Susan Strange
Susan Strange held the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations at the London School of Economics 1978-88 and was a world renowned leader of the field.
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Sydney Bushell
Sydney Mary Bushell made significant contributions to the field of housing in the 1920s, particularly women’s housing, with the Garden City and Town Planning Association and Women’s Pioneer Housing.
Ursula Hicks
Ursula Kathleen Hicks was the first woman editor of a major journal, The Review of Economic Studies.
Dr Vera Anstey
Vera Anstey was a significant presence at the London School of Economics before and after the Second World War.
Hilde Himmelweit
German social psychologist who was influential on the development of the discipline in the United Kingdom
Dr Judith Rees
Judith Rees graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc 1965 and after teaching at Wye College in Kent returned to LSE as a lecturer, completing her PhD in 1978. Judith Rees moved to the University of Hull in 1989 becoming Dean of Geography and Pro-Vice Chancellor. After returning to LSE she was a Pro-Director 1998-2004, later becoming Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute.
Edith Abbott
Edith Abbott, an economist, social worker and women’s equality campaigner, was the first American woman to be appointed the dean of a graduate school in the United States.
Ellen McArthur
In 1897-1898 Ellen McArthur and Getrude Tuckwell appeared as teachers at the London School of Economics who were both linked with Girton College, Cambridge.
Ellen Leonard
In 1907 the LSE Students’ Union elected its first woman President, also known as the Chairman of the Common Rooms Committee. Ellen Marianne Leonard (1866-1953) was a 41 year old historian who had been connected to LSE since 1896. During her time at LSE Ellen produced two publications. In 1900 she published The Early History of English Poor Relief dedicated to William Cunningham.
Alice Clark
British suffragist and pacifist