▁was ▁char tered ▁on ▁January ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 7 9 2 . ▁It ▁provided ▁young ▁women ▁with ▁a ▁diverse ▁curr icul um , ▁not ably ▁teaching ▁students ▁about ▁various ▁components ▁of ▁English , ▁science , ▁arithmetic , ▁history , ▁and ▁ge ography . ▁ ▁Historical ▁context ▁▁ ▁F ounded ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War , ▁the ▁a cademy ▁was ▁established ▁during ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁American ▁history ▁when ▁women ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁eng age ▁in ▁Republican ▁Mother hood . ▁Histor ians ▁often ▁c ite ▁Republican ▁Mother hood ▁as ▁the ▁reason ▁women ' s ▁education ▁rose ▁to ▁prom in ence ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Republic . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁women ▁were ▁to ▁educ ate ▁members ▁of ▁their ▁household ▁on ▁concepts ▁of ▁virtue , ▁access ▁to ▁education ▁for ▁women ▁gained ▁bro ader ▁support . ▁However , ▁women ▁who ▁emb od ied ▁Republican ▁Mother hood ▁were ▁restricted ▁in ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁their ▁education ; ▁their ▁learning ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁serving ▁home ▁and ▁family , ▁that ▁is , ▁the ▁domestic ▁sphere . ▁Histor ian ▁Margaret ▁Nash ▁describes ▁access ▁to ▁women ' s ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁Republic ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁to ▁spread ing ▁knowledge ▁to ▁the ▁greater ▁society ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁rather ▁than ▁as ▁an ▁end ▁for ▁women ▁themselves . ▁ ▁Benjamin ▁R ush , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁contempor aries , ▁viewed ▁the ▁a cademy ▁as ▁an ▁institution ▁established ▁to ▁promote ▁these ▁ideas ▁of ▁Republican ▁Mother hood .