Owego Female Seminary - Owego, NY
Posted by: ripraff
N 42° 06.200 W 076° 15.509
18T E 395943 N 4662015
The building is no longer here, but this is where the Owego Female Academy was. Belva Lockwood was " selected to head a girls' seminary in Owego, New York where she stayed for three years"
Waymark Code: WMQT2G
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2016
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text "Owego Female Seminary opened in 1828 by Juliette M. Camp Owego Female Institute in 1843 headed by Prof. and Mrs. Joseph M. Ely"
Belva Lockwood taught at Owego Seminary for 3 years. She was an early Women's Rights proponent.
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"Belva stayed at Lockport until 1861, then became principal of the Gainesville Female Seminary; soon after, she was selected to head a girls' seminary in Owego, New York where she stayed for three years. Her educational philosophy gradually changed after she met women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony."
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