Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Insitute, 1868
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Abplanalp Library, UNE
In 1864, at age 20, Helen F. Spaulding graduated with a Laureate of Science degree and was appointed head of the Woman's Department at Westbrook Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute.
She served in this position for six years and taught geometry, algebra, English and drawing.
In a letter to the editor in the May 1923 "Westbrook Seminary Messenger," E.I. Elder, class of 1868, recalled:
"The two lady teachers, Miss French and Miss Spaulding, were popular with the school. .… Miss Spaulding was our teacher in Mathematics, and it is owing to her insistence, perseverance, and utter lack of knowing the word 'fail' which finally gave me a smattering of the beauties of Algebra and Geometry.
"She was a good teacher. After she left the Seminary she went West, and I was told, died in Portland, Oregon, some years ago."
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