycologist at the USDA who worked on numerous important fungal diseases

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See also

  • List of current and historical women's universities and colleges
  • List of Ohio Wesleyan University presidents
  • List of coordinate colleges