Margaret Stansfeld
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Margaret Stansfeld
Career
Stansfeld was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 10 March 1860 and was the daughter of the baker James Stansfeld and his wife Mary Stansfeld, the daughter of James Fallon. She and her elder sister were educated at a board school in London.[1]
In 1881, Stansfeld enrolled on courses for female school teachers, taught by Martina Bergman-Osterberg, and she was recruited as an instructor for Hampstead Physical Training College in 1885. She taught gymnastics and games at girls' schools, including Bedford High School for Girls, and also taught at the Froebel Institute, London, and the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers. She played a leading role in founding the Ling Association, for the promotion of Swedish gymnastics, in 1899 and later established their library and courses, and was their President from 1910 to 1920.[1] Stansfeld was also a founder of the Bedford Women's Suffrage Society and was President of the Association of Principals of Women's Physical Training Colleges.[2]
Stansfeld founded the
Honours
Stansfeld's contribution to physical education was recognised in her appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1939 Birthday Honours.[4] Her legacy is still remembered with the Margaret Stansfeld Building, named in her honour, forming part of Bedford College.[5]
Bibliography
- Fletcher, Sheila (1984). Women First: The Female Tradition in English Physical Education, 1880-1980. Athlone Press. ISBN 978-0-485-11248-1.
- McCrone, Kathleen E. (1988). Sport and the Physical Emancipation of English Women, 1870-1914. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-00358-2.
- Squire, M. (1964). Nine Pioneers in Physical Education. London: Physical Education Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
References
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- ^ a b "Margaret Stansfeld". www.bpeosa.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- PMID 18095401.
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Bedford College (Part of The Bedford College Group) » Stansfeld is a special place". www.bedford.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2021.