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History

Blessed Imelda's girls' school opened on April 16, 1917, with financial support from the Apostolic Prefect of Taiwan and from the Holy Rosary Dominican Province. It was established when Taiwan was under Japanese rule, and Japanese culture has influenced its development. It began with five Dominican sisters on the teaching staff along with Japanese teachers. Music, painting, handicraft, and English were taught. It had one junior high school and one senior high school class and 158 students, of whom three quarters were ethnic Japanese. In 1934 the school extended its program to three years. During World War II the president of the school was appointed by the Japanese but the Dominican Sisters continued to run the school. It was the only private school running during the Japanese occupation. In 1935 the enrollment was 740 with a staff of 22. It enrolled 120 of 652 applicants in 1942. In 2007, boys were allowed into the middle school division. They were allowed into the high school division in 2018.

Notable alumnae

Actresses

Chang Hsiao-yen Chang Hsiao-yen (; born 11 August 1948) is a Taiwanese television host and actress. Born in Shanghai, China, Chang relocated to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War where she started her acting career at the age of five as a child actress in cine ...

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Lien Fang Yu Lien Fang Yu () born 14 April 1943 in Chongqing as Fang Yu (), is the wife of Lien Chan, chairman of the Kuomintang party from 2000 to 2005. Fang is a former Miss Republic of China. Fang and Lien were married in 1965, the same year that Lien ...

- former Second Lady

References

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