Dorothea Beale of Cheltenham

Dorothea Beale of Cheltenham

Miss Beale left ample materials for the history of her work. Not only were all business documents, such as minutes of council meetings, nomination papers, examination questions carefully preserved, she kept also all letters which could be of any interest. She went further than merely arranging materials for a future book. In 1900 she compiled a very complete History of the Ladies College. Here she traced its origin, growth, and expansion; here, too, she named most carefully all who by earnest work and self-denial, by industry, talent, or generous gift, had in any way contributed to its wellbeing and influence. She was anxious that all faithful work should be known. But Miss Beale recognised that after her death there would be a demand for something more. She was earnestly desirous that in any account which might appear of herself, the work for which she lived should have the first place. With her innate sensitiveness, she shrank from the thought of a Life. It would not indeed be possible to write a life of Dorothea Beale which was not also, fully and intimately, a Life of the Ladies College, Cheltenham. Yet Miss Beale left some materials for the more personal side of the bookmany letters, diaries, and autobiographical fragments. One paper opens thus: I have endeavoured in this book to follow Miss Beales own suggestions, but also to give some faint idea of what she was to the many she inspired and taught. In her History of the Ladies College she left little historical fact unmentioned: it is possible for another to show that she was the real founder, the main builder. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60064
Author: Raikes, Elizabeth
Release Date: Aug 6, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English