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Shirreff, Emily Anne Eliza

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Shirreff, Emily Anne Eliza (1814-1897)

English pioneer of women's education. Largely self-educated herself, she founded the National Union for the Higher Education of Women in 1871. She was mistress of Girton College, Cambridge (1870-97), and published works on kindergartens and the Froebel system (founded by the German educationist Friedrich Froebel).

With her sister and fellow educationist, Maria Georgina Grey, she wrote Thoughts on Self-Culture, Addressed to Women (1850) and two novels.


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