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  • The Education of Women Prior to the American Revolution

    The Education of Women Prior to the American Revolution

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    By Samuel Phineas Upham The first center for social welfare in the Mississippi Valley region was a public school called Ursuline, which still operates today. Founded in 1727 by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula, the Academy was the first free school for women of color, freed slaves and native Americans in the…