Is Spelman College for girls only?

Answer 1

Because in

1881Founded as Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles

School opens April 11 in basement of Friendship Baptist Church, the Rev. Frank Quarles, pastor

1882Two more teachers commissioned by the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society join Packard and Giles in "basement school"

Packard and Giles introduced to John D. Rockefeller who pledges $250 to the school

1883Moved to present site occupying nine acres and five frame buildings

"Model School" to train student-teachers opens

1884Name changes to Spelman Seminary in honor of Mrs. Laura Spelman Rockefeller and her parents Harvey Buel and Lucy Henry Spelman, longtime activists in the antislavery movement. 1885Spelman students print first issue of the Spelman Messenger

Sophia Jones, M.D., first black female to join the faculty

1886Rockefeller Hall dedicated

Nurse training department begins

1887First Spelman class graduates receiving high school diplomas 1888Packard Hall dedicated

Spelman incorporated under Board of Trustees

Charter granted by state of Georgia

Henry L. Morehouse becomes first president of Board of Trustees

1889Nora Gordon, the first student to become a missionary to Africa, leaves for the Congo

Answer 2

Yes it is an all women's college. However it is literally right next to Morehouse, an all male's college, and Clark, a co-ed college

Answer 3

Sisterhood. Academia. Service. Opportunities. Excellence.