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Why did Mary Lyon name her school Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, instead of Mount Holyoke Female College?

A) Colleges were only open to white men, her school was open to all African American and white men.

B) She believed that colleges were for learning math and science, and her school was for teaching women how to be women.

C) Some people believed that sending women to college was wrong.

D) Colleges were not respected institutes of higher learning.

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C) Some people believed that sending women to college was wrong.

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