The Collège Sévigné is a French

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. The school was founded in 1880 by Mathilde Salomon, becoming the first French non-denominational high school for young women, two months before the vote of the "Camille Sée" law establishing public secondary education for young women, and three years before the opening of the Lycée Fenelon. The founders, grouped in an association called "Société pour la propagation de l'instruction parmi les femmes", included

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(1833–1886), former Minister for Education, and a militant for Public Education. The school became co-educational in 1969. Collège Sévigné was also the first school in

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to open a

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, in 1909. Famous contributors to the education program at the school have been Alain, Gurvitch, Jankelevitch, Dumezil,

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, Carcopino, Merleau-Ponty,

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. The school is only one of three non-denominational private schools in

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. The school is located on 28

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in the 5th arrondissement. Collège Sévigné offers classes from kindergarten to the Baccalaureat.

Alumni

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* Irène Joliot-Curie and

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, daughters of

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and

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, obtained their '' baccalaureat'' at the school *

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* Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine

References

External links

Official site of Collège Sévigné
{{DEFAULTSORT:College Sevigne Private schools in France Educational institutions established in 1880 1880 establishments in France