Elisabeth Howen

Elisabeth Howen (12 July 1834 – 26 February 1923) was a Baltic German pedagogue.^[1] She is regarded as a notable pioneer within female educational history in Estonia.^{[citation needed]}

She was born in Tallinn. She was educated at Maydellsche Schule in Tallinn, and worked as a governess before she became active at the School of Auguste Kuschky in Reval in 1875.^[1]