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Miss Porter's School (MPS) is a private college preparatory school for girls founded in 1843 in Farmington, Connecticut. The school draws students from many of the fifty U.S. states, as well as from abroad.
Miss Porter’s School educates young women to become informed, bold, resourceful and ethical global citizens. We expect our graduates to shape a changing world.
By the 1880s, Miss Porter’s was a nationally well-respected school that boasted nearly 100 young women as students. In the 19th century, Miss Porter’s School curriculum included Latin, French and German, spelling, and reading.
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.
In 2018 the author conducted a master of library science practicum at Miss Porter’s School, an independent girls’ school in Farmington, Connecticut, with the goal of digitizing items from the school’s physical archive related to Sarah Porter and nineteenth-century women’s education.
Jun 9, 2009 · Private-School Scandal. July 2009 Issue. The Code of Miss Porter’s. Last fall, at Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut—attended by generations of debutantes and heiresses,...
Founded in 1848, Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut was one of the first independent schools devoted to the education of young women. This article reviews the creation of the Porter's digital archive in 2018 and examines issues specific to the representation of women in archives at an American independent school.
