by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 16, 2026 | History Highlights, Women's Rights
Oberlin Women in Medicine During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, discrimination against women attempting to pursue most career paths was an unfortunate reality, and the medical field was no exception. Despite these barriers, women of the Oberlin and Cleveland...
by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 16, 2026 | History Highlights
John Langalibalele Dube: Bringing Oberlin to South Africa Oberlin College has educated many important and influential people over the years. Among those is John Langalibalele Dube, a trailblazing figure in South African history. Dube’s transformative journey began at...
by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 9, 2026 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century, History Highlights
The Northern Ohio Telephone Company Picket of 1963 The 1960s in the United States were years of great social change and heightened awareness of inequality. Despite slavery having ended nearly 100 years prior, African Americans were still treated unfairly socially,...
by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 9, 2026 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century, History Highlights
Citizens vs. The City: Reexamining the Events of May 8, 1970 On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four. In the days that followed, college towns across the United States...
by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 9, 2026 | History Highlights, Uncategorized
Lorain County, Ohio: Ecological History Guide When the town of Oberlin, Ohio was founded in 1833, agriculture was Ohio’s number one industry and was a major component of Ohio’s economy, and still is today. Ohio’s landscape and soil composition are naturally well...
by Naiya Patel-Kapka | Apr 9, 2026 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century, History Highlights
Integrating Oberlin’s Barber Shops, 1944-45 By Mary Manning, Ph.D., 2015-16 Local History Corps AmeriCorps Member Examining the history of Oberlin’s barber shops means addressing a situation in which overt discrimination was standard practice, far into the twentieth...
