Helen M. French (1832–1909) was an American educator who served as the fifth president (referred to at that time as "principal" ) of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) from 1867-1872. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for ten years before becoming Head.
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