The female academies were permanent academic institutions such as the Philadelphia Young Ladies Academy in 1787 and such as Sarah Peirce’s Litchfield Academy during the 1790’s. The academies would require financial support from men in the community. Fathers would pay the bills, serve as trustees, and would raise the funds required for the school buildings. The academies would provide complete academic programs for women and would have classes that were taught by men. Taught subjects included things such as reading, writing, spelling, geography, arithmetic, composition and rhetoric. These academies during the 19th century played a critical role towards shaping and forming an important foundation for women to acquire better economic, social and
