Steubenville Female Seminary

Steubenville Female Seminary
Former names
 Beatty's Seminary for Young Ladies[1]
Steubenville Seminary[1]
Active 1829[2]–1898[2]
Type Female seminary
Location Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Engraving of the Steubenville Female Seminary

Steubenville Female Seminary, also known as Beatty's Seminary for Young Ladies or Steubenville Seminary,[1] was a female seminary in Steubenville, Ohio. It was founded by Presbyterian minister Charles Clinton Beatty in 1829.[2] Beatty served as Superintendent and his wife, Hetty Elizabeth Beatty, served as principal.[3] The school had 7 students during the first year.[3] The campus in Steubenville, Ohio gave a view of the surrounding hills.[3]

In 1856, control went to Dr. and Mrs. A.M. Reid.[3] In 1863, they were succeeded by Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Wightman.[3] At its peak, the school educated 150 students at a time.[3] The faculty was usually between 10 to 12 teachers.[3] Many of the students became missionaries.[3] It closed in 1898.[2] Over the life of the institution, the school educated 5,000 women.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (1916). "Secondary Education in Ohio Previous to 1840". Ohio archæological and historical quarterly. A.H. Smythe. p. 123.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "TIMELINE OF STEUBENVILLE OHIO". Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Howe, Henry (1898). "Steubenville in 1846". Historical collections of Ohio: an encyclopedia of the state 25. State of Ohio, Laning Printing Co. pp. 964–965.
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