Mary Elizabeth Grenside Hewett (24 May 1857 – 8 April 1892) was a New Zealand school principal. She was born on 24 May 1857.[1]
She had teaching qualifications from Queen's College, London, and had graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge.[2]
She was first Acting Head at Otago Girls' High School in Dunedin, and then from 1883 was the founding Lady Principal of Napier Girls’ High School.[2]
References edit
- ^ Revell, Denis G. "Mary Elizabeth Grenside Hewett". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b Kay Morris Matthews (September 2003). "'Imagining Home': women graduate teachers abroad 1880-1930". History of Education. 32 (5): 529–545. doi:10.1080/0046760032000118327. ISSN 0046-760X. Wikidata Q104839545.
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