Essie Ruth Conway (24 September 1862 – 19 December 1934) was an educationist who was the head of a Liverpool school and President of the National Union of Teachers in 1918.

She was a keen member of the National Union of Teachers and she became the President of the Liverpool branch in 1909.

[1] In 1924 the NUT agreed to sponsor a member of parliament irrespective of their party as long as it was a woman.

In that year of 1930 Leah Manning became the new President of the NUT and a she was a Labour Party supporter.

The committee invited learned people in the subject area to give evidence and this included the inventor of Montessori education.