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The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans
"Founded in 1727 by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula, Ursuline Academy of New Orleans enjoys the distinction of being both the oldest, continuously-operating school for girls and the oldest Catholic school in the United States." (Ursuline Academy, 2022, We have an inspiring heritage, para. 1).
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Moravian founders create the first all girl school in the U.S.
In 1766 a religious European group of settlers came to America called the Moravians creating the village of Salem in America, and in 1772 they made the first all girl school in the U.S. Still educating women today (Salem Academy, 2022).
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The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia
"John Poor established the Young Ladies’ Academy of Philadelphia in 1787, which would become the first chartered female academy in the United States five years later. While schools for girls had existed well before the American Revolution, the Young Ladies’ Academy represented a new kind of school for a new nation" (Davidson, 2022, para. 1).
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The Society to Encourage Studies at Home
"In 1873 Anna Eliot Ticknor established the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, Ticknor sought to expand the intellectual worlds of women confined to domestic spaces and excluded from institutions of higher education" (Coriale, Edelstein, 2021).
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Phebes Sudlow becomes first women Superintendent
"Phebe W. Sudlow, in 1859 became the first woman public school principal in the United States, supervising both a grammar school and a district school in Davenport. In 1869, she became the first woman to present a program at the Iowa convention of county superintendents. In 1872, she was the first principal of the Davenport Training School for Teachers. Two years later, she became superintendent of public schools" (Iowa.gov, n.d.).
https://humanrights.iowa.gov/phebe-w-sudlow