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First School
Usuline Academy was founded by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula. This was the first Catholic girl/s school in the United States. The school is still operating to this day.
Description and Image: (Ursuline Heritage | Ursuline Academy, 2022). -
First Academic School
Salem Academy was founded in 1772 by Moravians who believed women should receive the same education as men. Later, Salem College was added on.
Description and Image (History & Mission :: Salem Academy, 2022). -
First Co-Ed State University
The first state univerisity to become Co-Ed is The University of Iowa.
Description and Image: ("Diversity on Campus", 2022). -
First American Kindergarten
Margarethe Schurz founded the first American kindergarten. She had learned from the original creator of kindergarten, Friedrich Froebel, and her sister had founded the first kindergarten in London.
Description and Image: ("First Kindergarden", 2022). -
The Society to Encourage Studies at Home
The Society to Encourage Studies at Home was founded to allow women more opportunities to study. This was founded By Anna Ticknor and became the first correspondence school in the U.S.
Description: ("American Educational History Timeline", 2022).
Image: ("Ticknor Society - Anna Ticknor", 2022).