Scott, Jane. “By Virtue Of An Explosive Arts Debut”. The Herald.
North London Collegiate School
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Kate Clanchy | While the family was in Edinburgh, KC
's mother, Joan Clanchy
, was the Headmistress of St George's School for Girls
(which numbers Ménie Muriel Dowie
among its distinguished former students). |
| Education | Stella Gibbons | After her governess attempted suicide, SG
enrolled in North London Collegiate
, the school founded by Frances Mary Buss
, a pioneer in women's education. Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury. 26-7 |
| Dedications | Stella Gibbons | She dedicated the novel to Brenda Bennet
and Stella Crow
, two old friends from North London Collegiate School
. The frontispiece quotes Maria Edgeworth
's Leonora. Gibbons, Stella. The Bachelor. Dodd, Mead. prelims Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury. 28 |
| Employer | Emily Hickey | EH
became a lecturer in English Literature at North London Collegiate School for Girls
(a secondary school), founded in April 1850 by Frances Mary Buss
, who was still headmistress. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research. 199: 167 Leighton, Angela, and Margaret Reynolds, editors. Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology. Blackwell. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Education | Ruth Padel | She found school work (at Byron House school in Highgate and then at the highly academic North London Collegiate
) difficult. She always got an A for English essays, although she would write a short... |
| Education | Stevie Smith | SS
attended the famous North London Collegiate School
for girls, where she did poorly and first learnt to be bored. Spalding, Frances. Stevie Smith: A Critical Biography. Faber and Faber. 27, 28-9 |
| Education | Marie Stopes | MS
became a pupil at North London Collegiate School
in London. Hall, Ruth. Marie Stopes: A Biography. Deutsch, http://University of Waterloo - Porter. 31-2 |
Timeline
4 April 1850: The North London Collegiate School for Ladies,...
Building item
4 April 1850
The North London Collegiate School for Ladies
, founded by Frances Mary Buss
as her own venture, re-opened with its new and enduring name at its new address, 46 Camden Street.
1890: Clara Collet published The Economic Position...
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1890
Clara Collet
published The Economic Position of Educated Working Women.
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