Dame Myra Curtis DBE (2 October 1886 – 27 June 1971) was an editor, civil servant, and the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge from 1942 to 1954.

[4] Curtis' civil service career began in 1915 when she became part of the temporary staff of the War Trade Intelligence Department.

This resulted to the so-called Curtis Report, which was described as "the first enquiry in this country directed specifically to the care of children deprived of a normal home life".

[7] Following her retirement from the civil service in 1941, Curtis was elected Principal of Newnham College, taking office in January 1942.

She enabled the college to carry on in the face of wartime and immediate post-war restrictions, and as a civil servant, worked to improve the efficiency of academic administration.