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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1912
Page
9
The world's largest noncoeducational high school plans a curriculum aimed at fitting girls for matrimony and various useful occupations. It emphasizes preparing women for marriage and practical roles through targeted instruction.
New York City plans a landmark girls school dedicating eight stories to domestic science and matrimony education. It will teach washing, ironing, nursing, cooking, laundering and home management, plus a theatre classroom, biology, languages, sewing and a large gym. The aim is to prepare 5000 girls for marriage or office work with practical skills and modern facilities.
The piece argues American working women in stores, offices, and restaurants increasingly model for artists, surpassing foreign and traditional professionals. It praises how daily work life refines natural grace, offers fresh poses, and creates new beauty standards through realism and character.
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