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Ward–Belmont College was a women's college located in Nashville, Tennessee. [1] It formed from the merger of the Ward Seminary for Young Ladies and Belmont College for Young Women in 1913. The college was located on the grounds of the Belmont Mansion, the antebellum estate of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham.
Jul 7, 2021 · On September 4, 1890, Belmont College for Young Women, founded by Susan L. Heron and Ida E. Hood, opened with 90 students enrolled, each paying a $60 tuition. Belmont provided cultural, intellectual and social learning, and the empowerment of “lives of purpose.”
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Aug 10, 2022 · Belmont College for Young Women. 1889-1913. Belmont College for Young Women was founded by Ida Hood and Susan Heron, two teachers from Pennsylvania. They purchased the old Belle Monte estate in 1889 with the dream of creating a premier women’s college in Nashville, Tennessee.
Belmont College for Young Women opens, bucking the traditional trend of sending girls to finishing schools by empowering students to lead lives of purpose through cultural, intellectual and social learning. 90 students enroll the first year, paying $60 in tuition.
Belmont College for Young Women opened in 1890 to empower lives of purpose. Here’s our story.
Merging with Belmont College for Young Women in 1913, Ward-Belmont operated as a college preparatory school, music conservatory, and junior college. In 1951, the high school division moved farther west, reopening as the Harpeth Hall School after Ward-Belmont's sudden closure.
With 90 enrolled students and $60 tuition, Belmont College for Young Women opens, bucking traditional finishing schools and providing cultural, intellectual and social learning and the empowerment of “lives of purpose.”
