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Allenswood Boarding Academy (also known as Allenswood Academy or Allenswood School) was an exclusive girls' boarding school founded in Wimbledon, London, by Marie Souvestre in 1883 and operated until the early 1950s, when it was demolished and replaced with a housing development.
Apr 21, 2020 · In 1899, her grandmother send the young girl to London to further her education. Her choice of school was Allenswood Academy. There had been previous contact between Souvestre and the Roosevelt family. Anna Roosevelt, Eleanor’s aunt, had briefly been a pupil at Les Ruches.
Apr 28, 2015 · An important influence on the intellectual development of many young women, Marie Souvestre founded two influential boarding schools, Les Ruches, in Fountainebleu, France, in 1863, and Allenswood Academy, outside London, in 1870--each of Souvestre's schools served as a "city of ladies," helping shape young girls into independent, forward ...
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), one of the most influential wives of any American President, spent three years as a pupil at the exclusive Allenswood Academy finishing school for girls in Albert Road (now Albert Drive), near Wimbledon Park.
Jul 21, 2023 · A tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed young woman, she was sent off to London to a private finishing school named Allenswood Girl’s Academy. Allenswood was run by Marie Souvestre, who Eleanor would later cite as one of her first and greatest influences on her educational and emotional development.
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Eleanor and her brother Hall were sent to live with her Grandmother. Eleanor and Hall. Life with Grandmother Hall was confining and lonesome until Eleanor was sent to England to attend Allenswood Academy in London in 1899.
