This month we are adding to the tour date itself with speaker Kathy Moyer, who will talk about the Nine Partners Boarding School that once stood just to the east of the Brick Meeting House. A widely known and influential school established by the Yearly Meeting of Flushing, it was in session 1796 - 1863. 

In Kathy's words, "While Quakers believed in equality of the sexes, it was nonetheless unconventional in the educational community to open a school at Nine Partners for equal education of both boys & girls in December 1796. The sole difference was that boys learned subjects appropriate for a career while girls learned sewing. Examples of their sampler-making are included as part of the presentation. " Afterwards people will be invited to join a brief cemetery tour viewing gravestones of those associated with the school!

Kathy Moyer has long researched and is in the process of writing a book on this subject .

(Please note: the talk is embedded within the Open House Tour hours 12-4:00.)