Edith Helen Major, CBE[1] (15 February 1867 – 17 March 1951)[2] was an Irish educationalist.

[5] She was Assistant Mistress at Blackheath High School from 1891 to 1900 serving under Florence Gadesden.

[6] She was Headmistress of Putney High School from 1891 to 1910;[7] and Head Mistress of King Edward VI High School for Girls from 1910 until 1925.

Major was Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge from 1925 until 1931.

[8][9] Girton College has a painting of her by James Sleator.