The Lux School, located in San Francisco, was a technical and vocational school established and maintained by an endowment in the will of Miranda Wilmarth Sheldon (Potter) Lux (1825-1894). Over the course of its existence, it had different names and a shifting scope, focusing primarily on the vocational education of young women. In 1911, the endowment funded courses arranged in conjunction with the California School of Mechanical Arts, also known as the Lick School. In 1912, the autonomous Lux School of Industrial Training was established, aquiring its own building and developing into a technical high school. In 1930, the school's name changed to Lux School: An Institute of Technology for Girls and Young Women. In 1934, it changed again to Lux Technical Institute, and in 1942, it became the Lux College. The school closed in 1953, and its assets were combined with the rest of the Miranda Lux bequest and renamed the Miranda Lux Foundation.
From the description of Margaret Hughes vocational school materials, circa 1914. (Southern Methodist University). WorldCat record id: 664712421
