Molly Dingle
Molly Dingle MBE (1892 – 1974) educator, born St. John's, Newfoundland. Dingle at the age of 16 began as a teacher's aid at Holloway School, then the Methodist College, and joined the staff of the Vera Perlin School in 1915. When she retired in 1952, she was its Principal.
Educated at Presbyterian Hall at St. John's and the Holloway School at St. John's and the Teacher's College, Truro, Nova Scotia. Dingle after completing her teaching course at Truro returned to Holloway School in 1915 where she taught Kindergarten until her retirement in 1952. She went to England in 1952 as an exchange teacher and upon her return from England she was approached by Vera Perlin who wanted her to become part of a new programme she was developing to help educate mentally handicapped children. Over the next two years she visited other schools in Truro, Montreal and England to become acquainted with their methods and programmes. Dingle went on to teach at the Vera Perlin School until age 77.
In 1949 she received an MBE for her dedication, certificates of merit from both schools and an honorary life membership of the Newfoundland Teachers' Association.