Timeline-FridayEve-lowres

1877
Bessie King introduces her cousin, M. Carey Thomas to Mary Garrett, Mamie Gwinn, and Julia Rogers
1878
Friday Evening Group is formed
1885
Group founds the Bryn Mawr School
1888-1890
Group raises funds to open Johns Hopkins University Medical School for both men and women
1893
Group disbands over longstanding tension, including conflicting views on the admission of Jewish students to the Bryn Mawr School

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