Frances Jane Ross

Frances Jane Ross (1869–1950) was a New Zealand school principal known as "a pioneer in women's education".

Early life and education She was born in 1869 at Rosebury farm in Otepopo, to a Scots father and Irish mother. Ross continued as a school governor and she took up voluntary work for the Young Women's Christian Association of New Zealand. She was a member of its Dunedin board from 1930 until 1944, Dunedin president for three years, and World YWCA Council member for six years. In 1944 she was made a life member of the Dunedin YWCA.

During the Second World War, Frances Ross returned to the teaching workforce as warden of St Margaret's College, principal of the Dunedin Presbyterian Women's Training Institute, and teacher at St Hilda's Collegiate School.