The Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Association offered a community for graduates of the College for Women at Western Reserve University, later renamed Flora Stone Mather College in honor of the prominent Cleveland philanthropist. The college graduated its last class in 1972 and its alumnae association folded in 2008, at which time it had at least 4,700 living graduates.
The name lives on, however, thanks to a $1 million challenge grant from the association, which set the foundation for the university’s Flora Stone Mather Center for Women—a community space on campus that supports gender equity through advocacy and education.
