All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall, 1865-2015 by Dr. Mary Ellen Pethel
The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York.
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to graduate from medical school and become a doctor in the United States.
The first National Women's Rights Convention takes place on October 24, 1850 in Worcester, Massachusetts attracting more than 1,000 participants.
Nashville’s position as a center for transportation, trade, and manufacturing makes it vitally important to the Confederacy during the American Civil War, but the city remains undefended by the Confederate army.
Ward Seminary is founded by Eliza Hudson Ward and William Eldred Ward and opens on September 4th, 1865.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified in December 1865. One of three Reconstruction Amendments adopted following the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude.
Ward Seminary purchases property on Eighth Avenue, today Rosa Parks Blvd.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Nashville’s reputation as a commercial, cultural, and educational center grows tremendously following the Civil War.
Edgefield Seminary, operated in East Nashville by Mrs. Henri Weber, merges with Ward Seminary. Mrs. Weber joins the Ward Seminary faculty.
