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Wadleigh High School for Girls

1902 establishments in New York CityDefunct high schools in ManhattanEducational institutions established in 1897New York City Designated Landmarks in ManhattanPublic high schools in Manhattan
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Wadleigh High School for Girls, 1903
Wadleigh High School for Girls, 1903

The Wadleigh High School for Girls, which was established by the NYC Board of Education in 1897, and which moved into its new building in Harlem in September 1902, was the first public high school for girls in New York City. At the time, public secondary education for girls was considered highly novel and perhaps a bit scandalous. Newspapers considered it newsworthy enough to devote many stories to describing classroom scenes of girls receiving “higher” education.

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Wadleigh High School for Girls
West 114th Street, New York Manhattan

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M415 Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts

West 114th Street 215
10026 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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