Mary Edwards Calhoun

Mary Edwards Calhoun (December 8, 1873 – November 10, 1963) was the Calhoun School headmistress from 1916 to 1942.

Mary Edwards Calhoun
BornDecember 8, 1873
Philadelphia, PA
DiedNovember 10, 1963 (age 90)
Westport, CT
OccupationEducator
FamilyMiss Alice Calhoun (sister)

Biography

Calhoun was born to a Philadelphia Quaker family in 1873.

She graduated from Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn and Teachers College of Columbia University. She taught at Horace Mann School, Barnard College and Packer.[1] She also was the Women's page editor at the Herald Tribune.

In 1916, she succeeded Laura Jacobi as headmistress at the Jacobi School.[2] Around 1924, the school name was changed to The Calhoun School at the request of parents. Retiring in 1942, Miss Calhoun became Chairman of the Board, pursued her interests in the World Federation, supported the work of the Society of Friends, and left bequests to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the NAACP as well as to her sister and the educational institutions with which she had been associated.[3]

She wrote Readings from American Literature, a Textbook for Schools and Colleges (1915) which was given mixed reviews by The School Review.[4]

Calhoun died on November 10, 1963 in her Westport home.[5]

References
  1. "Mary Edwards Calhoun, Ex-Head of School Here". The New York Times. November 12, 1963.
  2. Trager, James (1987). West of Fifth : The Rise and Fall and Rise of Manhattan's West Side. New York: Atheneum. p. 167. ISBN 0-689-11775-2. OCLC 14068186 – via Newspapers.com.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. "School History". Calhoun School.
  4. Jones, Howard Mumford (1915-05-01). "Readings from American Literature. Mary Edwards Calhoun , Emma Leonora MacLarney". The School Review. 23 (5): 354–355. doi:10.1086/436481. ISSN 0036-6773.
  5. "Mary Calhoun, 90, Educator, Succumbs". The Bridgeport Post. 1963-11-12. p. 29. Retrieved 2020-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
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