Female Union School (Newark, N.J.). Association
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Female Union School Association (Newark, N.J.)
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The Female Union School Association was a charitable institution founded in 1822 to promote learning, industry, morality and piety among the indigent female children of Newark. In 1850, due to the establishment of free public schools, the Female Union School disbanded, and its stock was transferred to the Protestant Foster Home Society of the City of Newark.
The Female Union School Association in Newark, N.J. (Essex County) was a charitable institution founded in 1822 "to establish a free school for the promotion of learning, industry, morality and piety among the indigent female children" of Newark. Known as the Union School House, it cooperated with the Priscilla Society, which taught knitting and sewing to indigent girls. In 1850, the Female Union School disbanded and its stock was transferred to the Protestant Foster Home Society of Newark.
The Board of Trustees included many women from prominent Newark families such as: Mrs. Smith Burnet, Mrs. Joseph Congar, Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. William Rogers, and Miss Jane Ward.
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Essex County (N.J.)
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Newark (N.J.)
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New Jersey--Newark
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New Jersey
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New Jersey
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Newark (N.J.)
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