Cambridge Women Twelve Portraits [Paperback]

Portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge before women were admitted to the University.This account of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to the University includes Jane Harrison, Mrs. Sidgwick, Eileen Power, Nora Chadwick, Honor Fell and Rosalind Franklin.This account of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to the University includes Jane Harrison, Mrs. Sidgwick, Eileen Power, Nora Chadwick, Honor Fell and Rosalind Franklin.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. The subjects include Jane Harrison, distinguished scholar of Greek religion, Mrs. Sidgwick, founder of Newnham College, Eileen Power, medieval historian, Nora Chadwick, scholar of Norse and Celtic, Honor Fell, cell biologist and founding force behind the Strangeways Laboratory, and Rosalind Franklin, whose work on DNA was essential to the Watson-Crick model.Introduction Edward Shils; Foreword Carmen Blacker; 1. Eleanor Sidgwick 18451936 Helen Fowler; 2. Jane Harrison 18501928 Hugh Lloyd-Jones; 3. Mary Paley Marshall 18501944 John Maynard Keynes; 4. Helen Cam 1885-1968 Janet Sondheimer; 5. Marjory Stephenson 18851948 Joan Mason; 6. Frances Cornford 18861960 Helen Fowler;7. Eileen Power 18891940 Maxine Berg; 8. Nora Chadwick 18911972 Hilda Ellis Davidson; 9. Enid Welsford 18921981 Elsie Duncan-Jones; 10. Audrey Richards 18991984 Adam Kuper; 11. Honor Fell 19001986 Joan Mason; 12. Rosalind Franklin 19201958 Jenifer Glynn. One can but rejoice in the arrival of this fascinating volume. Not only does each portrait provide a vivid account of a brilliant personality, but, collectively, the achievement of all twelve reminds us of the towering contribution they made to the personal historyl“(