View showing the female boarding school, Sharon Female Seminary, established in 1837 by Hicksite Quakers John and Rachel Jackson at their residence in Darby, later Sharon Hill, Pa. A few girls walk on the tree-lined grounds of the school. The institution provided a curriculum that combined teacher training with a liberal arts education of natural philosophy, chemistry, astronomy, and other sciences. The school closed in the early 1850s and the property was purchased by Sister Cornelia Connelly in 1867 for Holy Child Academy., Not in Wainwright., pdcc00016, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 263, Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 17:61
Creator
Thomas, E.W, artist
Date
[ca. 1840]
Location
Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Castner 17:61
