Anderson Female Seminary

ID: 1067 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections ~ Date: Date Unknown

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John B. Anderson founded Anderson's Women Seminary in 1841. The school closed in 1858.
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This file appears in: Women's Seminaries

Women's Seminaries

By Carl Creason, Hannah O'Daniel, Katherine Gann, Daniel Michael & Leanna Smith

During the nineteenth-century, residents of New Albany made strong commitments to religious education. Two women’s seminaries, DePauw College for Young Ladies and Anderson Female Seminary, illustrate the importance that citizens ascribed to the…