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22 de jul. de 2019 · The first formal school for girls and young women in the city was the Nashville Female Academy. Founded on July 4, 1816, a year before Adelicia Hayes' birth, her father, O.B. Hayes, did not buy shares in the Academy on that day but was one of the owners by the end of the month.
COLLINS D. ELLIOTT AND THE NASHVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY J. E. Windrow The City of Nashville from her infancy has enjoyed the reputation of supporting institutions of higher learning. It is a significant fact that within five years after the first settlers arrived in this city a group of her citizens had or-ganized and founded Davidson Academy, the ...
18 de may. de 2013 · NASHVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY. THE regular Examination of this admirable institution under the supervision of the Rev. C. D. Elliott, came off recently, and was in all respects highly honorable to both teachers and pupils.
Some women were able to overcome those restrictions, control their own lives, and become successful. Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham was a Tennessee woman who did just that. She became one of the wealthiest women in the Antebellum south and the owner of Nashville’s Belmont Mansion.
Nashville Female Academy. Emily Tennessee Donelson (June 1, 1807 – December 19, 1836) was the acting first lady of the United States from 1829 to 1834 during the presidency of her uncle Andrew Jackson. She was the daughter of the brother of Jackson’s wife.
The Nashville Female Academy, chartered in 1816 in Nashville, and the Salem Female Academy, in Salem, NC, were by far the exceptions.
December 1816 was a significant month for women in Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, coming from Kentucky, decided to open an academy for young ladies in Nashville. This Academy was very similar to those built for young Tennessean men even if some subjects were specific to women's instruction.
