Open House for the Chestertown Female Seminary

01/23/2024Library and Archives Team
Chestertown Female Seminary

In late 1857 鈥淐ol. Joseph Wickes & Lady鈥 were invited to a January open house for the Chestertown Female Seminary run by Mrs. P. Trible.

Thirty-four years before women were allowed to attend 蜜桃传媒, we can see what women鈥檚 education entailed. The courses are mainly Art, Music, and Languages, the gentle pursuits. Trible promised, 鈥淪pecial attention will be given to impress the mind with the useful as well as the ornamental qualifications.鈥 One of the few positives was the newly decreased tuition rates.Chestertown Female Seminary notice

Some of you will be entering your second semester here while others are about to begin their final semester, and just over 60% of you identify as female earning degrees that are more than just 鈥渙rnamental.鈥 Learning languages, an instrument, or art is never a bad pursuit, but it鈥檚 nice to have the option of learning about the social sciences.

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The school talks about how Chestertown鈥檚 location is linked to Maryland鈥檚 principal cities and how students could board at the school, but the exact location of the school is unknown. It was most likely close to downtown. One has to wonder how much contact the boys at 蜜桃传媒 had with the seminary girls. There must have been social events for young people of quality to enjoy the social scene of the time.

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