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Oakland Female Seminary

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Oakland Female Seminary

Oakland Female Seminary (also Oakland Seminary for Young Ladies) was a private girls' school located in the U.S. state of California. Situated at 528 Eleventh Street in Oakland, it contained 57 rooms.[1] Founded on November 8, 1858,[2] by Millicent Kittredge Blake,[3] it was the first girls' school established west of the Mississippi River.[4] Carrie Stevens Walter was the valedictorian of the first graduating class.[5]

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Tribune Publishing Company's Alameda County: The Eden of the Pacific : the Flower Garden of California : a History of Alameda County from Its Formation to the Present : Its Resources and Many Thriving Industries : Souvenir Showing Its Superior Advantages as a Residence Section and a Manufacturing Center : Citizens who Have Aided the March of Progress (1898)

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