Lilian Mary Faithfull | |
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| Born | 12 March 1865[1] Hoddesdon, England |
| Died | 2 May 1952 (aged 87) Cheltenham, England |
| Occupation(s) | University teacher and administrator |
| Known for | Advocating women's right to university education |
Lilian Mary Faithfull CBE (12 March 1865 – 2 May 1952) was an English teacher, headmistress, women's rights advocate, magistrate, social worker, and humanitarian. She was one of the "Steamboat ladies" who were part of the struggle for women to gain university education.[2]
From 1889 until 1894 she was a lecturer at Royal Holloway College and then joined King's College London, where she succeeded Cornelia Schmitz as vice-principal of the Ladies Department for the next 13 years, a position she regarded as the happiest of her career. She was principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College from 1907 until 1922. In 1920, she became Justice of the Peace for Cheltenham, becoming one of the first women magistrates in England. Faithfull started the organisation that is now Lilian Faithfull Homes in Cheltenham, and she spent the last few months of her life in the care of one of the homes, Faithfull House, until her death in 1952.
- ^ Avery, Gillian (2004). "Faithfull, Lilian Mary (summary)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48486. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 11 March 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Adams, Pauline (1996). Somerville for women: an Oxford college, 1879–1993. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-920179-2.