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Miss Porter's School was founded in 1843 by Sarah Porter and joins tradition with innovation to provide an exemplary education to young women.
Miss Porter's School. It was something of a family tradition for the women in Annie Burr’s family to attend Miss Porter’s School in Farmington.
Aug 24, 2023 · Miss Porter’s School, founded in 1843 in Farmington, is an elite, female, privately funded, 40-acre, educational institution in central Connecticut. Its original mission was to train young girls to become useful Christian wives through development of their academic learning, moral values, social skills, and music and art appreciation.
Jan 19, 2023 · Commencement and Graduation 2023. Please join us in honoring these 87 remarkable young women in the class of 2023 and celebrating their achievements through the events described below. Commencement is Friday, June 2, 2023.
- Miss Porter’s Alumnae
- Rich Girls
- The Movies
- Hostages and Hostesses
Classical scholar Edith Hamilton graduated from Miss Porter’s. So did her sister Dr. Alice Hamilton, the first woman faculty member of Harvard University Medical School and founder of the field of industrial medicine. Graduates would include the mother, daughter, wife, sister-in-law and mistress of presidents. Dorothy Walker Bush, the mother of Pre...
Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark was an American heiress born Nonie “Nancy” May Stewart Worthington Leeds in Zanesville, Ohio. Her family soon moved to Cleveland and sent her to Miss Porter’s. After graduation she entered high society and married Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmarkafter two failed marriages. Because of the prince’s fin...
Edith Bouvier Beale, a first cousin to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, pursued fame without much luck. Then the documentary film Grey Gardens came along. The film showed her living with her mother, poor and isolated on an East Hampton estate. When the film came out, Jackie intervened and paid $32,000 to clean the house, install a new furnace an...
Cissy Patterson was the granddaughter of Joseph Medill, owner of the Chicago Tribune and mayor of Chicago. She made a name for herself in Washington society, then bought and published the Washington Times-Herald. She befriended Marguerite Cassini, daughter of the Russian ambassador, and Alice Roosevelt. The press labeled them the ‘Three Graces.’ Sh...
Jun 9, 2009 · The Code of Miss Porter’s. Last fall, at Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut—attended by generations of debutantes and heiresses, including Jacqueline Kennedy...
Nov 29, 2022 · Read Bulletin: The Miss Porter's School Magazine, Fall 2022 by Miss Porter's School on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our plat...
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