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A gymnastics class at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies, between 1890 and 1899

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Title	A gymnastics class at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies, between 1890 and 1899
Personal name	Warner, Mary Louise; Frazer, Sadie Warner, 1885-1974; Fall, Nell; Warner family
Corporate name	Ward Seminary (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Architecture Buildings Schools Education Private Schools Capital City Downtown Nashville Sports & Recreation Popular Culture Children's History Schools--Tennessee--Nashville Women in education--Tennessee--Nashville Private schools--Tennessee--Nashville Teachers--Tennessee--Nashville Boarding schools--Tennessee--Nashville Girls--History--Sources Sports--Tennessee--Nashville Gymnastics--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Eighth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) Spruce Street (Nashville, Tenn.) Nashville (Tenn.)--Intellectual life
Description	A copy photograph of an 1890's gymnastics class of young female students at Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph shows Mary Louise and Sadie Warner (later Mrs. William Mallison and Mrs. George Frazier) on the gym bars at the top. The girl in white standing at lower left is Nell Fall (Mrs. Avery Handly). Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies, was a prestigious school for girls founded in 1865 by Dr. William E. Ward, a Presbyterian Minister and his wife, Eliza Hudson Ward. The school was located at 15 South Spruce Street (Eighth Avenue) in Nashville, Tennessee, next to the Savage House, a townhouse in downtown Nashville. The school was regarded as one of the leading schools for young women in the South. It offered training in fine arts and the "refinement of young ladies" in addition to its preparatory and collegiate curriculum. Reverend Ward directed the school until his death in 1887, after which it continued to operate for several years. On June 1, 1913, Ward's Seminary and Belmont College for Young Women merged and chartered Ward-Belmont, the first junior college in the South to receive full accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 5 x 7 in.
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	between 1890 and 1899
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	P-4024
Relation	Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection
Coverage	1890-1899
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks P-4024