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Rockford Female Seminary
Rockford Female Seminary was founded in 1847.
History
In 1846 a group of Congregationalists led by by Rev. Aratus Kent founded Beloit College for men. In 1847 the same group established Rockford Seminary as a sister college for women.
Rockford Female Seminary was chartered on February 25, 1847. It’s charter stated that the purpose of the institution would be to “afford instruction in the liberal arts and sciences adapted to the highest order of female education."
It opened June 11, 1849 with 53 students.
Sarah Tuthill was its first matron. She worked there from 1849 until 1852 when she married James Cook.
Presidents
Rockford College Presidents |
- Anna Peck Sill 1852 – 1884
- Martha Hillard (MacLeish) 1884 – 1888
- Anna Bordwell Gelston 1888 – 1890
- Sarah F. Anderson (Ainsworth) 1890 – 1896
Teachers
1851-1860
- Anna Peck Sill 1849 – 1884
- Mary A. White 1854-1864
- Caroline A. Bodge 1855-1863
- Kate C. Crowell 1857-1860
- Daniel Hood, Music Professor 1858-1895
1861-1870
- Mary A. White 1854-1864
- Caroline A. Bodge 1855-1863
- Daniel Hood 1858-1895
- Sarah F. Blaisdell 1864-1881
- Augusta C. Murtfeld 1866-1868
- Sarah F. Anderson 1869-1890
1871-1880
- Daniel Hood 1858-1895
- Sarah F. Blaisdell 1864-1881
- Sarah F. Anderson 1869-1890
- Caroline Potter Brazee 1872 -1880
- Mary Tompson Perry 1874-1876
1881-1893
- Daniel Hood 1858-1895
- Sarah F. Anderson 1869-1890
Rockford Seminary 1854 Brochure |
First Graduating Class 1854
First Graduating Class of Rockford Seminary |
- Anna (Allen) Douglass
- Louise (Farnham) Griffith Kent
- Abby (Palmer) Buckbee
- Sarah (Potter) Lathrop
- Amanda Judith (Silsby) Moore
- Marion (Silsby) Walker
- Abby (Spare) Mead
Notable Alumni
Rockford Seminary, Class of 1881, Jane Addams is holding umbrella |
- Jane Addams 1876-1881
- Ellen Gates Starr 1877-1878
- Julia Lathrop 1876
- Catharine Waugh McCulloch 1878-1882
- Ellen Spencer Mussey
- Anna E. Nicholes 1882-1886
- Belle L. Pettigrew 1854-1859
- Harriet G. R. Wright
Resources
- Our History Rockford University
- Wikipedia:Rockford University
- Rockford Rockford College Presidents Nuggets of History, Vol. 37. September 1998. No. 3
- Clark, Virginia. Rockford chosen as Seminary Site RPL’s Local History
- The Jubilee book of the Alumnae Association of Rockford College : commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of the first class 1854-1904. Rockford College: Rockford, IL, 1904.
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