Person    | Female  Born 22/9/1855  Died 22/3/1939

Alice Zimmern

Categories: Education, Gender Issues

Pioneering advocate for women's education and suffrage. Born Nottingham. Studied at Bedford College, and then Girton College, Cambridge.  Taught classics for income and wrote influentially on women's education and suffrage. Unmarried, died at home, 45 Clevedon Mansions, where the plaque is. Girton have an annual prize in her name.

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Alice Zimmern

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Alice Zimmern

Alice Zimmern, 1855 - 1939, pioneering advocate for women's education and suf...

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Charles Robertson

Charles Robertson

Worked in the civil service, 1902 - 1925, in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. At the 1931 London County Council election, Robertson was elected for the Labour Party in Islington East. He lost th...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland

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Mrs Knott's Dame School

Mrs Knott's Dame School

School in Bromley, attended by the young H.G. Wells. Dame Schools were an early form of private elementary school, often found in areas of poverty. They were usually run by women and were often loc...

Place, Education

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Brettenham Primary School
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Waltham Forest College

Waltham Forest College

Originally founded as the South West Essex Technical College. It offers a wide variety of courses for students.

Building, Education

1 memorial