Trinity Washington University
…middle-class Catholic women, who were underrepresented in America's colleges, for more than 70 years. (For more background on women's higher education, see Origins and types of Women's colleges in the United States.) When many all-male colleges became co-ed, Trinity's full-time enrollment dropped from 1,000 in 1969 to 300 in 1989. The school's 12th president, Donna…