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The school was renamed as Ogontz School for Young Ladies after the estate. The school offered girls, ages 13 through 18, (both boarders and day students) a liberal art education, which included science, humanities, and physical education. As the school became more successful, it needed more space.
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Protective Association, and Bonney was elected as president. In 1882 they presented the government with a third petition, numbering nearly 100,000 signatures. These were in
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Mary Bonney was the fourth child of six in her family, who were devoted
Baptists. Her parents were Benjamin and Lucinda (Wilder) Bonney. She was the granddaughter of Benjamin Bonney and of Abel Wilder, both of
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to individual Indian households, the end of tribal governments, and support for the tribes to take up subsistence farming.
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