Agnes Metcalfe

Agnes Edith Metcalfe (2 March 1870 – 6 October 1923) was a British headteacher, author, and active suffragist. In 1905, she was appointed headteacher at one of the first four county council secondary schools at Sydenham. Woman's Effort was said to have been a persuasive and well-written work, which won many new sympathisers for the suffrage cause. On her death, The Vote ran Metcalfe's obituary on its front page, under the title: Educational Pioneer, Author, and Suffragette'. Money left by Metcalfe was used to establish the Metcalfe Studentships for Women at the London School of Economics, awarded to female postgraduate students researching social, economic, or industrial issues.