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"Mrs. William Grey"

Born 1816
Blackheath, London
Died 1906
Kensington, London
Education Paris
Occupation Educationist
Spouse William Grey
Children None

Maria Georgina Grey (1816–1906), was an educationist and writer in the United Kingdom who promoted women’s education and was one of the founders of the organisation that became Girls' Day School Trust. Blackheath is an area in southeast London centred around a section of open public grassland ('the Heath' and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST is a group of 29 Independent schools in England and Wales, catering for pupils aged 3 to 18 Grey was often referred to during her career as Mrs William Grey, using the name of her husband.

Contents

Biography

Family

Maria Georgina Shirreff was born on 7 March 1816 in Blackheath, London[1]. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Blackheath is an area in southeast London centred around a section of open public grassland ('the Heath' and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the She was the third daughter of Admiral William Henry and Elizabeth Anne Shirreff[2]. Out of her three sisters, Caroline (b. 1812), Emily (b. 1814), and Katherine (b. 1818), Maria was very close to her elder sister Emily Shirreff, who would later become her collaborator in her writings and campaigns. Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff ( 3 November 1814 &ndash 20 March 1897) was a pioneer in the movement for the Higher education of women She also had two brothers who both died at an early age. [2]

Educational experiences

In the 1820s the family lived in France where their father was stationed at St Germain en Laye, near Paris, and later in Normandy. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. [2]. The four Shirreff sisters were first taught at home by a French-Swiss governess who had a limited education[3].

In 1828 Maria and Emily joined a boarding school in Paris, which later influenced scenes in Maria's second novel Love’s Sacrifice in 1868[4]. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city A year later they were removed from the school due to Emily's poor health and after their father was appointed captain of the port of Gibraltar in 1831 he did not think it was necessary to appoint another governess[5]. Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Though their formal education was at an end, Maria and Emliy continued to improve themselves by travelling extensively and became expert linguists through their visits to France, Spain and Italy, reading books from their father's extensive library, and became acquainted with many intellectuals of the age through their father's contacts[6][2][7]. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

In 1834 Mrs Shirreff brought her daughters back to England, and Maria and Emily began to write together. They first produced Letters from Spain and Barbary, published in 1835. [2] In 1841 the wrote a novel called Passion and Principle, published anonymously[8]

In 1841 Maria married her cousin, William Thomas Grey, a wine merchant who was the nephew of former prime minister Earl Grey[6]. Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 &ndash 17 July 1845 known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807 was a British The marriage was a happy one but produced no children.

Early writings

Even though she was married, Maria still remained close to Emily. She moved into William and Maria's home, and the sisters continued to write together[9]. Their treatise on women's education, Thoughts on Self Culture Address to Women[10], was published in 1850 funded by Maria's husband. Female education is a catch-all term for a complex of issues and debates surrounding education ( Primary education, Secondary education, Tertiary education [2] In the publication they voiced their disapproval of the frivolous attitude to marriage and the established view that women should be only educated enough to attract a husband. They also laid out a basis for education for girls which included subjects, such as arithmetic, geometry, history, elementary science and politics, usually neglected in customary female education of the time. They also argued that female education should not end at ‘the period when female education is suppose to be finished’ and continue into later life[11].

Activities

Maria’s husband died in 1864, and she began to take an active role in public life and joined Emily in the movement for the improving of education for girls. [6] She was especially interested in the lack of funding for girls’ education. In 1870 she wrote to the repeatedly to The Times to try to raise funds for the North London Collegiate School for Girls and encouraged Frances Buss to introduce student teachers. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. North London Collegiate School is a selective independent day school for girls in the London Borough of Harrow founded in 1850 Frances Mary Buss ( 16 August 1827 – 24 December 1894) was an English pioneer of women's education [2]

In the same year she also unsuccessfully stood for election as the representative for the Borough of Chelsea to The London School Board, one of the first women to do so. Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along The School Board for London (often abbreviated to the SBL and known colloquially as the London School Board) was an institution of local government and the first Her speeches were later published in a booklet entitled The London School Board[12]. Maria saw the election as a turning point in her career leading her and Emily to work more toward the improvement of Women’s Education[13].

