In the annals of Pensacola history, you will note that so many of our young ladies enrolled in FSCW following their graduation from our local high schools. So close to home, it was a natural transference from Pensacola to Tallahassee, where our young ladies could still visit their family and friends. Then when our Pensacola boys returned home from World War II, they picked up their academic pursuits where they left them in 1941! With the passage of the "Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill" many of our boys could now attend college, unlike before the war. But with only two colleges in Florida, and one of those for women only, the boys were left will few options. So eyes turned to Tallahassee and its Florida State College for Women as a possible solution! The legislative measure was not without its opponents! Many of the women opposed the move but progress was not to be denied.
The demand of the returning military veterans forced the state to establish the Tallahassee Branch of the University of Florida in 1946. On May 15, 1947, the Florida governor signed a legislative act returning Florida State College for Women to a coeducational status and renaming it The Florida State University.
Pensacola News Journal 12-3-1944
FSCW Flag Adoption
Pensacola News Journal Article 4-7-1945
Legislative debate on FSCW becoming co-ed