Cambridge Women

Klappentext

Portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge before women were admitted to the University.

Zusammenfassung
This is a collection of portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to membership of the University. All were outstanding personalities as well as distinguished scholars, and the 'twelve portraits' give a vivid account of their lives and work.

Inhalt

Introduction Edward Shils; Foreword Carmen Blacker; 1. Eleanor Sidgwick 1845-1936 Helen Fowler; 2. Jane Harrison 1850-1928 Hugh Lloyd-Jones; 3. Mary Paley Marshall 1850-1944 John Maynard Keynes; 4. Helen Cam 1885-1968 Janet Sondheimer; 5. Marjory Stephenson 1885-1948 Joan Mason; 6. Frances Cornford 1886-1960 Helen Fowler;7. Eileen Power 1889-1940 Maxine Berg; 8. Nora Chadwick 1891-1972 Hilda Ellis Davidson; 9. Enid Welsford 1892-1981 Elsie Duncan-Jones; 10. Audrey Richards 1899-1984 Adam Kuper; 11. Honor Fell 1900-1986 Joan Mason; 12. Rosalind Franklin 1920-1958 Jenifer Glynn.