Henriette Dachsbeck

Barbe-Henriette Dieudonnée Dachsbeck (4 September 1841 – 23 January 1914) was a Belgian educator and feminist who was instrumental in the development of women's education in Belgium at the end of the nineteenth century.

Born in Brussels on 4 September 1841, Henriette Dachsbeck collaborated closely with Isabelle Gatti de Gamond on the development of women's education in Belgium.

[1] In 1864, with the financial assistance of the city council, she launched the first systematic courses of secondary female education (Cours d'Éducation pour jeunes filles).

In 1876 Dachsbeck helped found a second institution for girls on rue de la Paille in Brussels and became its director.

[4] In 1897, she opened a pre-university section to prepare girls for the Central Jury examination, which was a prerequisite for university studies.