The Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia was the first government recognized institution established for women's higher education in the United States...
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Republican motherhood (category History of women's rights in the United States)
the first school that opened for the purpose of educating women was Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia. The belief that women should be educated to...
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Salem Female Academy. It is the oldest women's educational institution to be in continuous operation. 1787: Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia was the first...
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Benjamin Rush (redirect from Religious views of Benjamin Rush)
the founding of the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia, the first chartered women's institution of higher education in Philadelphia. Rush saw little...
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story for Jailhouse Rock in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley. Young was born in Philadelphia. In addition to screenwriting, he took acting roles in various...
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This is a list of Academy Award–nominated films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface...
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Zanuck. During World War II, Young made Ladies Courageous (1944; re-issued as Fury in the Sky), the fictionalized story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying...
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Mary Bonney (category Founders of American schools and colleges)
a female seminary in Philadelphia. It became known as the Ogontz School for Young Ladies after it moved to a suburban estate of that name. After a second...
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1777, and afterwards Major. After the peace, he opened an academy for young ladies in Philadelphia, for which occupation, however, his irritable temper unfitted...
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Introduction]". Ladies of Soul. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 103–105. ISBN 9781578063314. JSTOR j.ctt2tv6sv.11. SoundOfPhiladelphia.com Gamble-Huff...
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soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995). Young has received several Grammy and Juno Awards. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted...
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Catherine Hopkins, for some years Principal of the Female Department of the Hamilton Academy, was running a Young Ladies' Seminary, where Latin, Greek, French...
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local farm children. The Sisters of Mercy began Mater Misericordiae, an academy for young ladies and boys under 12 years of age, in 1885. In 1923, the male...
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Madame Grelaud's French School (category Schools in Philadelphia)
young children: John, Arthur, Titon, and Aurora. After spending a few years in Annapolis, Maryland, she moved to Philadelphia and opened the academy....
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October: Philadelphia Election Riot 1743 – Philosophical Society founded 1744 – Christ Church built 1745 – New Market built. 1749 – Academy of Philadelphia founded...
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The 65th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1992 in the United States...
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Eliza McCardle Johnson (category First ladies and gentlemen of Tennessee)
ISBN 978-1-62637-353-2. S2CID 249333854. Young, Nancy Beck (1996). Gould, Lewis L. (ed.). American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy. Garland Publishing...
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English boarding school for young ladies and girls. The school was located on Norwood Avenue in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Springside was initially a...
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Max Weil (category Musicians from Philadelphia)
briefly to Philadelphia in 1893 before joining the violin faculty of the Halifax Conservatory of Music and the staff of the associated Halifax Ladies' College...
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John Kirk Townsend (category Scientists from Philadelphia)
What do you Think the Ladies will Stop?" Women at the Academy". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 162 (1): 195–206. doi:10...
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Anna Harrison (category First ladies of the United States)
Symmes Harrison". First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.). Facts on File. pp. 53–57. ISBN 978-1-4381-0815-5. Young, Nancy Beck (1996). "Anna...
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Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), North by Northwest...
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Catharine Beecher (category Place of death missing)
Domestic Economy for the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School, a book that discussed the underestimated importance of women's roles in society. The...
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Gertrude Alice Kay (category Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni)
Gertrude regularly exhibited her work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She began her career illustrating children's books with...
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Edward Bok (category Ladies' Home Journal editors)
with 137 newspapers subscribed". After moving to Philadelphia in 1889, he obtained the editorship of Ladies' Home Journal when its founder and editor Louisa...
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Janet Gaynor (category Actresses from Philadelphia)
others). By 1927, Gaynor was one of Hollywood's leading ladies. Her image was that of a sweet, wholesome and pure young woman, who was notable for playing...
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Jessie Willcox Smith (category Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni)
attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art and Design) and in 1885 attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts...
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Lydia Sigourney (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature)
Society (Pennsylvania) — founded as a society for young ladies at Glade Run Classical and Normal Academy (Glade Run Presbyterian Church) ca. 1851 — There...
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (category Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award-winning performance)
November 4, 2021. Dargis, Manohla (August 15, 2008). "The Portrait of Two Ladies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Corliss...
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Denman". Office Ladies Podcast. October 7, 2020. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020. "Greater Philadelphia Film Office...
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