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> A hundred years ago college (and especially elite colleges) were largely for white upper-class men

In the US. Other countries had different factors on who they discriminated against.

I think the point stands. Education at the time was highly discriminate regardless of who was considered the in-group and who was the out-group by any particular country.

100 years ago in the US, land grant colleges were already enrolling women for decades.

Not in large numbers compared to white males. And culturally many of them were attended to get a "Mrs degree" and not for education (but at least some did go for education, and it is unknown how many gave the appearance of going for the Mrs degree and did get a husband - but the education just as important even if they couldn't admit that)

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