Chapin School is an

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independent day school in New York City's

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neighborhood in

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History

Maria Bowen Chapin opened "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and Girls" in 1901. The school originally enrolled 78 students, who were taught by seven teachers. It developed from a small elementary school Chapin and Alice Wetmore founded in 1894 that was explicitly intended to prepare young girls for success at the

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, which had been created 10 years earlier. Chapin ran the educational side of "Primary Classes for Girls" and Wetmore ran the business end. The two ended their partnership in 1901, and Miss Chapin's School was born. Chapin's first high school diplomas were granted in 1908, and the last boys attended in 1917. According to archival sources recounted in ''And Cheer for the Green and Gold'', Chapin was an early feminist and suffragette who focused heavily on character development and intended the school to offer the same classical education as was available to boys of that era. Chapin remained headmistress until 1932. At her request, the school was renamed the Chapin School after she died, in 1934. Chapin is at 100

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, at East 84th Street. Chapin's school was originally at 12 West 47th Street. In 1905 the school moved to East 58th Street. In 1910 it moved to East 57th Street. The school has been at its current location on the

since 1928.

Heads of School

*1901–1932: Maria Bowen Chapin *1932–1935: Mary Cecelia Fairfax^§ *1932–1959: Ethel Grey Stringfellow^§ *1959–1993: Mildred Jeanmaire Berendsen *1993–2003: Sandra Theunick *2003–2020: Patricia T. Hayot *2020–present: Suzanne Fogarty :^§ joint headmistresses, 1932–1935

Academics, activities, and athletics

Chapin's 802 students are split into three divisions: Lower School (

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through grade 3),

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(grades 4 through 7), and

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(grades 8 through 12). Around sixty students start in kindergarten, where they are divided into three classes. Each K class has two teachers, with regular use of teaching specialists (e.g., reading, Spanish, art, music, science, technology, gym, etc.) There are about 265 students in the Upper School (8th through 12th grades), where they are taught by 53 faculty members. Traditionally, Chapin did not make an effort to replace students who left the school (generally for boarding and coed schools), leading to graduating classes of around 40. Class numbers have changed, so that now many grades contain 65–70 students. A few students are added every year or two, often to compensate for students leaving, and 6–10 are added in 6th grade. The number of students added in 7th and 8th grade varies, but a larger number are added in 9th grade, usually more than is necessary to compensate for the students leaving the school, increasing the class size. While the lower school program combines progressive and traditional characteristics, the upper school curriculum is considered to be a traditionally rigorous liberal arts program. There are multiple requirements, including at least one modern language and two years of

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. The Latin requirement is fulfilled in the 7th and 8th grade, and not required for those joining the school past that. The languages offered in addition to Latin are Spanish, French, and Mandarin. While Chapin used to offer AP classes, they were phased out in recent years, and the school focuses on advanced courses of their own design. Electives are called FOCUS courses, and are offered to students starting in 10th grade. Many students do independent studies or study abroad programs, particularly through Chapin's exchange programs with the St. Hilda's Anglican School for Girls (Perth, Australia) and the

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(Athens, Greece). Since 2011, Chapin has worked with the Kibera School for Girls in Nairobi, Kenya, developing curriculum ideas and visiting each other's campuses. Chapin is also a charter affiliate member of the

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(OSG), in which students can take courses offered to more than 30 girls' schools across the country. New York Interschool courses are offered in advanced math, leadership, and ethics. Mentorship derives from multiple sources, including faculty advisors and peer leaders. While many Chapin students live on the Upper East Side near the school, others hail from other parts of Manhattan, as well as Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, New Jersey, Westchester, and Long Island. The student-to-teacher ratio is 6.8 to 1. Twenty-one percent of the students receive tuition assistance, amounting to over $5 million per year. Among the 21 Chapin activities are the student government (advisory), the student newspaper, the literary magazine, Amnesty International, the Gay-Straight Alliance, the

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, and groups dedicated to the study and performance of Classics, dance, drama, music, math, media, the

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, and science. Students are also welcome to start up new clubs during the school year. There are 18 athletic teams at Chapin, including 15 varsity sports. The Gators compete in the Athletic Association for Independent Schools (AAIS), which is a league composed of the

, Chapin,

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, Marymount School,

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, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Saint Ann's School, and

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. Chapin varsity sports include badminton, basketball, cross country,

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, golf, gymnastics,

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, soccer,

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, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball.

