Cincinnati Female Seminary
The Cincinnati Female Seminary was a seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. The seminary was located at the southwest corner of W Seventh and Mound Streets.[1] The seminary started as a private seminary c. 1849 and run by T. A. Burrowes. By the fifth year there were 136 pupils.[2]
Funds were raised in 1854 for a public seminary of the same name, with a target of $35,000. The board of trustees was interdenominational.[3] The inaugural principal was to be Burrowes. "By an arrangement entered into by the proprietors of the Cincinnati Female Seminary and the , the former was transferred to Mount Auburn, and the two schools consolidated into one in September, 1861."[4]
Notable staff[]
- Rachel Littler Bodley, teacher of natural sciences (1862-5)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and its Neighbors. US History Publishers. 1943. p. 235.
- ^ "Notices of Colleges, Schools, etc". Ohio Educational Monthly. Ohio State Teacher's Association. iii: 251. August 1854.
- ^ "Editors Portfolio". Ohio Educational Monthly. Ohio State Teacher's Association. iii: 94. March 1854.
- ^ Twelfth annual catalogue of the Mount Auburn Young Ladies' Institute, A.D. 1867-1868. p. 16.
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Coordinates: 39°06′07″N 84°31′28″W / 39.10194°N 84.52444°W
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