Hope Female College Sees Co Education Debate in 1891
The 1891 Hope College yearbook page recounts a transition toward single sex education, noting the school on Fulton Street Hope operated as a girls academy with male attendance under 14 allowed briefly. It details charter date 1888, enrollment 166 in 1990, and lists graduates Kate Jones Cora Herron Rebecca Hinton Kate Jamison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Female College
Fulton Street
Fourth
Fifth
Kate Jones
Floyd Porterfield
Cora Herron
Pyc
el Dorado
Rebecca Hinton
Will McKinney
Little Rock
Kate Jamison
Sid B. Henry
Fintey Ward
Hervey Street
Hope
C. A. Bridewell
H. G. Bunn
E. M. Munroe
W. D. Lieper
W. B. Poster
J. C. Williams
Tey
Owiehita Presbytery
Guachita Presbytery
South
Arkansas
Texas
Spring Hill’s First College and Mrs Banks Legacy
Hempstead county marks a centennial as Spring Hill hosts Arkansas’ first college established a hundred years ago by Mrs A R Banks a founder educated at Willard School New York Her female academy drew patrons from Hempstead and nearby counties and later moved to Minden El Dorado and beyond with descendants recalling Mrs Banks training in the family history continuous note keeps details from Reynolds Arkansas History and local scrapbooks.
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Virginia Firesimmons Hicks
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Spring Hill
A. R. Banks
Henrietta Fitzhugh
George Washington
Mary Fitzhugh Macon
A. AR. Banks
Hempstead Rownty
Lena Getpgr Ward
Hope
Quy Country
Spring
Reynold
Mt. Holly
South Carolina
Minden
Louisiana
el Dorado
Union County
Banks
Ms. Holly
Mt. Holly Church
Hope Female College first graduation class 1891 group photo
Historical note lists identifications in a group portrait from Hope Female College marking the home, graduates, staff, and notable relatives. It names Mrs. C. B. Lowthorp, Clara Wylie, W. F P. Bridewell, Mrs. Sam Alexander, John D. Barlow, J. P. Brundidge, Mack Oglesby, Albert G. Simms, Ruth Hanna McCormick link, George McKee, Mae Jamison, Mrs. E. S. Greening, Annie Allen, Anna McFaddin, Carrie Anderson, Stella Gibson, Musette Mack, Mrs. Sid B. Henry, and others including the college president Charles McKee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hope Female College
Foster
John D. Barlow
J. P. Brundidge
Mack Oglesby
Lewisville
Albert G. Simms
Albuquerque
N. M
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ilinois
George McKee
Africa
Mae Jamison
E. S. Greening
Annie Allen
Anna McFaddin
A. B. Banks
William Marshall
Kansas City
Carrie Anderson
J. E. Cameron
Houston
Texas
Stella Gibson
A. J. Hunter
Amity, Ark
Musette Mack
R. A. Boyett
Institute
Charles McKee
Sid B. Henry
Kate Jamison
Henry
Ike T. Bell
Fannie Oglesby
A. M. Key
Birdie Reed
Smoky Water and Weather lore of Hempstead County
Edith Smith Stuart of Hope traces her lineage to Dr. Nathan Douglas Smith first licensed Hempstead County doctor and Weather records keeper now in Smithsonian. The piece recounts his move from New Orleans to Hempstead circa 1800, his meteorological record, Osage and Quapaw ties, and local Indian archaeology including mounds on Red River and artifacts sent to Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Arkansas
Hempstead County
Nathan Douglas Smith
Edith Smith Stuart
Hope
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
New Orleana
Washington
Ark
Hig Con Franklin
Benry
Columbus
Ernest W. Smith
Nashville
N. D. Smith
B. Carrigan
Kansas
Our
Red River
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Denver
Ed Holt
Philadelphia
McNabarvl
Colonel Fordyce
Saithgonian Institution
North America
Werther
Tw House
Washita
Fulton
Little Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
First College
A. R. Banks’ Academy
Gus Haynes
Annie Black
C. 8. Lowthorp
Clara Wylie
W. F P. Bridewell
Sam Alexander
Pine Bluff
Bennie Green
C. B. Foster of
Shrevewort
Paul Witherspoon
Maude Sandefur
College
Marianna
Chintke Money
Saratoga
Mound
Moorehead
Boston
Field Museum
Chicago
Oregon-Washington
Hempstead
Arkan
Little Hook
Pans Ana
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