Dame Jane Frances Dove,
DBE,
JP (27 June 1847 – 21 June 1942) was an English women's campaigner, who founded the girls' schools,
Wycombe Abbey and Godstowe.
She later became assistant mistress at
Cheltenham Ladies' College in 1877. From there she went on to become headmistress of
St Leonards School at St Andrews, Scotland, in 1882. She founded
Wycombe Abbey in 1896, and was its first headmistress. In 1900 she also founded Godstowe Preparatory School. On retirement from Wycombe Abbey in 1910, she endowed a scholarship at the school.[citation needed]
She presented the Frances Dove Window at All Saints' Church,
High Wycombe, to pay tribute to the achievement of women through the ages.[5] The window was dedicated on Ascension Day in 1933. The stained-glass was designed by
Caroline Townshend, a former pupil at Wycombe Abbey.
^"Women Stained Glass Artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement Catalogue." London Borough of Waltham Forest Libraries & Arts Department, 1985. William Morris Gallery Exhibition and Brangwyn Gift in 1985.
ISBN0901974226.