Vassar (1915) is a book written by James Monroe Taylor that provides a comprehensive history of Vassar College, a prestigious liberal arts college for women located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The book covers the founding of the college in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, a wealthy brewer and philanthropist, and its subsequent growth and development over the next fifty years. Through meticulous research and firsthand accounts, Taylor explores the college's...