As mentioned in the previous post about James and Fannie’s marriage and divorce, the custody court case for Camille took three weeks, 176 witnesses, and 4 days of arguments. It is a sensational story that would fit right in with today’s sensational news coverage. This story had “legs” as the old newspapermen used to say. […]
Women’s Education in the 1800s
Although religious education was often part of the curriculum at female seminaries in the nineteenth century, their main purpose was to educate adolescent girls. Girls usually attended between the ages of 12 and 18. Many seminaries developed into women’s colleges in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the early 1800s the schools started using […]
