Helena L. Powell
Helena L. Powell | |
|---|---|
| Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge | |
| In office 1902–1908 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Punnett |
| Succeeded by | Mary Hay Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1862 |
| Died | 1942 (aged 79–80) |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Headmistress of Leeds Girls' High School, 1892-1902 Principal of St Mary's Training College, Lancaster Gate, 1908-1933 |
Helena Langhorne Powell FRHistS (1862–1942) was an English religious studies teacher and teacher trainer. She served as the second headmistress of Leeds Girls’ High School, the third Principal of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and the Principal of St Mary’s Training College, Lancaster Gate.
Life
Powell was born in September 1862 and educated at a Girls' Public Day School Company school in Clapham. She received a first-class pass in History from Newnham College, Cambridge in 1884 (the University of Cambridge did not award degrees to women at the time).[1]
From 1885–1892, she taught at Oxford High School, and then she succeeded Catherine Lucy Kennedy as headmistress of Leeds Girls’ High School from 1892–1902.[2] She became principal of the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers (later Hughes Hall) in 1902, taking over from Margaret Young, who had served as interim principal after the departure of Margaret Punnett.[3][4] While there, she established the Powell Prize in Religious Studies.[5] She then became principal of St Mary’s Training College, Lancaster Gate, in 1908, where she remained until her retirement in 1933.[1][6]
Powell wrote papers on religious and sex education.[7][8]
She died in 1942.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Haliday, Gaynor (2025-12-30). Shaping a Nation: A History of Women as Educators and Education Influencers. Pen and Sword History. pp. 157–8. ISBN 978-1-3990-3219-3.
- ↑ Jackson, Tina (2019-04-30). Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-5267-1686-6.
- ↑ "The Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers: the founding decade 1885-1895 - Ged Martin". www.gedmartin.net. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Bottrall, Margaret (1985). Hughes Hall, 1885-1985. Internet Archive. Rutherford. pp. 40–2. ISBN 978-0-906496-32-9.
- ↑ "Funding, grants and prizes - Hughes Hall". www.hughes.cam.ac.uk. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Lawrence, Evelyn (2012-05-16). Friedrich Froebel and English Education (RLE Edu K). Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-136-49215-0.
- ↑ Brown, Stewart J.; Newlands, George; Newlands, G. M.; Cheyne, A. C. (2000-01-01). Scottish Christianity in the Modern World: In Honour of A. C. Cheyne. A&C Black. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-567-08765-2.
- ↑ Hall, Lesley A. (2014-05-01). Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870–1969. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-40597-6.