Advertisement for Madame Togno's School for Young Ladies, ca. 1855
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- Title:
- Advertisement for Madame Togno's School for Young Ladies, ca. 1855
- Date:
- 1855
- Creator (Corporate):
- Madame Togno's School for Young Ladies (Charleston, S.C.)
- Description:
- Printed broadside includes description of curriculum, rules of conduct, tuition and refereces. Madame Rosalie Acelie Togno opened her french and english boarding school for young ladies in Charleston under the patronage of James Louis Petigru in 1854. Initially located on Tradd Street, the school and dormitory for students was relocated to Meeting Street soon after. Togno was a fluent speaker of french and arrived in Charleston by way of New York. Her strict teaching style set new standards for education in antebellum Charleston and students were instructed in science, history, geograph and writing . Madame Togno's students included such notable women as Adele Allston Vanderhorst and Elizabeth Allston Waties Pringle. During the Civil War, Togno relocated her school to Barhamville, South Carolina but was forced to flee South Carolina soon after.
- Collection Title:
- Advertisement for Madame Togno's School for Young Ladies, ca. 1855
- Contributing Institution:
- South Carolina Historical Society
- Media Type:
- Manuscripts
- Series:
- South Carolinians at Work
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Togno, Rosalie Acelie Guillou
- Topical Subject:
- Madame Togno's School for Young Ladies, Boarding schools, Boarding schools--United States, Women Education, Women--Education--History, and Women--Education--United States
- Geographic Subject:
- Charleston (S.C.), Charleston (S.C.)--History, and Charleston (S.C.)--History--1775-1865
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- 43-0157
- Date Digital:
- 2011-07
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2011, The South Carolina Historical Society. All rights reserved. For more information contact The South Carolina Historical Society, 100 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401.
- Admin ID:
- 33429
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