l school for female teachers in the public
schools was started, for this practical believer in woman's work was one
of the first to advocate the introduction of women teachers in the
public schools of Germany, against which there then existed a strong
prejudice. The Board of Education looked favorably on his project, and
afterward sent a government commissioner to attend the examinations and
award the certificates at Kaiserswerth. At a later period provision was
made for teachers of girls' high schools, as also for those who desired
to become teachers but were too young to enter the normal school. Over
two thousand teachers have gone forth from these schools, carrying with
them a love for the institution which has brought back to it many
returns in money and service. Fliedner well called them his "light
skirmishing troops."

In 1849 he resigned his pastorate, and henceforth, with singleness of
purpose, devoted himself to his one calling. From time to time new
buildings were added to meet new needs. In 1852 an insane asylum for
Protestant women was founded, as sisters were often called upon to nurse
patients of this class. The building set apart for the purpose was
formerly used as military barracks and was given to Fliedner by King
Frederick William IV. In 1881 this, as with so many others of the
original buildings at Kaiserswerth, became too small for the increase in
numbers, and a new building took its place. It stands on an eminence
just outside of the village, and is provided with every modern
appliance. Fliedner's practical good sense and administrative ability
led him to care for all the minor details that were needed for the
success of so great an undertaking. He added a dispensary to the
hospital, where a sister who had passed a regular examination before the
government medical board made up the medicines required for the
hospital. Many deaconesses have been trained to the same knowledge,
which has been an especially valuable acquisition in the hospitals
situated in Eastern countries. Little by little he secured land for
farming operations, until there were one hundred and eighty acres in
garden and meadow land, generally lying close about the various
buildings, and affording means of recreation as well to the inmates.
Nearly all of the vegetable and dairy products that are needed are so
provided. A bakery, bath-houses, homes for laborers and officials, were
added, and bakers, shoemakers, carpenters, and blacksm