Steubenville Female Seminary

Steubenville Female Seminary
Former names	Beatty's Seminary for Young Ladies^[1] Steubenville Seminary^[1]
Type	Female seminary
Active	1829^[2]–1898^[2]
Location	Steubenville , Ohio , USA

Steubenville Female Seminary, also known as Beatty's Seminary for Young Ladies or Steubenville Seminary,^[1] was a female seminary in Steubenville, Ohio. It was founded by Presbyterian minister Charles Clinton Beatty in 1829.^[2] Beatty served as Superintendent and his wife, Hetty Elizabeth Beatty, served as principal.^[3] The school had 7 students during the first year.^[3] The campus was located on South High Street between Adams and South Streets^[4] with a view of the surrounding hills.^[3]

In 1856, control went to Dr. and Mrs. A.M. Reid.^[3] In 1863, they were succeeded by Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Wightman.^[3] At its peak, the school educated 150 students at a time.^[3] The faculty was usually between 10 and 12 teachers.^[3] Many of the students became missionaries.^[3] It closed in 1898.^[2] Over the life of the institution, the school educated 5,000 women.^[2]

Following its closing the buildings were used for a variety of purposes, including apartments. They were demolished in 1953 to make way for the High Street Thoroughfare, today known as State Route 7.^[4]

Notable alumni

Samantha Knox Condit (1837–1912), teacher, Presbyterian missionary
Amanda McFarland (1837–1898), first woman missionary in Alaska
Virginia Penny (1826–1913), social reformer and economist
Emily Evans Tassey (1823–1899), teacher, inventor, patent holder
Eva Griffith Thompson (1842–1925), newspaper editor

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (1916). "Secondary Education in Ohio Previous to 1840". Ohio archæological and historical quarterly. A.H. Smythe. p. 123.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "TIMELINE OF STEUBENVILLE OHIO". Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Howe, Henry (1898). "Steubenville in 1846". Historical collections of Ohio: an encyclopedia of the state. Vol. 25. State of Ohio, Laning Printing Co. pp. 964–965. ISBN 9781404753761.
^ ^a ^b Sandra Hudnall Day, Alan Hall (2005). Steubenville. Arcadia Publishing. p. 99.