Louise Veltin (January 8, 1856 - January 7, 1934) was the principal of the Veltin School for Girls in New York.
[1] She was born in Paris on January 8, 1856; her parents were Captain Christian Veltin and Henriette de Launay Veltin.
Her father died fighting Native Americans in New Mexico.
[1] In 1886 she started the Veltin School for Girls, at 175 West 73rd St in New York; she moved it to 160 West 74th Street in 1892, where it stayed until it closed in 1924.
[1][2] She was awarded the Medaille de la Reconnaissance Francaise for her relief work in World War I.