Moravian University

the University traces its roots to the Bethlehem Female Seminary, an academy more akin to a modern high school, which was founded in 1742, as the second boarding school for young women in the U.S. behind just the Ursuline Academy in New Orleans. The seminary was created by Benigna, Countess von Zinzendorf, the daughter of Count Nikolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, who was the benefactor of the fledgling Moravian communities in Nazareth and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The "Moravian Female Seminary" was incorporated by the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1863 and became the women's college, the "Moravian Seminary and College for Women" in 1913.
The university also traces its roots to the founding of two boys' schools, established in 1742 and 1743, which merged to become Nazareth Hall in 1759. Located in the town of Nazareth, Nazareth Hall became, in part, "Moravian College and Theological Seminary" in 1807. It was later incorporated by the Pennsylvania State Legislature in 1863 as a baccalaureate-granting institution, albeit …