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22 de jul. de 2019 · The Nashville Female Academy. 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. In 1819, he added the role of board ...
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. If there is anything more than another to Which our citizens can point with just pride, it is to the superior Female schools in ...
ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT WITH NASHVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY In 1839, Dr. Elliott resigned his professorship at La Grange College and came to Nashville to live. Immediately nElliott family Bible in the possession of Mrs. William Simpson of Nashville, a granddaughter of Dr. Elliott. ^Hale and Merritt, A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, VII, 2085.
erICA JoY rumbleY. ornamental music and southern belles at the Nashville Female Academy, 1816–1861. The Nashville Female Academy was organized in the early days of the city’s existence, and it quickly rose to become one of the most respected female schools in the south.
History Engine 3.0. Leaflet. The Arnolds and the Academy of Young Ladies. 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.
He enrolled her at the Nashville Female Academy. She attended traditional classes for girls like drawing and music. She also had classes in reading, writing, history, and geography.
21 de sept. de 2022 · The Nashville Female Academy, the town's first formal school for women, opened its doors the following year. William Hume, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and a Presbyterian minister by trade who arrived in Nashville in 1802, was appointed president of the Academy in 1820.
