Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt was an American educator, activist, and prominent member and leader of numerous organizations. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, her doctoral dissertation at Yale, and studied as a fellow at Oxford. After teaching at the University of Idaho, the Lewiston State Normal School, and with the Extension Division of the University of California, Reinhardt was elected president of Mills College in 1916, and held the position until 1943, making her the longest serving president in the history of the school.
Reinhardt, c. 1919
Reinhardt in academic regalia from a 1922 publication
Mills College at Northeastern University
Mills College at Northeastern University in Oakland, California is part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was relocated to Oakland in 1871 and became the first women's college west of the Rockies. In 2022, it merged with Northeastern University.
Mills College at Northeastern University
Eadweard Muybridge photograph of Mills Seminary, circa 1873, featuring Mills Hall
Mills Hall viewed from across Holmgren Meadow on the Mills College at Northeastern University campus
Holmgren Meadow and Rothwell Center on the Mills College at Northeastern campus
