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Lessons in Virtue

This section examines how early female academies in the post-revolutionary United States utilized classroom instruction to shape the moral and civic values of young women. Through the use of textbooks, essays, and educational philosophies, visitors will learn how these institutions aimed to cultivate virtuous citizens by encouraging girls to embody and promote the ideals of the republic.

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