Marie Bethell Beauclerc
(1845-1897)

woman, Pioneer of shorthand and typewriting, and First female reporter in England

Died aged 51

Marie Bethell Beauclerc (10 October 1845 – 19 September 1897) was a pioneer in the teaching of Pitman's shorthand and typing in Birmingham, England. In 1888 she was the first woman to be appointed as a teacher in an English boys' public school, at Rugby School. The Phonetic Journal, September 1891 and the journal, Birmingham Faces And Places, September 1892, both credit her with being the first female in England.

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amanuensis of George Dawson

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845-1897) First female reporter in England. Pioneer of shorthand and typewriting and amanuensis to George Dawson.

Outside the Shakespeare Memorial Room, Level 9, Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they was