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  1. 1827-1894. British pioneer in education for
  2. women. She first taught in a school run by
  3. her mother, and at 18 she founded her own
  4. school for girls in London, which became the
  5. North London Collegiate School in 1850. She
  6. founded the Camden School for Girls in 1871.
  7. Her work helped to raise the status of women
  8. teachers and the academic standard of women's
  9. education in the UK. She is often associated
  10. with Dorothea Beale, a fellow pioneer.
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