Person Edith Helen Major (1867-1951)

1867-1951 Edith Helen Major was born at Lisburn in Northern Ireland on 15 February 1867. She was education at the Methodist College, Belfast; Queen's University, Belfast; and Girton College, Cambridge. She graduated from Girton in 1888 and later gained a MA from Trinity College, Dublin in 1907. She was an assistant mistress at Blackheath High School, a school run by the Girls' Public Day School Company (later Trust) and was transferred to the headship of Putney High School in 1900. In 1911 she was appointed head of King Edward VI's high school in Birmingham. She was also the president of the Head Mistresses Association from 1919-1921. She was appointed OBE for work in helping Belgian refugees during World War One. In 1925 she was appointed the mistress of Girton College. She was a member of the council of Birmingham University, and on the governing bodies of several schools. She retired in 1931 and returned to Northern Ireland. In the same year she was appointed a CBE. In 1932 she was given an honorary LLD by the Queen's University, Belfast. She died in Northern Ireland in 17 March 1951. Head mistress and college head GB/366/496 Margaret Bryant, ‘Major, Edith Helen (1867–1951)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48448, accessed 25 June 2008] Deposited/Corporate/GDS/Heads/Major 25/06/2008 Mkklibyz 24/04/2009 Mkklibyz Major; Edith Helen (1867-1951); Head mistress and college head Major Edith Helen Female GB/366/475 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes 654bda1b-a3ea-4c46-b8bf-490233a152ca