Dorothea Beale
English headmistress and suffragist
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- 1831–1906
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About Dorothea Beale
Dorothea Beale LL.D. was a suffragist, educational reformer and author. As Principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College, she became the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
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