Sarah Porter

Sarah Porter
Sarah Porter
	Cabinet card by Louis Alman , 1888
Born	August 16, 1813 ; Farmington, Connecticut , U.S.
Died	February 18, 1900 (aged 86) ; Farmington, Connecticut , U.S.
Occupation	Educator
Known for	Miss Porter's School
Relatives	Noah Porter (brother)

Sarah Porter (August 16, 1813 – February 18, 1900) was the American educator who founded Miss Porter's School , a private college preparatory school for girls. ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

She was born in Farmington, Connecticut , to Rev. Noah Porter (1781 – 1866) and his wife, Mehetable "Meigs" Porter (1786 – 1874). ^[2]^[3] Her older brother, Noah Porter , was President of Yale College from 1871 to 1886. ^[2]^[4]

She was educated at Farmington Academy and at the Young Ladies Institute ^[5] in New Haven, and, uncharacteristically for women of the time, studied privately with Yale College professors. She taught in Massachusetts , New York and Pennsylvania , and returned to Connecticut in 1843 to found a female counterpart to Simeon Hart 's Academy for Boys. Initially, she had only 25 students, but because of the school's expansive curriculum, including the sciences as well as the humanities , the daughters of the affluent soon made it their school of choice, and the school quickly expanded. She encouraged students to pursue academic excellence and exercise. ^[6] She was an opponent of women's suffrage but promoted other legal reforms for women, including reforms in divorce and property laws. ^[7]

Prominent students of the Porter School include Alice Hamilton , Edith Hamilton , architect Theodate Pope Riddle , Gloria Vanderbilt , and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis ^[8] and Graciela Arango.

References [ edit ]

^ "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .
^ ^a ^b Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Porter, Sarah" . The Biographical Dictionary of America . Vol. 8. American Biographical Society. p. 400.
^ Peretz, Evgenia (2009-06-09). "The Code of Miss Porter's" . Vanity Fair . No. July. ISSN 0733-8899 . Retrieved 2021-10-03 .
^ "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .
^ Palmer, Charles Ray. "An Almost Forgotten New Haven Institution" . Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society , vol. 8 (1914), p. 20-35. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
^ "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .
^ "Sarah Porter" . CT Women’s Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .
^ "Sarah Porter" . CT Women’s Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

External links [ edit ]

Sarah Porter in The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame

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[1] "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

[BDA-2] Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Porter, Sarah" . The Biographical Dictionary of America . Vol. 8. American Biographical Society. p. 400.

[3] Peretz, Evgenia (2009-06-09). "The Code of Miss Porter's" . Vanity Fair . No. July. ISSN 0733-8899 . Retrieved 2021-10-03 .

[4] "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

[5] Palmer, Charles Ray. "An Almost Forgotten New Haven Institution" . Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society , vol. 8 (1914), p. 20-35. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

[6] "Sarah Porter | Women's Education, Connecticut Schools & Innovator | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

[7] "Sarah Porter" . CT Women’s Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

[8] "Sarah Porter" . CT Women’s Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2023-07-11 .

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