Jefferson Female Academy in Requiem for a Nun (Location)
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Location Key:
Display Label:
Female Academy
Map Icon:
Public building
Other Texts Location Appears In:
X:
1355
Y:
812
Description:
The "Female Academy" in Jefferson was built a "half-century" after the first courthouse (36), but the same "molds and kilns" for the bricks were used in its construction (177). According to the narrator, "to a young woman of North Mississippi or West Tennessee" a graduation "certificate" from this finishing school would be as valuable as an "invitation . . . signed by Queen Victoria" would be to "a young female from Long Island or Philadelphia" (177).
Role:
Site of Event
Status:
Built
Types:
School
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