were found months later, buried in an earthen dam. Public uproar over these murders helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act a few months later. A memorial tribute to the Freedom Summer activists was recently dedicated on the Western College campus. Western today In 1974, the Western College for Women merged with Miami University and became the Western College Program (School of Interdisciplinary Studies). In 2007, the Western College Program was integrated into the College of Arts and Sciences and is now known as the Western Program for Individualized Studies at Miami University. Of the original Western College buildings, Boyd Hall, Clawson Hall, Hoyt Library, Kumler Chapel, McKee Hall, Thomson Hall, and Peabody Hall were retained as either academic building or dormitories. Since the merger, four new dormitories and a dining hall were also added to the Western Campus. Notable alumnae Margaret Caroline Anderson (1886–1973), founder-editor The Little Review Edith Evans Asbury, journalist Esin Atıl, curator Robin L. Bartlett, economist Mary Letitia Caldwell, winner of the Garvan Medal for chemistry Penny Colman, author Eliza Calvert Hall, author and suffragist Sarah Jane Dawes Shedd, missionary in Persia Natalie de Blois, architect Ameerah Haq, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928), suffragist and community organizer Dorothy Misener Jurney, the "godmother of women's pages" Helene Mambu, Congolese physician and International Public Health Expert Nancy Barr Mavity, crime mystery writer Ann Marcus, television writer Pamela Mboya, Kenyan representative, UN-Habitat Gladys Milligan (1892–1973), painter Hank Phillippi Ryan, reporter and novelist Donna Shalala, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th president of University of Miami (Florida); 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Stanfield, diplomat Maliha Zulfacar, professor and Afghan ambassador to Germany Ester Neira de Calvo, educator, feminist and women's right advocate. Greta Pope, vocalist and vocal coach See also List of current and historical women's universities and colleges Alumnae Hall (Western College for Women) Hoyt Hall (Miami, Ohio) Kumler Chapel Langstroth Cottage Mary Lyon Residence Hall Peabody Hall (Miami University) References External links Western History from Ohiohistorycentral.org Western Female Seminary records, 1863-1973 The Western Round-Up Student Newspaper Educational institutions established in 1855 Defunct private universities and colleges in Ohio Miami University Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Embedded educational institutions Education in Butler County, Ohio Women in Ohio 1855 establishments in Ohio 1974 disestablishments in Ohio Educational institutions