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Women seized the opportunity for higher education and their number quickly exceeded the college's expectations. In 1899 the Legislature provided the funds for a new facility, the Women's Building. Constructed with a wooden frame and faced with red sandstone from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the building was state of the art for its day. It had living quarters for 120 women, as well as the matron and faculty. In addition there was a two-story gymnasium, a dining room on the third floor, cooking and sewing laboratories, a woodworking shop, and music rooms. Initially, the curriculum focused on graduating a farmer's wife who would be well prepared for running a farmhouse and other aspects of practical agriculture. Very quickly the women's curriculum changed to reflect the desires of the students. Women graduates of the college entered the workforce outside the home and became dietitians, high school teachers, chemists, milliners, florists and laboratory technicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver time the number of women on campus soon approached that of men. This growth, combined with the expansion of women's courses of study, rendered the design of the Women's Building less useful. In 1937 a new women's dormitory, Sarah Langdon Williams Hall, was opened, enabling the college to remodel the Women's Building. The living quarters were removed, classrooms and laboratories were remodeled, and the building's name was changed to Justin Morrill Hall, honoring the sponsor of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1861. After the remodeling and renaming of the building it housed a wide variety of academic departments, ranging from the sciences and social sciences to the arts and humanities, and provided its students and faculty with fond memories of high ceilings, broad halls, handsome woodwork, and home for their intellectual lives at Michigan State.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nBrick has some chips and wear.\u003cbr\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-07T08:44:20-05:00","created_at":"2019-12-20T15:46:17-05:00","vendor":"MSU Surplus Store","type":"Misc","tags":["Category Report_Antiques \u0026 Collectibles","MSU Collectible","Price_Over $50","SJH"],"price":5000,"price_min":5000,"price_max":5000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31522452930608,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"92068_dc4","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Justin S. 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