The University School for Girls was a private high school in Chicago during the early to mid-20th century. Although less prestigious than the
Latin School for Girls,
it was "one of the city's most elegant educational institutions," and drew similarly from the daughters of the city's elite.
The University School was founded by
Anna R. Haire in 1897.
She was an experienced educational administrator, and a graduate of
Smith College.
Haire remained principal until 1940, dying shortly thereafter in 1941.
The school appears to have folded shortly after her death.
For its first three decades, the University School was located on the 1100 block of north
Lake Shore Drive, at the corner with Elm Street. A suitably elegant four-story building was constructed for it in 1909-1910.
In 1930, the school moved to a new location, further north, at the intersection of
Sheridan Road
Sheridan Road is a major north-south street that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest ...
and Oakdale.
Notable alumnae
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Evelyn Greeley (disputed)
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Jocelyn Crane Griffin
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Celeste Holm
Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American stage, film and television actress.
Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's '' Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ''Come to ...
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Alicia Patterson
Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she created the ''Deathless Deer'' comic strip in 1943.
Early life
Patterson was the middle daughter of Al ...
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Nancy Reagan
Works cited
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References
External links
What Was There: University School for Girls, 1909
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Defunct private schools in Chicago
Former high schools in Illinois
1897 establishments in Illinois