1827-1894. British pioneer in education for
women. She first taught in a school run by
her mother, and at 18 she founded her own
school for girls in London, which became the
North London Collegiate School in 1850. She
founded the Camden School for Girls in 1871.
Her work helped to raise the status of women
teachers and the academic standard of women's
education in the UK. She is often associated
with Dorothea Beale, a fellow pioneer.