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BRISTOL, Massachusetts in the 1860s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. City or Country Education?
    date June, 1860map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags Education, Women

    "Ought girls to receive a country or city school education?," asked the anonymous author of an essay published in the June 1880 issue of Rushlight, the literary magazine of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts. The author explained that people thought a city school education was better because "one has opportunities for mingling with a great number of people, and attending more fine...

  2. All She Wanted Was Elbow Room
    date July 10, 1861map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags Race-Relations, Slavery, War, Women

    "All She Wanted Was Elbow Room" was published in The Rushlight, a student literary magazine of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton Massachusetts in 1861. The main characters Fannie North and Nancy South had extremely different views but the one characteristic they shared was their desire for change. The external image of two girls represented the divisive issue of slavery opinions in the north. Fannie...

  3. We Much Prefer the Country Still
    date July 10, 1861map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags Women

    "Women don't like the country" was an article featured in the Rushlight, the literary magazine of Wheaton Female Seminary, on July 10, 1861. Writing about a lecture given at the school, the student author complained about the generalization the lecturer made concerning people who spend time in the country. She defended herself and other women in their love for nature by comparing the green country...