The École normale supérieure de jeunes filles (also École normale supérieure de Sèvres) was a French institute of higher education, in Sèvres, now a commune in the suburbs of Paris. The school educated girls only, especially as teachers for the secondary education system. It was founded on 29 July 1881 on the initiative of Camille Sée, following the Sée-inspired act of the legislature which established lycées for girls. In 1985, it merged with the École normale supérieure of the rue d'Ulm.
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History
On the school's founding, French Minister of National Education Jules Ferry named the philosopher and educator Julie Velten Favre director of the institution. The school was initially housed in the former buildings of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, from which it was ejected in 1940; it was reinstated in the Boulevard Jourdan, in the 14th arrondissement. It existed until 1985, when it merged with the École normale supérieure, Rue d'Ulm, forming a co-educational school.
Directors (1881–1988)
Julie Favre (Madame Jules Favre) 1881–1896
Madame Henri Marion née Jeanne Marie Hall: 1896-1906
Louise Belugou : 1906–1919
Anne Amieux : 1919–1936
Eugénie Cotton : 1936–1941
Edmée Hatinguais : 1941–1944
Lucy Prenant : 1944–1956
Marie-Jeanne Durry : 1956–1974
Josiane Serre : 1974–1988
Notable alumni
Rose Celli
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923–2025), French mathematical physicist
Assia Djebar
Marie Duflo (1940–2019), French probability theorist
Jeanne Galzy
Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, French historian, anthropologist and academic
Paulette Libermann (1919–2007), French mathematician
Éliane Montel (1898–1993), French physicist and chemist
Luce Pietri (1931–2024), French historian
Angèle Pompéi (1898–1990), French Corsican scientist who worked at the Curie laboratory from 1929
Marthe Weiss née Klein (1885–1953), French scientist and teacher, worked with Marie Curie
Faculty
Élie Cartan
Eugénie Cotton
Marie Curie
Jacqueline Ferrand
Paul Langevin
André Lichnerowicz
Jean Perrin