Agnes_Heineken

Agnes Heineken (13 July 1872 – 5 July 1954) was a secondary school teacher who became a prominent women’s rights advocate. Deemed politically unreliable in 1933, she was deprived of her public appointments in the education sector, but after 1945 she returned to the public stage, taking a lead in restoring the education system. An obituary described her as a great organiser and an impressive personality, and a woman who, driven by her powerful sense of social responsibility, fought tirelessly for the education of girls and women, and for equal rights for women in society.