Women's Education Union

Connections

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politics Emily Shirreff
In 1871 ES worked with her sister Maria Grey to establish the National Union for the Education of Women of all Classes ; ES worked as honorary secretary and also co-edited (with George Bartley )...
politics Maria Grey
With the assistance of her sister Emily Shirreff , MG founded the National Union for the Improvement of the Education of Women of All Classes .
Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
174
Textual Production Emily Shirreff
Further to her work as honorary secretary of the organization which she and her sister had founded, ES co-edited the Journal of the Women's Education Union.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Textual Production Emily Shirreff
In 1872 ES published a pamphlet describing the activities of the organization with which she and her sister were involved: The Work of the National Union. This had a second edition the following year.
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Timeline

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.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
40-6, 49
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
11, 80
Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
174-9

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.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
40-6, 49
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
11, 80
Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
174-9

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.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
15, 46-7, 110-12
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
77, 79

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