Description: Teacher Lucy Yates Seall in her elementary school classroom, ca. 1930-1949. Her students are displaying art projects and puppets. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03560
Subjects: Women--Employment; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Education--Ohio
Places: Canal Winchester (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: This print depicts the main hall of Cincinnati Wesleyan College, which was founded in 1842. The college was created to fill the need of educating young women and the original name was changed to Wesleyan Female College in 1846. It changed its name once again in 1869 to Cincinnati Wesleyan College. This image of the main building is taken from "Historical Sketches of the Higher Educational Institutions, and also of Benevolent and Reformatory Institutions of the State of Ohio," 1876. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04105
Subjects: Ohio--Religion; Universities and colleges Ohio; Women--Education - Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: "Ohio Central Normal School, or Worthington Female Seminary" illustration from "Historical Sketches of the Higher Educational Institutions, and also of Benevolent and Reformatory Institutions of the State of Ohio," 1876. The Ohio Central Normal School, formerly the Worthington Female Seminary, was founded in 1839 and was the first female seminary of the Methodist Church west of the Alleghenies. The seminary was originally located in the Masonic Temple New England Lodge No. 4, located at 634 High Street in Worthington, Ohio. Students from Worthington and surrounding communities--as well as a few from around the country, primarily Methodist ministers' daughters--were educated at the seminary. It was initially very successful, often having as many as one hundred and fifty students, but after the establishment of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College in 1853, the Worthington Female Seminary lost support and closed in 1857. The building became home to the Ohio Central Normal School in 1871, providing training for kindergarten, primary, intermediate, and secondary teachers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04162
Subjects: Worthington (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Women--Education - Ohio; Teachers--Training of
Places: Worthington (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio Female College was located in Pleasant Hill, a community near Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1846 to 1872. The area where the college was built was known as College Hill because of its proximity to a number of educational institutions. The school first opened its doors in 1846, and offered a range of educational choices. Students who were not yet ready to enter college could enroll in the preparatory program, while others earned four-year degrees or even two-year graduate degrees. The school offered a broad range of courses in the sciences, mathematics, and humanities. John McLean, a former Ohio senator and U.S. Supreme Court justice, served as the college's first president of the board of trustees. The Ohio Female College had a short history--it was rebuilt after a fire in 1868, but closed permanently in 1872. In 1873, a group of Cincinnati doctors and businessmen purchased the property to open the Cincinnati Sanitarium, the first private psychiatric facility in the United States outside of the East Coast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04163
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Education; Women--Education - Ohio; Universities and colleges--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated June 18, 1868, this is a diploma for Emma Ford from the Western Female Seminary in Oxford, Ohio. The document is signed by Principal Helen Peabody, President Henry Little, and Secretary G.Y. Rootz. Founded in 1853, the Western Female Seminary was a daughter school of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. After over 100 years as a women's collection, Western became part of Miami University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5558
Subjects: Diplomas; Legal documents; Cultural Ohio--Education; Women
Places: Oxford (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Girls' Industrial School inmates in the classroom, ca. 1910-1919. The purpose of the school was "the reformation of exposed, helpless, evil disposed, and vicious girls." In 1878, the term "incorrigible" was added. A five-member board of trustees purchased a piece of property known as the Ohio White Sulphur Springs Resort, eighteen miles north of Columbus. The first six girls were admitted to the school in October 1869. The inmates spent their mornings performing domestic chores. They also learned various vocational trades, including basket-making, music, sewing, and stenography. In the afternoons, the girls attended school, where they studied, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, literature, and United States history among other topics. The girls remained at the school until they reached seventeen years of age or completed their sentence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00210
Subjects: Women--Education - Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Delaware (Ohio); Women--Education - Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group photograph of the teachers of Clinton Elementary School in 1926. The women in the top row are identified as Clara Stroh, Sue Mertz, Bess Cook, Margaret DuBois, Ruth Jones, Ella Penn, Mabel Grim, Mary Wrig, Olive Frahm, Sarah Bennett, Myrtle Grady, Mrs. Brevoort, and Principal Celia Vandegriff. In the front row are Inez Richey (extreme left, mostly cut off), Katherine Fogle, Blanche Vanderbeck and Esther Redd. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_172
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio; Educators
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph identified as Clinton Elementary School, about 1915. This school, built in 1895, replaced an original red brick building on the site at Clinton Heights Avenue and North High Street. It served as the primary school for Clintonville children from its construction until it was replaced with a larger building in 1922. This yellow brick building also served as the Clinton Township High School from 1897 through 1905, when a secondary building was built to house high school pupils for the township. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_167
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the "Old High School," used to house high school students for Clinton Township from 1905 until 1910. This building, just east of the main school building at Clinton Heights Avenue and North High Street, continued in use as an annex to the original Clinton Township school (built in the 1890s) as well as the newer Clinton Elementary (built in 1922) before being demolished in 2014. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_168
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Miss Celia Vandegriff, Principal of Clinton Elementary School from 1915 until 1937. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_169
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio; Educators
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing teachers at Clinton Elementary in 1916. In the top row are Harriet Moore, Alice Co Varr, Principal Celia Vandegriff, Elsie Evans and Elsie Pace. In the front are Sarah Bennett, Mary Wrig, Katherine Fogel and Inez Richey. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_170
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; Education--Ohio; Educators
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the new Clintonville elementary school, built in 1922 at the corner of Clinton Heights Avenue and North High Street, when it opened in 1924. This image was included in a "Memory Book" compiled by Mrs. H. V. Cottrell, historian for the Clinton League (sometimes called the Clinton Welfare League) from 1938-1943. The book shows the development of the Clintonville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and records the history of the League. The Clinton League was a women's group founded in 1912 to promote child welfare and later general welfare in Columbus, but which was based in and primarily focused on the area of Clintonville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P285_MB1_171
Subjects: Clintonville (Ohio); Clinton League; Women--Charities; School buildings; Education--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)