All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall, 1865–2015

All-Girls Education from Ward Seminary to Harpeth Hall, 1865–2015
Author: Mary Ellen Pethel
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-03-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625852908

The history behind one of the oldest all-girls prep schools in the South. During the final days of the Civil War, Dr. William Ward and his wife, Eliza Ward, envisioned a school for young women in Nashville that would evolve into one of the nation’s most prestigious institutions. As the New South dawned, Ward Seminary opened its doors in September 1865. Merging with Belmont College for Young Women in 1913, Ward-Belmont operated as a college preparatory school, music conservatory, and junior college. In 1951, the high school division moved farther west, reopening as the Harpeth Hall School after Ward-Belmont’s sudden closure. Ward Seminary, Belmont College, Ward-Belmont, and Harpeth Hall are simply separate chapters of one continuous story—providing a lens through which to understand the evolution of all-girls education in the United States.

Herd Register

Herd Register
Author: American Jersey Cattle Club
Publisher:
Total Pages: 806
Release: 1911
Genre: Cattle
ISBN:

Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque

Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque
Author: Paul Fryer
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 078646075X

This collection of new essays explores the role played by women practitioners in the arts during the period often referred to as the Belle Epoque, a turn of the century period in which the modern media (audio and film recording, broadcasting, etc.) began to become a reality. Exploring the careers and creative lives of both the famous (Sarah Bernhardt) and the less so (Pauline Townsend) across a remarkable range of artistic activity from composition through oratory to fine art and film directing, these essays attempt to reveal, in some cases for the first time, women's true impact on the arts at the turn of the 19th century.

Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990

Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990
Author: Roy Kinnard
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476662916

Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "sword and sandal" or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr. Universe Steve Reeves. A global craze for Bronze Age fantasy-adventures ensued and the heroic exploits of Hercules, Maciste, Samson and Goliath were soon a mainstay of American drive-ins and second-run theaters (though mainly disparaged by critics). By 1965, the genre was eclipsed by the spaghetti western, yet the 1960s peplum canon continues to inspire Hollywood epics. This filmography provides credits, cast and comments for dozens of films from 1908 through 1990.