Traditions

The school's

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is ''Fortiter et Recte'' (Bravely and Rightly). The wheel on the school's seal was chosen by the school's founder because it is the symbol for

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, the patron saint of philosophers, thinkers, and educated women. The students leave assembly in a wheel pattern. Chapin was fond of plants, which led to the school's early construction of a greenhouse within the building. Lower schoolers care for its plants during holidays, and kindergarten applicants are given a Chapin plant during the interview process. From its beginning, the Chapin School educated students from some of the most affluent and socially prominent families in New York. At the same time, the school has long focused on the importance of serving the surrounding community and on feminism. In 1923, for example, the Alumnae Association created a babies clinic and a health clinic for the disadvantaged. Scholarship funds began to be collected during the Great Depression; proceeds of this fundraising allowed students to continue in school despite the economic turmoil of the 1930s. Seniors (or "Twelves") were offered a course on the status and work of women beginning in the 1940s. Mildred Berendsen was headmistress during the tumultuous 1960s, and she became an early board member of A Better Chance and Early Steps, both of which had just been created to encourage and prepare students of color for private schools. She would later be involved in an even more successful program,

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. The first African-American student enrolled at Chapin in 1967. Within three years, there would be 17 African American students at the school. Thirty-eight percent of Chapin students in 2016 are young women of color. The specifics of the school uniform have steadily evolved since 1914. As of 2017, the uniform depends upon the girl's grade level, but green is a recurrent sartorial theme. Due to coronavirus, the uniform is no longer required past the 8th grade, and instead a basic dress code is followed by the upper school students. Chapin has had a tradition of green/gold competitions since at least 1912. Throughout the year, but especially on the annual Field Day, these green and gold teams fiercely compete until a winner is announced at the end of each school year. Students join their team in 4th grade—when applicable, joining the team of their mother or grandmother—and remain on the same team throughout their time at Chapin. Commencement ceremonies have remained unchanged for a century. Students wear white dresses and stand together with no differentiation made. No academic awards are given, and there has never been a Chapin valedictorian. Chapin has affiliations and competitions with a variety of other New York City schools, often through New York Interschool. Chapin is most closely aligned and rivalrous, however, with the neighboring

, with which it shares some classes, after-school programs,

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, and a robotics team. Chapin also chooses to divide their school into sections. The lower school, for students in grades K-3, is centered around a class of 20 students with two teachers and specialists in various areas such as music and PE. In middle school, grades 4–7, students begin to travel around the building to different classes with different students and peers, but the whole grade shares a teacher in one subject area and takes the same curriculum. The high school at Chapin starts in 8th grade, providing a kind of preparation year for students to acclimate to the freedom and expectations of upper school.

Facilities

All Chapin programs exist under one roof.

Annenberg Library

The building features the two-story Annenberg Library with over 45,000 volumes and rooms for

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and

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. The library also contains a

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and vinyl cutting room, three student study rooms, a student conference room, multiple lounge and table areas amongst the bookshelves, and a multi-media room. There is also a separate lower-school library.

Classrooms and gyms

As of 2015, Chapin featured 49 classrooms, eight science laboratories, four art studios including a photography darkroom and a

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studio, two music studios, a black box theater, a

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, two computer laboratories, four gymnasiums and a greenhouse.

Additional facilities

Chapin students make frequent use of

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, which is located across the street from the school, as well as Asphalt Green Aquatics Center, which is six blocks away. In 2008, construction at Chapin provided new facilities for art, language, science and the greenhouse via expansion of the fifth and sixth floors and addition of the seventh and eighth floors. A further round of construction began in May 2015. The new Lower Level Dining Room, a dining space for classes K-5 and multipurpose room, was completed in 2016. When the entire project is completed, Chapin will have grown from 8 to 11 stories and will have a top-floor regulation-size gymnasium to complement its four current gyms, a rooftop turf practice field and fitness center, expanded performing arts facilities, much larger dining facilities, and additional classrooms to provide more flexibility and experiential learning. Chapin's construction project has drawn opposition from neighbors, who have objected to its scale, its length, and the noise level, among other issues.

College placement and rankings

Chapin is typically ranked among the top private schools in the United States. An article in ''

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'' ranked Chapin's college placement as third best in the country. Another organization ranked private high schools from around the world based on matriculation to Ivy League colleges, plus MIT, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge; they bundled groups of schools, and the top 5 schools were all in NYC (Chapin was joined by Brearley, Collegiate, Saint Ann's School, and

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). A different 2019 survey ranked Chapin as the 4th best girls school in the country, and the 18th best K-12 private school in the country. During the last five years (2015–2019), the approximately 250 graduates have matriculated to over 60 colleges and universities. The most commonly-attended universities: Cornell (15), Duke (12), Georgetown (12), University of Pennsylvania (12), University of Chicago (11), Harvard (10), Brown (9), Princeton (9), and New York University (8).

