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Allenswood Boarding Academy (also known as Allenswood Academy or Allenswood School) was an exclusive girls' boarding school founded in Wimbledon, London, by Marie Souvestre in 1883 and operated until the early 1950s, when it was demolished and replaced with a housing development.
Nationality. French. Occupation. Educator. Marie Souvestre (28 April 1830 – 30 March 1905) was an educator who sought to develop independent minds in young women. [1] She founded a school in France and when she left the school with one of her teachers she founded Allenswood Academy in London.
At 15, she attended Allenswood Boarding Academy in London and was deeply influenced by its founder and director Marie Souvestre. Returning to the U.S., she married her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1905.
Allenswood Boarding Academy, var en flickskola i Wimbledon, London, Storbritannien, grundad 1883. Skolan lades ned 1950. Det var en välkänd och exklusiv privat flickskola, med elever från den brittiska och amerikanska överklassen.
Allenswood Academy. Allenswood Academy, a private school outside London, England, provided wealthy young women a stimulating environment that took the education of women seriously at a time when they were denied access to the elite institutions of higher learning. Headmistress Marie Souvestre emphasized history, geography, literature, and ...
The Early Years. 1884 Born in NYC, October 11. 1899 ER attends Allenswood, School. Headmistress Madame Souvestre says that Eleanor has a superior intellect and is a born leader. 1902 ER leaves Allenswood to make her debut in society at NYC's Aldorf-Astoria on Dec. 11. 1905 Marries FDR, a fifth cousin once removed, in NYC on March 17.
21 apr 2020 · Having moved to London with Paolina Samaïa, former teacher of Italian at Les Ruches (Dussaut continued running the school in Paris; her death in July 1887 was most likely an act of suicide), Souvestre acquired Allenswood House at Albert Road, Wimbledon Park. There she established Allenswood Boarding Academy for girls.
