Edith Morley Before and After by Edith Morley

Edith Morley Before and After by Edith Morley

Edith Morley was the first woman to be appointed to a chair at an English university, becoming Professor of English at Reading in 1908. She was an early feminist with a strong social conscience. This is her 1944 memoir, covering her childhood, her student days, early feminism, the growth of the university and, much later, her work with refugees.

“Before and After is a poignant first-person account by a pioneering feminist who struggled for recognition in her academic life, and her story will resonate with many female academics today” THE review

Born in Bayswater in 1875, Edited Morley benefited from a good education, thanks to her surgeon-dentist father and well-read mother. She obtained an 'equivalent' degree from Oxford University (the only type available to the few female students at the time) and was appointed Professor of English Language at University College, Reading, in 1908, becoming the first female professor in the United Kingdom. She is best known as the primary twentieth-century editor of Henry Crabb Robinson's writings and for her Women Workers in Seven Professions: A Survey of their Economic Conditions and Prospects (1914), published while she was a member of the Fabian Executive Committee. Before and After was written after her retirement in 1940. She was awarded an OBE in 1950 for her work in setting up the Reading Refugee Committee and assisting Jewish refugees in World War II. She died in 1964.

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ISBN 13	9781909747166
ISBN 10	1909747165
Title	Edith Morley Before and After
Author	Edith Morley
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Two Rivers Press
Year published	2016-03-22
Number of pages	208
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