Cambridge Women by Edward Shils
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, 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.
'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
Carmen Blacker is widely known for her work on Fukuzawa Yukichi (The Japanese Enlightenment, 1964), shamanistic practices in Japan (The Catalpa Bow, 1975, republished in paperback 1999), and folklore and divinations (Ancient Cosmologies, 1975, and Divination and Oracles 1981 - both with Michael Loewe). In 1996, she published (with Edward Shils) Cambridge Women, and in 2000, her Collected Writings.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521483445 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521483441 |
| Title | Cambridge Women |
| Author | Edward Shils |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1996-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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