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title: 'Female Education, Its Principles and Field: An Address Delivered at the Blairsville Female Seminary, Pa., September 27th, 1853'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Cortlandt  Van Rensselaer, Sr.'
date: 1853-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 2'
- 'Proverbs 31'
- 'Luke 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-rensselaer-1853-female-education-its-principles-and-field-an-address-delivered-at-the-blairsville-female-seminary-pa-september-27th-1853
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# Female Education, Its Principles and Field: An Address Delivered at the Blairsville Female Seminary, Pa., September 27th, 1853

1853 Christian address advocating full, harmonious female education: equal intellectual training (including classics), religion central, and practical arts (music, needlework) for home and society.

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