Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

7/1/1992 - 5/31/1994

Funding Totals

$125,000.00 (approved)
$125,000.00 (awarded)


To Ornament Their Minds: Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy, 1791-1833

FAIN: GM-24708-92

Litchfield Historical Society (Litchfield, CT 06759-0385)
Catherine K. Fields (Project Director: December 1991 to August 1994)

To support an exhibition, catalogue, symposium, and educational programs that examine the growth and development of women's education in the early Republic, focusing on the Litchfield Female Academy, 1792-1835.