Mary Ellen Bews

{{Short description|New Zealand School principal and educationalist}}

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Mary Ellen Bews (20 August 1856–29 March 1945) was a New Zealand school principal and educationalist . She was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 20 August 1856.{{DNZB|title=Mary Ellen Bews|first= Rosalind|last= McClean|id=2b21|accessdate=23 April 2017}} She was the founder and manager of Mount Eden College in 1895–1914, one of the first colleges for girls in New Zealand.