{"product_id":"cambridge-women-twelve-portraits-paperback-9780521483445","title":"Cambridge Women; Twelve Portraits (Paperback) 9780521483445","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCambridge Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTwelve Portraits\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge before women were admitted to the University.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Shils (Edited by), Carmen Blacker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521483445, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 February 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 2.3 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'After all that has been written about the narcissistic, self-important, masculine coterie of the Cambridge 'Apostles', it is a pleasure to read this book about the other Cambridge.' Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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, Frances Cornford, poet, and Rosalind Franklin, whose work on DNA was essential to the Watson-Crick model. All were outstanding personalities as well as distinguished scholars, and the 'twelve portraits' give a vivid account of their lives and work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Edward Shils\u003cbr\u003e Foreword Carmen Blacker\u003cbr\u003e 1. Eleanor Sidgwick 1845–1936 Helen Fowler\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jane Harrison 1850–1928 Hugh Lloyd-Jones\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mary Paley Marshall 1850–1944 John Maynard Keynes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Helen Cam 1885-1968 Janet Sondheimer\u003cbr\u003e 5. Marjory Stephenson 1885–1948 Joan Mason\u003cbr\u003e 6. Frances Cornford 1886–1960 Helen Fowler\u003cbr\u003e7. Eileen Power 1889–1940 Maxine Berg\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nora Chadwick 1891–1972 Hilda Ellis Davidson\u003cbr\u003e 9. Enid Welsford 1892–1981 Elsie Duncan-Jones\u003cbr\u003e 10. Audrey Richards 1899–1984 Adam Kuper\u003cbr\u003e 11. Honor Fell 1900–1986 Joan Mason\u003cbr\u003e 12. Rosalind Franklin 1920–1958 Jenifer Glynn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909163639064,"sku":"9780521483445","price":32.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521483445i_9734df59-c936-4bde-8faa-8e30467ca052.jpg?v=1691382998","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cambridge-women-twelve-portraits-paperback-9780521483445","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}