Person/Organization: Spaulding, Helen F.
Item 29183
Helen Spaulding, Westbrook Seminary, Member of Class of 1864
Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1864 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: Carte de visite
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Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
