Poetry reading with words by Dan Hardison. The poem was inspired by the writing of classmates in a journal kept by Rebecca Pettit in 1854/55 when they were students at the Columbia Female Institute an Episcopal finishing school for girls that was located in Columbia, Tennessee. The video includes a page from the journal with a poem written by 17-year-old Naomi Hayes. Photos are from a 1920/21 Columbia Female Institute school annual. Reading of the Naomi Hayes poem provided by Kristin Leeds.
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