Louise McNair
St Louis Head mistress
About Louise McNair
Lived 1869 – 1956 (aged 86–87).
Louise McNair (1869-1956) was a mathematics teacher and the headmistress of Hosmer Hall school for girls in St. Louis.
Biography Louise McNair was born in 1869 in St. Louis, the daughter of Charles A. McNair and Louise Donohoe (d. March 10, 1903), of Glasgow, Missouri. Charles A. McNair (1831-1907) was engaged in the iron business in St. Louis; his children were: Elizabeth McNair (1856-1857), Edwin Alonzo McNair (1858-1914), Emma Belle McNair, Louise McNair. The musician McNair Ilgenfritz was Louise McNair's nephew.
McNair was a student of Mary Institute,
Returning to school after her course at Wellesley McNair again taught Mathematics at Hosmer until the death of Martha Matthews, when she accepted the position of principal in 1903.
Personal life She was friends with Lillie Rose Ernst who was the first woman to become assistant superintendent of instruction in the St. Louis public school system
She died in 1956 and is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis.
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St Louis Head mistress
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