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Tallahassee Female Academy

1843 establishments in Florida Territory1858 disestablishments in FloridaDefunct universities and colleges in FloridaEducation in Tallahassee, FloridaEducational institutions disestablished in 1858
Educational institutions established in 1843Female seminaries in the United StatesFlorida State UniversityPublic universities and colleges in Florida
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The Tallahassee Female Academy (also known as the Leon Female Academy) was one of the predecessor institutions of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The school started in 1843 as the Misses Bates School and was perhaps the most stable educational institution in Tallahassee until the West Florida Seminary officially began operations in 1857. They were remedies for the fact that at the time there were no public high schools in Florida. Male and female students studied separately. A group of Tallahassee citizens organized as a board of trustees for the academy conducted operations until the school was absorbed by the West Florida Seminary in 1858. The school offered an unusually complete education for the time.

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West Park Avenue, Tallahassee

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