St. Mary's Dominican College was a

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for women in

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, in the

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History

The college was founded by the Dominican Sisters congregation of

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as St. Mary's Academy. The high school section separated to become

St. Mary's Dominican High School St. Mary's Dominican High School, or simply Dominican High School, is an all-girls private Catholic high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Dominican is one of the few schools in Louisiana without a m ...

. St. Mary's Dominican College was chartered in 1910 and operated until 1984, when it was disbanded. Its grounds were sold to Loyola University, and became Loyola's Broadway campus.''Blake Ponchartrain''
''

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'', January 29, 2002. Last retrieved February 12, 2007.

Notable alumnae

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, CSJ – Roman Catholic nun and leading American anti-

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activist

Notable faculty

Angela Gregory Angela Gregory (October 18, 1903 – February 13, 1990) was an American Sculpture, sculptor and professor of art. Gregory has been called the "doyenne of Louisiana sculpture". She became one of the few women of her era to be recognized nationally ...

–

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and art professor, was sculptor-in-residence at the college for some time *

John Kennedy Toole John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, '' A Confederacy of Dunces'', won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. At 16 in 1954, Toole ...

– novelist, best known for ''

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'', briefly taught English at the school

Notes

External sources

St. Mary's Dominican Sisters of New Orleans

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