American High School for Girls
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American High School for Girls was a pioneering American-sponsored secondary school for girls in Istanbul that later evolved into the American College for Girls, a key institution in the history of women’s education in Turkey.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American-sponsored school
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girls' school ⓘ secondary school ⓘ |
| affiliation | Protestant missionary movement ⓘ |
| city | Istanbul ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| curriculumIncludes |
languages
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liberal arts ⓘ sciences ⓘ |
| educationLevel | secondary education ⓘ |
| genderAdmission | female-only ⓘ |
| historicalRole | bridge between Ottoman and Republican-era educational reforms for women ⓘ |
| impactOn | women's higher education in Turkey ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| laterIntegratedInto |
Boğaziçi University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Constantinople
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributing to the emergence of educated women in the late Ottoman and early Republican periods
ⓘ
pioneering girls' secondary education in Istanbul ⓘ |
| operatedBy | American educators ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American missionary education in the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
history of women's education in Turkey ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | American College for Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
education of girls
ⓘ
promotion of Western-style curriculum for women ⓘ |
| region | Bosphorus region of Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy |
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American missionaries ⓘ |
| successor | American College for Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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