https://beatleyweb.simmons.edu/suffrage/files/original/a2269344c69c3ee93e86c0621d1b0811.png ff36167f79245d869afbadc08715a11d https://beatleyweb.simmons.edu/suffrage/files/original/7afe51d6ebba50f398e4906f0ededba4.png a1d527e340f6ffcd6f3d04864fc35064 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Simmons' will Description An account of the resource When clothing manufacturer John Simmons died in 1870, he left provisions in his will “to found and endow an institution to be called Simmons Female College.” The necessary funds were not secured until almost thirty years later, but when Simmons College opened its doors in 1899, it remained committed to Simmons’s vision of a college that would give women an opportunity to “acquire an independent livelihood.” Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Simmons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Simmons University Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870