Western Female Institute

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Western Female Institute was a 19th-century American women’s educational institution established to promote advanced academic and moral instruction for young women.

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instanceOf 19th-century school
educational institution
women's college
affiliation Episcopal Church
country United States of America
surface form: United States
establishedIn 19th century
focus liberal arts education for women
moral and religious training
foundedBy Bishop Charles P. McIlvaine
Rev. William C. French
foundedFor education of women
genderAdmission female-only
hasEducationalLevel collegiate-level instruction
secondary education
historicalPeriod 19th century
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Ohio
Oxford, Ohio NERFINISHED
locatedNear Miami University
notableFor early promotion of higher education for women in the United States
integration of moral and academic instruction for women
purpose advanced academic instruction for young women
moral instruction for young women
regionServed American Midwest NERFINISHED
religiousOrientation Episcopal
Protestant
status defunct
studentType young women

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Catharine Beecher founded Western Female Institute