Join us in this first installment of Educating Girls for Life, featuring Sister Madonna O’HARA and Sister Barbara Roche, 2 of the 14 foundresses who began Marian Middle School. As schools opened up in St. Louis to support boys, these two visionary women founded Marian Middle School for girls. They believed with all their being that girls with limited means, but high potential, deserved a high quality education and the support to thrive. Today, 265 young girls and counting are prepared to become the next generation of leaders, because of them.
Educating Girls for Life is a podcast developed in partnership with Marian Middle School, which is an innovative, all-girls school in St. Louis, Missouri, founded by a group of 14 courageous women 20 years ago. At the time the school began two decades ago, nothing existed to support girls of high potential, but limited means, who were falling through the cracks of the education system. Today, the school has reimaged an innovative model to ensure bright young girls – no matter their background or circumstance – have the academic foundation, mentoring and support they need to become the next generation of bold, powerful female leaders. Join us as we talk with the visionary women who were “Leaning In” long before Sheryl Sandberg’s best-selling book, as well as the faculty, leaders and students who call this innovative school home.