Barbara, Lady Stephen (1872–1945)[1] was an English educational writer[1] and Florence Nightingale's cousin.[2]

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She was born Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Smith (later Shore Nightingale). Margaret studied History at Girton College, Cambridge, 1891–1894.[1] In 1904 she married Harry Lushington Stephen, later Sir Harry Stephen (1860–1945).[3] In India with her husband 1904–1913, she founded the Women Graduates Union in Calcutta for the benefit of professional women coming to India.[1] She was a member of Girton College Council 1913–1932, Governor of Girton College 1913–1938, and a generous benefactor of Girton Library.[1]

Works

• Emily Davies and Girton College, 1927.
• Girton College 1869-1932, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1932. 167p.

References

External links

• Barbara E. Megson, ‘Stephen , (Margaret Thyra) Barbara, Lady Stephen (1872–1945)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007, accessed 2 Jan 2008
• Portrait of Lady Stephen by Charles Haslewood Shannon at Art UK

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