Notable alumnae

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. Member,

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. *

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''. * Tonya Bolden, 1976. Author of children's non-fiction such as ''Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls'' *

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sculptor * Stockard Channing, 1962. Actress: stage, film, television * Frances Sergeant Childs, 1919. Historian. Founding faculty member, Brooklyn College. Author, ''French Refugee Life in the United States, 1790–1800: An American Chapter of the French Revolution'' (1940). *

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, 1958.

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. Journalist, urban historian, lecturer *

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''. Creative Director, '' Town and Country''. *

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''. *

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, 1988. Businesswoman. Creative director, Estée Lauder. Co-author, ''Beauty at Home''. *

Jane Lauder Jane Lauder Warsh (born 1973) is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman. Early life Lauder is the daughter of Jo Carole Lauder (née Knopf) and Ronald Lauder. Her father served as United States Ambassador to Austria under President R ...

, 1991. Businesswoman. Global director, Estée Lauder. *

Ruth du Pont Lord Ruth Ellen du Pont Lord (January 14, 1922 – August 4, 2014) was an American writer, psychotherapist, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Long active in the Yale and New Haven New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is l ...

, 1939. Psychotherapist, arts patron. Author, ''Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait''. *

Anne Morrow Lindbergh Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights. Raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...

, 1924. Writer, aviator. Author, ''

Gift from the Sea ''Gift from the Sea'' is a book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh first published in 1955. While on vacation on Florida's Captiva Island in the early 1950s, Lindbergh wrote the essay-style work by taking shells on the beach for inspiration and reflecting o ...

'' and ''

North to the Orient ''North to the Orient'' is a 1935 book by the American writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh. It is the account of the 1931 flight by her and her husband, Charles Lindbergh, from the United States to Japan and China, by the northern route over the Arctic ...

''."Anne Morrow Lindbergh."
''Biography.com." Retrieved: November 17, 2011. *

Sarah Lyall Sarah Lambert Lyall is an American journalist who has worked for ''The New York Times'', including an 18-year period as the title's London correspondent. Biography Raised in New York City, Lyall attended the Chapin School and is a graduate of Phi ...

, 1991. Journalist, ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

''. Author, ''The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British''. * Emma Fordyce MacRae, 1905. Representational painter. Member, the Philadelphia Ten *

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (November 9, 1903 – May 27, 1976) was an American philanthropist and the daughter of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a granddaughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Family backgroun ...

, 1921. Philanthropist * Neylan McBaine, 1995. Writer. Author, ''How to Be a Twenty-First Century Pioneer Woman''. Editor, ''Mormon Women Project''. *

Cynthia McClintock Cynthia McClintock is a professor at George Washington University and an author.Cynthia McClintock
George W ...

, 1963. Professor,

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress, GWU is the largest Higher educat ...

. Author, ''Revolutionary Movements in Latin America.'' * Lynden B. Miller, 1956. Public garden designer and author *

Maud Morgan Maud (Cabot) Morgan (March 1, 1903 – March 14, 1999) was an American modern artist and teacher who is best known for her abstract expressionism. She mentored Frank Stella and Carl Andre, and had art pieces shown alongside such notable contempor ...

, 1921. Abstract expressionist painter * Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, 1980. Journalist, documentary filmmaker. ''

The Other F Word ''The Other F Word'' is a 2011 American documentary film directed by independent filmmaker Andrea Blaugrund Nevins. The film explores the world of aging punk rock musicians, as they transition into parents and try to maintain the contrast between ...

'' *

Sheila Nickerson Sheila Bunker Nickerson (born 1942) is an American poet and writer. She served as poet laureate of Alaska and was twice awarded the Pushcart Prize. Much of her writing focuses on Alaska, nature, and arctic exploration. Life and education Nickerson ...

, 1960. Writer.

Poet laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

. Author, ''Disappearance: A Map'' and ''The Song of the Soapstone Carver.'' * Galt Niederhoffer, 1994. Producer, director, novelist, screenwriter. '' Prozac Nation'', ''

The Romantics The Romantics are an American rock band formed in 1977 in Detroit. The band is often put under the banner of new wave and power pop. They were influenced by 1950s American rock and roll, Detroit's MC5, the Stooges, early Bob Seger, Motown R&B ...

''. *

Queen Noor of Jordan Noor Al-Hussein ( ar, نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who is the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriag ...

