Mary Jemima Alger (4 February 1838 – 17 March 1894) was a British headmistress.
[1] Her brother went to school and he was writing for the Norfolk News at age sixteen.
[3] The GPDSC was transforming education for girls in Britain and Alger became one the trusts major assets, despite lacking the formal academic training of other heads.
[1] Her employers valued her but they moved her at short notice when she was showing some success.
The Sheffield High School thrived and Miss Woodhouse was left there as head as Alger was again moved the same year to another school planned by the company for Dulwich.