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Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham
Elizabeth Litchfield Cunnyngham (February 23, 1831 – June 27, 1911) was an American missionary and church worker of the long nineteenth century. For 30 years, she served as president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Nashville, Tennessee. She was also editor of leaflets and a Sunday school teacher. While in China, having learned the Chinese language, she also translated tracts and small books into the local dialect. Early life and education Elizabeth King H. Litchfield (nickname "Betty" or "Bettie") was born in Abingdon, Virginia, February 23, 1831. Her parents, George Victor Litchfield (1796–1875) and Rachael Davis (Mitchell) Litchfield (1804–1874), were of old Virginia stock. Betty had eight siblings: Mary, Connally, Rachel, Abram, George, Almina, Susan, and Rose. Cunnyngham received the best elementary training which the country could afford, and, when sufficiently advanced, was placed in Science Hill Academy (now Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Hill School (Shelbyville, Kentucky)
Science Hill School, originally known as the Science Hill Female Academy was founded on March 25, 1825, by Julia A. Tevis as a female preparatory school. In 1975 the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Kentucky, National Register of Historic Places and in 1978, it was opened as a restaurant known as the Science Hill Inn by Donna Gill and Tim Barnes. History On March 25, 1825, Julia A. Tevis founded the Science Hill Female Academy as a preparatory school for women. It was one of the first schools founded for girls west of the Allegheny Mountains and utilized the Lancastrian system, in which older or more advanced students taught the younger pupils. The school name derived from Tevis' belief that girls were as able to master the sciences as young men. Though she attracted students from throughout the country, the majority of her students were from wealthy Southern United States, Southern families. These aristocrats wanted their da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
