Emily Shirreff

ES lived and wrote during the mid-nineteenth century. She was a keen educationalist, and many of her writings were essays, tracts, and pamphlets in which she argued the need for an improved education system. These and her other writings were frequently produced as collaborations with her sister Maria Grey . As well as more than ten works about education, ES and her sister also composed a collection of travel letters and a novel. Finally, ES also worked for periodical publications, both as an editor and as a contributor.