The Manhattan Trade School for Girls was a New York City
public high school founded in 1902 by
Mary Schenck Woolman,[1] and was the first vocational school for female students established in the United States.[2] It was established by philanthropic reformers to provide training for young women to work in trades such as garment factory work. It was originally located on West
14th Street, but was moved to East
23rd Street in 1906–1907. To accommodate growing enrollment, a new building was constructed and designed by
C. B. J. Snyder in 1915 at 127 East 22nd Street.[3] The building now houses
The School of the Future, a New York City public
middle school and
high school.
Gallery
The following photographs of activities at the Manhattan Trade School for Girls date to 1916:
^Burdick, Ana Lalor (October 1919).
"The Manhattan Trade School for Girls". The Vocational Summary. Vol. 2, no. 6. Federal Board for Vocational Education. pp. 110–111 – via Google Books.
Brown, Margaret (October 1927). "An experiment in vocational training carried on in cardiac classes of the Manhattan Trade School for Girls". American Heart Journal. 3 (1): 91–104.
doi:
10.1016/s0002-8703(27)90176-8.
Dominus, Susan (14 September 2010). "From School Files of an Earlier Era, Faces Looking to the Future". New York Times.