Henrietta Josephine Meeteer (June 1, 1857 – November 18, 1956) was an American classics professor and philologist.

[2] She held the Frances Sargent Pepper fellowship in classical languages at the University of Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1904.

[7] Her Opening Day address to the student body in 1906 included this declaration: I come here as your friend, your co-worker.

If you need a mother, my heart is ready to respond to that call; if you need a sister, a friend, a comrade in pleasure, that is what I want to be — what I am here to be.

Whatever the limitations and deficiencies I bring to my work as your dean, I can promise a deep and unfailing sympathy.