Maria and Emily were also suffragists and in 1870 Maria published a booklet Is the Exercise of the Suffrage unfeminine?[14]. Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "voting tablet" and figuratively "right to vote" probably from suffrago "hough" and originally Maria demanded the girls should receive an education which would prepare them for their increased civil responsibilities[15].

Women's Education Union

Maria proposed the creation of a national movement which would promote women's education and presented the scheme to the Society of Arts in 1871[16]. The scheme received great support and Maria gave a second paper to the Social Science Association’s annual congress in Leeds later the same year. Systematic ideology is a study of ideologies founded in the late 1930s in and around London, England by Harold Walsby, George Walford Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England As a result, Maria and Emily set up a provisional committee named the National Union of the Improving the Education of Women of All Classes (later shortened to the Women's Education Union) [17]. The Union aimed 1871 to establish good and cheap day schools for all classes above the level of elementary education. Maria and Emily were very active in the Union, and Emily acted as the organizing secretary of the Union until 1879. [6]

The Union also led to the formation The Girls' Public Day School Company (GPDSC) (now the Girls' Day School Trust) in 1872 to provide new secondary schools to educate girls from various classes. The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST is a group of 29 Independent schools in England and Wales, catering for pupils aged 3 to 18 [2] Maria was an active member of the Council of the GPDSC until 1890 when her poor health prevented her. [6] In September 2007, this trust converted one of its schools (The Belvedere School) back into the maintained sector[18]. The Belvedere Academy is an independent all-ability state-funded girls’ secondary school in Liverpool, England. Maria also encouraged the GPDSC to set up teaching training Departments to train the next generation of teachers.

In 1878 Maria also help found a teacher training college with The Teachers’ Training and Registration Society. [6] In 1885 the College was renamed The Maria Grey Training College for Women[19]. The College based in Brondesbury is now the West London Institute of Higher Education. The West London Institute of Higher Education was located in Isleworth West London UK from 1976 until 1995 when it merged with Brunel University

Later life

Maria continued to give speeches and write through the 1880s. By 1890 she became too ill to be active and for last 15 years of her life, Maria lived in strict retirement due to ill health[20]. Despite her ill health and Emily's death in 1897 she wrote her Last Words to Girls on Life in School and after School in 1889[21]. She died on 19 September 1906, at 41 Stanhope Gardens, Kensington, London, the house in which she had lived with Emily. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. [2]

Publications and lectures

Biographical sources

See also

Primary sources

References

  1. ^ "In Memoria. Mrs William Grey", The Guardian, September 26 1906. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.  
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Levine, Philippa (October 2004). "Grey, Maria Georgina (1816–1906),". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2007-11-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of  
  3. ^ Kamm, Josephine (1971). Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of the Girl’s Public Day School Trust. London: George Allen & Unwin, 16.  
  4. ^ Grey, Maria Georgina (1868). Love's Sacrifice [A novel].  
  5. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 16-17.  
  6. ^ a b c d e f Morrison, Oonagh (2 June 1966). Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. "The Woman of Purpose". The Lady.  
  7. ^ Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past, 16-17.  
  8. ^ (1841) Passion and Principle.  
  9. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 18.  
  10. ^ (1850) Thoughts on Self-Culture Addressed to Women.  
  11. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 28.  
  12. ^ Grey, Mrs William (1871). The School Board of London. Three Addresses by Mrs William Grey in the Borough of Chelsea with a speech by William Groves, Esq. , Q. C, F. R. S. William Ridgeway.  
  13. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 37.  
  14. ^ Grey, Maria Georgina (1870). Is the Exercise of the Suffrage unfeminine?.  
  15. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 37.  
  16. ^ Grey, Maria Georgina (1871). On the Education of Women. A paper read by Mrs William Grey at the meeting of the Society of Arts, May 31, 1871. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common  
  17. ^ Kamm (1971). Indicative Past, 41-42.  
  18. ^ BBC News (7 November 2005). Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. BBC News web site 'Private school's academy plans'. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca ; Birkenhead High School (05 October 2007). Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 'Birkenhead High School Academy Proposal'. Retrieved on 2007-11-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca
  19. ^ "Deaths", The Times, September 21, 1906. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting  
  20. ^ "Obituary of Mrs William Grey", The Times, September 21 1906. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.  
  21. ^ Grey, Maria Georgina (1889, [1888]). Last words to Girls on life in school and after school. . Rivingtons.  
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