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Connections
Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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politics | Emily Shirreff | ES
served as a member of the Girls' Public Day School Company
; she was appointed vice-president shortly before her death. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
Education | Amy Levy | The school was one of these only recently set up by the Girls' Public Day School Company
. It also took younger boys, and two of Amy's brothers attended with her. The headmistress, Edith Creak |
politics | Maria Grey | MG
received a silver casket from Frances Mary Buss
and Dorothea Beale
, famous as headmistresses under the Girls' Public Day Schools Trust
, in recognition of her contribution to education. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood. 139 |
politics | Maria Grey | Also known as the Women's Education Union, this organization was inaugurated at the |
Timeline
2 August 1869: The Endowed Schools Act effected educational...
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2 August 1869
The Endowed Schools Act effected educational reform and improved funding for girls' schooling.
17 November 1871: The National Union for the Education of Girls...
National or international item
17 November 1871
The National Union for the Education of Girls of all Classes above the Elementary
was founded by Maria Grey
, with her sister Emily Shirreff
and others.
June 1872: The Girls' Public Day School Company was...
National or international item
June 1872
The Girls' Public Day School Company
was founded in London by the National Union
(Women's Education Union) to establish schools for girls.
June 1872: The Girls' Public Day School Company was...
National or international item
June 1872
The Girls' Public Day School Company
was founded in London by the National Union
(Women's Education Union) to establish schools for girls.
January 1873: Emily Shirreff and George C. T. Bartley edited...
Building item
January 1873
Emily Shirreff
and George C. T. Bartley
edited the first issue of the Journal of the Women's Education Union/National Union for Improving the Education of All Classes.
20 January 1873: Chelsea School, first of the Girls' Public...
Building item
20 January 1873
Chelsea School
, first of the Girls' Public Day School Company
schools, opened.
1874: The Association of Headmistresses was founded...
National or international item
1874
June 1882: The Journal of Women's Education Union ceased...
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June 1882
The Journal of Women's Education Union ceased publication in London.
18 December 1902: Balfour's Education Act was passed; it dissolved...
Building item
18 December 1902
Balfour
's Education Act was passed; it dissolved the School Boards
and replaced them with Local Education Authorities
, which were empowered to provide secondary education.
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