The Mission had found that the Boarding School for boys was training a class of young men, who could not find, among the tens of thousands of families in their native mountains, a single girl fitted to be one's companion for life.

The females were everywhere neglected, and Miss Crawford came to Syria just at the time of the greatest need.
Under the care and direction of the Mission, she commenced a Boarding School for girls in Latakiah in the fall of 1869.

At first, but few pupils could be persuaded to come.

Only two attended during the first year.

Their names were Sada and Naiuf, the sister of Zahara.