(Lisa Halaby), 1969. Activist, writer. President,

United World Colleges United World Colleges (UWC) is an international network of schools and educational programmes with the shared aim of "making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future." The organization was founde ...

* Jennifer "DJ" (Berinstein) Nordquist, 1985. Government, international organization, and think tank executive. *

Maud Oakes Maud Van Cortlandt Oakes (1903–1990) was an ethnologist, artist and writer who published her research into the cultures of indigenous tribes in the Americas, including the Navajo of the American Southwest and the Mam of Guatemala. She is best ...

, 1922. Ethnologist, artist, writer. Author, ''The Two Crosses of Todos Santos: Survivals of Mayan Religious Ritual''. *

Sister Parish Sister Parish (born Dorothy May Kinnicutt; July 15, 1910 – September 8, 1994) was an American interior decorator and socialite. She was the first practitioner brought in to decorate the Kennedy White House, a position soon entrusted to French i ...

(Dorothy May Kinnicutt), 1928. Interior designer *

Betty Parsons Betty Parsons (born Betty Bierne Pierson, January 31, 1900 – July 23, 1982) was an American artist, art dealer, and collector known for her early promotion of Abstract Expressionism. She is regarded as one of the most influential and dynamic f ...

, 1918. Abstract painter, art collector, art dealer *

Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli Countess Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli (born 15 April 1967) is a British socialite and philanthropist of U.S., Danish, and German ancestry. She is the daughter of the lawyer Claus von Bülow and Sunny von Bülow. She was named on the Internationa ...

, 1985. Socialite, philanthropist *

Joan Whitney Payson Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was also co-founder and majority owner of ...

, 1921. Art collector. Co-owner, Greentree Stable. Owner, the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

. Philanthropist. *

Georgia Pellegrini Georgia Pellegrini (born ) is an American author, speaker, chef, outdoor adventure expert, and host of the TV show "Modern Pioneering", which won the 2021 Taste Award for Best New Series. She also hosted the TV show "Wild Food" on Discovery Netw ...

, 1998. Hunter, chef, writer. Author, ''Modern Pioneering'' and ''Girl Hunter'' * Adela Peña, 1981. Violinist, founding member of the internationally known Naumburg Award-winning

Eroica Trio The Eroica Trio is an American piano trio consisting of Erika Nickrenz, piano; Sara Parkins, violin; and Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello. The trio take their name from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony. They have toured and recorded widely, and released si ...

. *

Rosamond Pinchot Rosamond Pinchot (October 26, 1904 – January 24, 1938) was an American socialite, stage and film actress. Early life and career Born in New York City, Pinchot was the daughter of Amos Pinchot, a wealthy lawyer and a key figure in the Progres ...

, 1922. Actress. "Loveliest woman in America." *

Lilly Pulitzer Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau (November 10, 1931 – April 7, 2013) was an American entrepreneur, fashion designer, and socialite. She founded Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., which produces floral print clothing and other wares. Career Lilly and husband H ...

, 1949. Fashion designer *

Lee Radziwill Caroline Lee Bouvier ( ), later Canfield, Radziwiłł (), and Ross (March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019), usually known as Princess Lee Radziwill, was an American socialite, public-relations executive, and interior decorator. She was the y ...

, 1951. Socialite,

Public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...

consultant and interior designer * Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, 1927. Philanthropist. President,

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

. * Eileen Rockefeller, 1970. Venture philanthropist. Author, ''Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir.'' *

Samantha Ronson Samantha Ronson (born 7 August 1977) is an English DJ, singer, and songwriter who lives in Santa Monica, California, United States. Early life Ronson was born in Camden, London, to writer/socialite Ann Dexter-Jones and one-time music executive ...

, 1995. Singer-songwriter,

deejay A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...

Margot Roosevelt Margot Roosevelt (born Margot Roosevelt Barmine; August 13, 1950) is an American journalist who covers economic and labor news for the ''Los Angeles Times''. She is a great-granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. Early life Roosevelt is ...

, 1968. Journalist * Laura Rothenberg, 1999. Writer. Author, '' Breathing for a Living'' * Edith Finch Russell, 1918. Biographer. Author, ''Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr''. * Rachel Rutherford, 1994. Dancer. Soloist,

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company' ...

. * Lilian Swann Saarinen, 1930. Sculptor, illustrator, Olympic skier. *

Najla Said Najla Said (born 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is a Palestinian-American author, actress, playwright, and activist. Through her literary and academic work, Said has confronted racism, stereotyping, social and economic inequality, and ...

