 | Leo Rosten - Religion - 1975 - 678 pages
...United States ( which did not get under way until, in 1805, the Free School Society was founded in New York "for the education of such poor children...or are not provided for by any religious society" ) . Until 1825, American religious schools received help from public funds. In that year, New York... | |
 | Education - 1974 - 198 pages
...practically all of which were operated by the churches. In 1805 the Free School Society was founded "for the education of such poor children as do not...or are not provided for by any religious society." Shortly thereafter it adopted another title, the "Public School Society," and as such became a dominant... | |
 | Michael B. Katz - Education - 1987 - 238 pages
...Established as the New York Free School Society in 1805, its purpose was "extending the means of education to such poor children as do not belong to, or are not provided for, by any religious society." The Society offered poor children training in the rudiments of literacy and in morality as it unabashedly... | |
 | Anne Firor Scott - History - 1992 - 278 pages
...itself the Female Association for the Relief of the Sick Poor, and for the Education of Such Female Children as Do Not Belong To, or Are Not Provided For, by Any Religious Society; the Female Benevolent Society of St. Thomas and the Daughters of Africa were only two of many groups... | |
 | Sue Heinemann - History - 1996 - 404 pages
...start the Female Association for the Relief of the Sick Poor, and for the Education of Such Female Children as Do Not Belong to, or Are Not Provided for by Any Religious Society. Their school becomes part of the public school system in 1845. 1800-19 In Boston in 1800, Elizabeth... | |
 | Richard D. Brown - History - 1996 - 280 pages
...example, New Yorkers formed a society to operate "a free school for the education of poor children who do not belong to, or are not provided for by any religious society."44 This privately financed school supplied only a basic education, not a curriculum aimed... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Education - 2000 - 492 pages
...legislature for an act of incorporation, which was promptly granted, recognizing them officially as "The Society for establishing a Free School in the...or are not provided for, by any religious society." The new organization was soon renamed the Free School Society. Religious domination of schooling was... | |
 | Kenneth T. Jackson, David S. Dunbar - History - 2002 - 1026 pages
...legislative declaration of the excellence of the Lancaster system, in the following words: — "Whereas the trustees of the Society for establishing a Free...or are not provided for, by any religious society, have, by their memorial, solicited the aid of the Legislature; and whereas their plan of extending... | |
 | Nancy Beadie, Kimberley Tolley - Education - 2002 - 380 pages
...school system of the city. Established as a charitable corporation in 1805 to provide schooling for "Such Poor Children as Do Not Belong To or Are not Provided For. by Any Religious Society." the Free School Society founded nonsectarian Protestant schools throughout the city. Seeking greater... | |
 | J.J. Lee, Marion R. Casey, Marion Casey - History - 2006 - 752 pages
...largely a church function in the early days of the republic. In 1805 a Free School Society was formed, "for the education of such poor children as do not...belong to, or are not provided for, by any religious society."38 Its first address to the public proclaimed that "it will be a primary object, without observing... | |
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The Trustees of the Society for establishing a Free School in the city of New York, for the education of such poor children as do not belong to, or are not provided for by any religious Society... 
