On 11 April 1902, the University of Edinburgh awarded her the honorary degree of LL.D., in recognition of her services to education. Until that time, entomologist Eleanor Anne Ormerod had been the only woman who had received such an honorary degree. Cheltenham's staff presented Miss Beale with the academic robes.
On 11 April 1902, the University of Edinburgh awarded her the honorary degree of LL.D. in recognition of her services to education. Until that time, entomologist Eleanor Anne Ormerod had been the only woman who had received such an honorary degree. Cheltenham's staff presented Miss Beale with the academic robes.