Dorothea Beale
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Dorothea Beale (March 21, 1831 – November 9, 1906) was an English teacher.
Born in Bishopsgate, England, she was the founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford. Her name is associated with that of Frances Buss in a satirical rhyme:
- Miss Buss and Miss Beale,
Cupid's darts do not feel.
How different from us,
Miss Beale and Miss Buss.
The lines refer to their unmarried state and their dedication to the cause of women's education. Miss Beale was appointed headmistress of the Clergy Daughters' School in Lancashire in 1857, but soon moved on to become head of Cheltenham Ladies' College, a post which she held until her death. In 1885, she founded a new institution, St Hilda's College, Cheltenham - a teachers' training college. In 1893, she founded St Hilda's Hall at Oxford, later St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She was an active supporter of the suffragette movement.
