Helen M. French | |
Order: | 5th |
President of Mount Holyoke College (Principal) | |
Term Start: | 1867 |
Term End: | 1872 |
Predecessor: | Sophia D. Stoddard |
Successor: | Julia E. Ward |
Birth Date: | 1832 |
Death Date: | 1909 |
Alma Mater: | Mount Holyoke College (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) |
Profession: | Professor |
Helen M. French (1832–1909) was an American educator who served as the fifth president (referred to at that time as "principal"[1]) of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) from 1867 to 1872. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for ten years before becoming principal.[2]