, 1992. Writer, actor, playwright. Author, ''Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family'' *

Lydia Sargent Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942 – September 27, 2020) was an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor. Biography She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as Z Magazine, which she co-ed ...

, 1959. Feminist activist. Co-founder, South End Press and

Z Magazine Z Communications is a left-wing activist-oriented media group founded in 1986 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent.Max Elbaum''Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che'' London, England, UK; New York, New York, US: Verso ...

. Author, ''I Read About My Death in Vogue Magazine''. * Louise Serpa, 1943. Rodeo photographer *

Delia Sherman Cordelia Caroline Sherman (born 1951, Tokyo, Japan), known professionally as Delia Sherman, is an American fantasy writer and editor. Her novel ''The Porcelain Dove'' won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Background Sherman attended The Chapin Scho ...

, 1968. Fantasy writer, editor. Author, ''The Porcelain Dove'' and ''The Freedom Maze''. *

Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, Countess Széchenyi (August 27, 1886 – January 29, 1965), was an American heiress from the Vanderbilt family and wife of Hungarian Count László Széchenyi. Early life She was born as Gladys Moore Vanderbilt ...

, 1904. Heiress *

Ivanka Trump Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman and the first daughter of Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. She was a senior advisor in his administration, and also was the ...

, 2000. Businesswoman. Executive Vice President, the

Trump Organization Trump most commonly refers to: * Donald Trump (born 1946), 45th president of the United States (2017–2021) * Trump (card games), any playing card given an ad-hoc high rank Trump may also refer to: Businesses and organizations * Donald J. ...

Nancy Tuckerman Nancy Ludlow Tuckerman (October 24, 1928 – August 1, 2018) was the White House Social Secretary during the Kennedy administration. After the Kennedy assassination, she remained the personal secretary to Jackie Kennedy until the latter's death in ...

, 1947. Social secretary for Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, 1963–1994. Co-author, revised edition of ''Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette''. * Anne Walker, 1991. Architectural historian. Co-author, ''The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich'' and ''The Finest Rooms in America.'' * Challis Walker, 1930. Sculptor, painter *

Vera Wang Vera Ellen Wang (; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer. Early life Vera Ellen Wang was born June 27, 1949 in New York City to Chinese parents who emigrated to the United States in the mid-1940s. Her mother, Florence Wu (Wu ...

, 1967. Former senior editor, ''

''. Fashion designer *

Sigourney Weaver Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. A figure in science fiction and popular culture, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Gramm ...

, 1968. Actress, producer *

Aileen Osborn Webb Aileen Osborn Webb (1892–1979) was an American aristocrat and a patron of crafts.Joyce LovelaceWho Was Aileen Osborn Webb? July 25, 2011, American Craft CouncilBarbara LovenheimCrafting Modernism, NYCityWoman.comSandra Alfoldy, ''Crafting Ident ...

, 1910. Philanthropist. Founder,

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Betty Wei Betty Wei (born 1930) (Traditional Chinese: 魏白蒂) is a historian and a writer. Biography Born in China to Hsioh-ren Wei, a Chinese scientist, educator and diplomat, Wei moved to New York City at the age of 16. She was the first Asian s ...

, 1949. Historian. Author, ''Old Shanghai'' and ''Liu Chi-Wen: biography of a revolutionary leader.'' * Christine Todd Whitman, 1964. Politician, lobbyist. Former

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The official r ...

Dorothy Payne Whitney Dorothy Payne Elmhirst ( Whitney; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member of the prominent Whitney family. Life and work Whitney was born in Washington, D.C., the daug ...

, 1904. Social activist. Co-founder, ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...

'' and the New School for Social Research *

Helen Whitney Helen Whitney is an American producer, director and writer of documentaries and feature films that have aired on PBS, HBO, ABC and NBC. Whitney's subjects have included youth gangs, the 1996 American presidential candidates, a Trappist mon ...

, 1961. Documentary filmmaker,'' First Edition'', ''Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero'', and ''The Mormons''. * Lauren Willig, 1995. Historical novelist. Author, ''Pink Carnation'' series and ''The Forgotten Room''. *

Jane Wyatt Jane Waddington Wyatt ( ; August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006) was an American actress. She starred in a number of Hollywood films, such as Frank Capra's ''Lost Horizon'', but is likely best known for her role as the housewife and mother Marga ...

, 1928. Actress, ''

Father Knows Best ''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by ...

References

*Noerdlinger, Charlotte Johnson. ''And Cheer for the Green and Gold: An Anecdotal History of the Chapin School''. New York: The Chapin School, 2000.

External links

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