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The seminary provided general educational opportunities to women in an era when co-educational institutions of higher learning were not yet fully open to students of both sexes. The Women's Seminary was governed by a board of directors chosen by the Methodist Episcopal Church , which oversaw the operation, and ensured that the curriculum was in ...
Pioneer Healers: The History of Women Religious in American Health Care (1989) 375pp; Stewart, George C. Marvels of Charity: History of American Sisters and Nuns (1994), the most detailed coverage, with many lists and photos of different habits. Sullivan, Mary C. Catherine McAuley and the Tradition of Mercy (1995) Wall, Barbra Mann.
Jane Evans (1907–2004) was the executive director of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (now the Women of Reform Judaism) from 1933 to 1976. [1] [2] [3] She was its first full-time Executive Director, as from 1913 until 1933 (its first twenty years) the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods was led by volunteer presidents.
Western College for Women, known at other times as Western Female Seminary and simply Western College, was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford, Ohio, between 1855 and 1974. Initially a seminary , it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964.
F. Faithful Companions of Jesus; Felician Sisters; Filippini Sisters; Franciscan Apostolic Sisters; Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
Oxford Female Institute is a registered historic building in Oxford, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Oxford Female Institute was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and its first president was John Witherspoon Scott.
Sister (Christian), the title used for a nun in certain monastic orders Lay Sister , a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor. Commonwealth Sisterhood (The Red Arrow/Order of the Arrow) a membership level in the Boy Scouts of America honor society
Ohio Female College; Ohio National Organization for Women; Ohio Wesleyan Female College; Ohio Woman's Press Association; Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851; Ohio Women's Convention at Massillon in 1852; Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850; Ohio Women's Hall of Fame; Oxford Female Institute