Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)

Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)

The Tuscumbia Female Academy was also known as the Tuscumbia Female Seminary. It was established around 1825-26, as a means of education for women. The Academy was destroyed by arson between 2 and 3 a.m. on the morning of September 13, 1868. It was burned due to civil turmoil during Reconstruction b...

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Main Author: Thomas Hale, University of North Alabama
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Cultural resources
Online Access:https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/1574
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collection Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Collection
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publisher Auburn University Libraries
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Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)
Thomas Hale, University of North Alabama
fulltopic Cultural resources
Tuscumbia Female Academy; Tuscumbia, Alabama; Colbert County, Alabama; School; Education; Historical
description The Tuscumbia Female Academy was also known as the Tuscumbia Female Seminary. It was established around 1825-26, as a means of education for women. The Academy was destroyed by arson between 2 and 3 a.m. on the morning of September 13, 1868. It was burned due to civil turmoil during Reconstruction by members of the Loyal League of Tuscumbia, after being aroused by an agitator from Memphis.
spelling Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)Thomas Hale, University of North AlabamaTuscumbia Female Academy; Tuscumbia, Alabama; Colbert County, Alabama; School; Education; HistoricalThe Tuscumbia Female Academy was also known as the Tuscumbia Female Seminary. It was established around 1825-26, as a means of education for women. The Academy was destroyed by arson between 2 and 3 a.m. on the morning of September 13, 1868. It was burned due to civil turmoil during Reconstruction by members of the Loyal League of Tuscumbia, after being aroused by an agitator from Memphis.Alabama Cultural Resource SurveyNovember 30, 2015https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/1574Richard C. Sheridan, Deshler Female Institute: An Example of Female Education In Alabama 1874-1918 (Birmingham: Birmingham Printing and Publishing Co., 1986), 7. Nina Leftwich, Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (Tuscumbia, 1935), 118-123.
title Tuscumbia Female Academy (1826-1868)
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author Thomas Hale, University of North Alabama
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