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The Tallahassee Female Academy (also known as the Leon Female Academy) was one of the predecessor institutions of Florida State University in
Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the population ...
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. The school started in 1843 as the Misses Bates School and was perhaps the most stable educational institution in Tallahassee until the
West Florida Seminary The history of Florida State University dates to the 19th century and is deeply intertwined with the history of education in Florida, education in the state of Florida and in the city of Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee. Florida State University, ...
officially began operations in 1857. They were remedies for the fact that at the time there were no public high schools in Florida. Male and female students studied separately. A group of Tallahassee citizens organized as a board of trustees for the academy conducted operations until the school was absorbed by the West Florida Seminary in 1858. The school offered an unusually complete education for the time."Since 1844 a group of citizens, incorporated as a Board of Trustees had conducted a Female Academy which offered an unusually complete education for girls"
William George Dodd, History of West Florida Seminary(1952)


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{{authority control Education in Tallahassee, Florida Educational institutions established in 1843 Female seminaries in the United States 1843 establishments in Florida Territory Educational institutions disestablished in 1858 1858 disestablishments in Florida Public universities and colleges in Florida Defunct universities and colleges in Florida