Painter and teacher, born in Loughborough, Leicestershire. She attended Birmingham School of Art. From 1914 she was principal of Lichfield School of Art and from 1915–49 art director of Queen Mary’s Grammar School for Boys, Walsall, where she originally went temporarily and made a lasting impression. Known as Emma, she was acknowledged to be a strict disciplinarian who did not suffer fools gladly; she was also a character, who prior to World War I was riding a motorcycle with her mother in the sidecar. Shortly before her death she was made mayor and when she successfully fought to get an art gallery in Walsall it was named after her. Miss Flint set up Queen Mary Grammar School’s art sixth form and in the year after her death 32 old boys were attending Birmingham School of Art.